NUTCRACKER CASTING: DEC 18, 7PM
COMPOSER
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
CHOREOGRAPHER
Helgi Tomasson
RUNTIME
Act I – 47 min
Intermission – 20 min
Act II – 50 min
Total runtime: 1 hour, 57 minutes
CASTING
Conductor: Ming Luke
ACT I
Uncle Drosselmeyer: Ricardo Bustamante
Clara: Loé Dechelette
Fritz: Santiago Stack Lozano
Housekeeper & Maid: Rebecca Blenkinsop, Rimi Nakano
Dr. & Mrs. Stahlbaum: Steven Morse, Katita Waldo
Grandparents: Jim Sohm, Joanna Berman
Party Guests: Kamryn Baldwin, Maya Chandrashekaran, Gabriela Gonzalez, Elizabeth Powell, Benjamin Davidoff, Jakub Groot, Davide Occhipinti, Jasper True Stanford, with Students of San Francisco Ballet
Dancing Dolls: Myles Thatcher, SunMin Lee, Archie Sullivan
The Nutcracker Prince: Mingxuan Wang
King of the Mice: Andris Kundzins
Queen & King of the Snow: Thamires Chuvas and Adrian Zeisel
Snowflakes: Maya Chandrashekaran, Anna Chaziroglou, Carly Graham, Laurel Ho, Jayoung Kim, SunMin Lee, Elizabeth Mateer, Misha MacGowan, Nicole Moyer, Hui-Wen Peng, Ruby Rosenquist, Tyla Steinbach, Jamie Adele Stephens, Angela Watson, Maggie Weirich, Seojeong Yun
ACT II
The Sugar Plum Fairy: Jennifer Stahl
Spanish: Carmela Mayo, Angela Watson, Emmitt Friedman, Myles Thatcher, Alexis Francisco Valdes
Arabian: Jacey Gailliard with Jakub Groot, Steven Morse
Chinese: Joshua Jack Price with Students of San Francisco Ballet School
French: Sofia Albers, Rebecca Blenkinsop, Pemberley Ann Olson
Russian: Luca Ferrò with Justin-Cooper Meeks, Simone Pompignoli
Madame Du Cirque: Louis Schilling
with her Buffoons: Students of San Francisco Ballet School with Diego Cruz
Waltzing Flowers: Maya Chandrashekaran, Carlota Cruz, Gabriela Gonzalez, Laurel Ho, Jayoung Kim, SunMin Lee, Noe Lynds, Hui-Wen Peng, Elizabeth Mateer, Misha MacGowan, Tyla Steinbach, Jamie Adele Stephens, Amelia Soh, Maggie Weirich, Juliette Windey, Seojeong Yun
Grand Pas de Deux: Jasmine Jimison and Mingxuan Wang