UNCSA 2021 "The Nutcracker" Event Program

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THE NUTC RAC K ER A BAL L ET I N TWO AC TS Music by PYOTR I LYI C H TC H AI KOVS KY Choreographed and Directed by ILYA KOZ A DAYE V Assistant Director L AURA M A RTI N Executive Producer JAR ED RE D I C K Répétiteurs DAYN A FOX, L AU R A MA RT I N , ANG E L I N A SA NS O NE , J E NNET Z E R B E Guest Lighting Designer L ISA J. P I N KHA M Production Stage Manager ASHL E Y P E N N I N GTO N Guest Conductor JIAN N A N C HE NG Dean, School of Dance ENDA LYN TAYLO R Dean, School of Design & Production M ICHA E L KEL L E Y Dean, School of Music SAX TO N ROSE Featuring THE UN C SA SYMP H O NY O R C H E ST R A

D EC E M B E R 10-19, 2021 STE V E N S C EN TE R

FOR YOUR SAFETY, ALL PATRONS AND PERFORMERS ARE REQUIRED TO WEAR MASKS WHILE INDOORS.

WELCOM E

DEAR FRIENDS, It is my pleasure to welcome you to this year’s production of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts “Nutcracker”!

After a year that isolated us, and necessitated an embrace of all things virtual, it is exciting to be returning to the stage. Featuring all new choreography, the magic of School of Dance faculty member Ilya Kozadayev’s beautiful, reimagined version of this holiday tradition will come to life in front of our eyes.

As a young artist, some of my fondest memories are of being on stage or in the audience watching “The Nutcracker” with my family. It was an opportunity to be swept up in the pageantry of the performance as well as the wonder and warmth of the holiday spirit.

The UNCSA production of “The Nutcracker” offers that same opportunity to lean into this festive time. Even amid the challenging times in which we find ourselves, we continue, with compassion, courage and resiliency.

As artists, we embrace the power of the arts to help us through life’s hardships; we create, dance and persevere in community.

I’d like to acknowledge and thank the amazingly talented people whose contributions place our production second to none.

Thank you to all the executive and artