The Nutcracker...Queen and her band of evil rats. The Christmas tree begins to grow, and her beloved...
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THE NUTCRACKER
S t a t e S t r e e t B a l l e t p r e s e n t s
State Street Ballet / Gustafson Dance / Opera San Luis Obispo Grand Orchestra
Performed December 22, 2019 at the Granada Theatre
Photo: Heidi Bergseteren
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Ashly Pryor
Noam Tsivkin
Sergei Domrachev
Sienna Bible / Catalina Brace /Sage Honikman /
Gisella Yoshim
Anna Carnes / Jack Stewart
Oscar Bravo Ly
Josie Donnelly* / Arianna Hartanov / Amber Hirschfield /
Chloe Kelley / Ahna Lipchik / Tanner Blee /
Francois Liorente / John Christopher Piel /
Sisombath Souvannasacki*
Susan Van Abel / Laura Capps
Alvaro Oquita
Marcie Demangos*
Mia Hernandez / Laila Skrinski
Jacey Allen / Ava Benhayon /Isabel Finnigan /
Persephone Gallegos / Olivia Gobbell / Madelyne Herbert
Rebecca Lennon / Ella Rotondo / Sadie Ugoretz
Hannah Cohen / McKenzie Gosney / Camila Hernandez /
Tali McPeters / Olivia Pires / Lucia Ramirez Solano /
Luna Ramirez Solano / Lauren Wilk / Taylor Wolf /
Grace Wyman
Marika Kobayashi / James Folsom
Bennett Ruehlman
Ahna Lipchik
Oscar Bravo Ly / Michael Haverty* / Alvaro Oquita /
John Christopher Piel
Hartley Abesysekera / Sloan Brookshire /
Phoebe Caldwell / Margaret Deakyne / Sofia Faraoni /
Kailyn Galbraith / Charlotte Haimeri / Loma Murdy /
Annabelle Waldinger / Kate Warkentin / Penelope Walsh
Raya Yazadzhiev
ACT 1 CAST
Clara. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Nutcracker Prince / Drosselmeyer's Nephew.. . .
Herr Drosselmeyer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Drosselmeyer's Dolls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Stahlbaums. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fritz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Guests at the Party. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Special Guests at the Party. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Grandmother. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Maid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Little Maids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Party Girls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Party Boys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Columbine and Harlequin Dolls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Soldier Doll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rat Queen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Nutcracker
Photo: David Bazemore
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Elida De Fazio* / Marcie Demangos* / Hope Easter* /
Emma Lawrence* / Emily McKinney* / Callie Mick* /
Michelle Oakman* / Hannah Ornelas* / Erica Patton* /
Emily Ridings* / Kayla Kane Vaskelis* / Eliana Yopp*
Taylor Alfama / Bernice Clair / Nicole Cornejo /
Ella Hernandez
Jack Stewart / Deise Mendonça
Amara Galloway / Arianna Hartanov / Amber Hirschfield
/ Chloe Kelley / Marika Kobayashi / Ahna Lipchik /
Emma Matthews / Saori Yamashita
Hannah Anderson* / Roya Baker-Vahdani* / Amanda
Beasley* / Valerie Garcia* / Julia Kamilos" / Josephine
Marrow*
Gustafson Dance Students: Sadie Beebe / Sydney Coffman
/ Clara Morando / Catherine Pizzinat
ACT 1 CAST (CONTINUED)
Soldiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Battle Toys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Snow King and Queen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Snowflakes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Nutcracker
Kona Castil lo / Mia DiMaggio / Daisy Gemberling /
Stella Jones / Sierra Kendig / Ava Knothe /
Sonia Melkonian / Shaundie Moore / Chloe Nydam /
Emma Poulinets / Everly Rhode / Georgette von Yurt /
Zsa Zsa Zemeckis / Gisella Zuzunaga
Abby Almeroth / Catherine Blabey / Dagny Boxer /
Zoe Jewell / Amanda Kabaretti / Zoe Lowenstein /
Finley Mowery / Mariam Mussman / Amanda Pires /
Georgia Raring / Kristiana Wightman
Sadie Beebe / Olivia Benbow / Adrienne Cruse /
Olivia Gobbell / Clara Morando / Catherine Pizzinat
Marika Kobayashi
Francois Liorente
Anna Carnes / Arianna Hartanov
ACT 2 CAST
Angels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Little Angels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Princesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sugar Plum Fairy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cavalier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Spanish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Cadets: Jacey Allen / Ruth Baker / Evyn Dalforno /
Madelyne Herbert / Bennett Ruehlman / Sadie Ugoretz
Dolls : Anna Braastad / Ava Benhayon / Isabel Finnigan /
Persephone Gallegos / Rebecca Lennon / Tessa Storr
Deise Mendonça / Jack Stewart
Amber Hirschfield / Oscar Bravo Ly
Chinese Dragons: Jacey Allen / Sadie Ugoretz
London Besler / Juliet Bradley / Ella Osley /
Maddy Osley
Emily McKinney* with
Michelle Oakman / Erica Patton* / Emily Ridings* /
Kayla Kane Vaskelis*
Emma Matthews / James Folsom / John Christopher Piel
Sergei Domrachev
Leaders: McKenzie Gosney / Olivia Pires
Jocelyn Haugen / Grace Johnson / Patricia Kerr / Lilliya
Macon / Arpi Mekonian / Orelya Mussman / Fatima
Vehedian / Saaa Vehedian / Eniana Ymeri
Saori Yamashita
Anna Carnes / Josie Donnelly* / Amara Galloway / Ahna
Lipchik / Tanner Blee / Oscar Bravo Ly / James Folsom /
John Christopher Piel
Gustafson Dance Students: Ruth Baker / Olivia Benbow /
Anna Braastad / Adrienne Cruse / Evyn Dalforno / Elsa
Goldwasser
Marika Kobayashi / Francois Liorente
Full Company
ACT 2 CAST (CONTINUED)
Cadets and Dolls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Arabian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chinese. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Little Chinese. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mirlitons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Russian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mother Ginger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bon Bons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dewdrop Fairy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Waltz of the Flowers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Grand Pas de Deux. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Finale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Nutcracker
* State Street Ballet Professional Track Trainee
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STATE STREET BALLET
Artistic Directors: Rodney Gustafson / William Soleau
Choreography: Rodney Gustafson
Additional Chorecography: Marina Fliagina / Cecily MacDougall / Gary McKenzie / Megan Philipp
Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Brian Asher Alhadeff / Denise Grimm
Repertory Directors: Marina Fliagina / Paola Hartley / Megan Philipp
Production and Lighting Design: Sammy Jelinek
Production Assistant: John Christoper Piel
Set Design: Daniel Nyiri / Yuri Samodurov
Wardrobe Direction: Nicole Thompson
Costume Design: A. Christina Giannini / Mary Etta Lang / Nicole Thompson
Costume Construction: Denise Caracas / Milly Colahan / Sara Mahar / Nicole Thompson
GUSTAFSON DANCE
Director: Allison Gustafson
Assistant Director: Nicole Comella
Children's Choreography Rehearsal : Shelby Caputo / Nicole Comella / Marina Fliagina /
Afton Gustafson / Allison Gustafson / Kira Hopkins / Cecily MacDougall / Clara Morando /
Megan Philipp
Wardrobe: Alissa Herbert / Marta Morando
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OPERA SAN LUIS OBISPO GRAND ORCHESTRA
General Director and Conductor: Brian Asher Alhadeff
Violin 1: Brynn Albanese, Concertmaster / Kristina Tsanova / Anya Papikian / Eva Werner / Chris
Reutigner / Stefan Krut
Violin 2: Araksia Naxlikian, Principal / Sabine Vener / Johana Krejci / Ingrid Kovacs / Nick
Bircher / Kai Rushworth
Viola: David Hennessee, Principal / Karen Loewi-Jones / Margaret Whitson / Kim Wilkins
Violoncello: Barbara Spencer, Principal / Elizabeth Tseng / Boris Nixon
Bass: Lara Lehmer, Principal / Brendan Statom
Flute 1 and Piccolo: Suzanne Duffy
Flute 2 and Piccolo: Carol Houchens
Oboe 1: Heidi Butterfield
Oboe 2 and English Horn: Kelly Leu
Clarinet 1 and Flute 3: Ryan Glass
Clarinet 2 and Bass Clarinet: Richard Dobeck
Bassoon: Mark Lehmer
Jorn 1: Alan Smithson
Horn 2: Tawnee Lillo
Trumpet 1: Rich Ward
Trumpet 2: Devin Henderson
Trombone: Thomas Frederickson
Harp: Elizabeth Huston
Celesta: Rebecca McClaflin
Timpani and Percussion: Marshall Granger, Principal / John Astaire
Contractor: Rich Ward
Assistant Conductor: Daniel Newman-Lessler
MATILIJA JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL CHAMBER CHOIR
Thomas Frederickson, Choir Director
Addison Belcher / Madeline DeMauro / Shanti Kettles / Coree Kotula / Elizabeth Ledbetter /
Lillie Morris / Mariah Moraes / Maya Mouderres / Karen Murillo / Sienna Patterson /
Rebecca Rosales / Zoe Sercu / Amma Sullivan / Samantha Willaimson
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THE NUTCRACKER SYNOPSIS
ACT 1
It is Christmas Eve as friends and family happily gather at the Stahlbaum's home for a holiday
party. Clara and Fritz Stahlbaum dance and play as they welcome their friends and their
godfather, the magical toy maker Herr Drosselmeyer, who arrives with very special gifts and his
young nephew. He calls the children around him for a puppet show, telling the story of kind-
hearted Clara, the evil Rat Queen, and teh valiant Nutcracker Prince. He also presents magical
life-sized dolls before gifting a wooden Nutcracker Prince to young Clara herself . The Nutcracker
quickly becomes the favorite of all the children, and Clara is delighted with her special gift,
promising to take good care of it . In a moment of childish rivalry, Fritz grabs Clara's Nutcracker
and breaks it , but Drosselmeyer works his magic once more, repairing the toy and telling Clara
that true love and friendship is the real magic.
As the evening grows late the guests leave with their holiday gifts, and the Stahlbaum's go off to
bed. When all is quiet, Clara quietly creeps downstairs to find her Nutcracker and falls asleep
next to him under the Christmas tree. As the clock strikes midnight, Clara is awakened by the Rat
Queen and her band of evil rats . The Christmas tree begins to grow, and her beloved Nutcracker
springs to life, leading a band of toy soldiers into battle against the Rat Queen and her forces.
Just as it seems the Nutcracker and his soldiers are about to be defeated, Clara steps forward to
protect her toy with her love and bravery. She mortally wounds the Rat Queen, but her
Nutcracker also lies l ifeless . Clara weeps for him in a moment of despair, but then rejoices as the
Nutcracker transforms into a handsome Prince. True love has conquered evil , and Clara and her
Nutcracker Prince begin their enchanted journey, traveling to a land of dancing snowflakes where
the Snow King and Queen guide them on their way.
ACT 2
Clara and the Nutcracker Prince arrive in the Land of Sweets, surrounded by angels and cherubs,
as the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier welcome them to their kingdom. Upon hearing the tale
of the courageous young Clara, the Sugar Plum Fairy presents the young girl with joyful dances of
entertainment from across the land; fiery Spanish dancers; jubilant Chinese dancers; graceful
Mirlitons; the exotic Arabian couple; the spirited Russians, Mother Ginger and her adorable Bon
Bons; and a beautiful, twirling waltz . The Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier dance a Grand Pas
de Deux, and the enchanted inhabitants of their kingdom gather together for a rousing finale.
As the festivities draw to a close, the Land of Sweets and its magical characters begin to fade
away as Clara is transported back to her family's l iving room. Her maid awakens her from her
magical dream, and she finds herself beside her own Christmas tree, with visions of enchanted far-
away kingdoms lingering in her mind. As she realizes her beloved wooden Nutcracker is missing,
Drosselmeyer's young nephew enters and she marvels at his resemblance to her favorite doll . He
presents her with a Christmas gift as the curtain falls , suggesting that perhaps our dreams really
do come true.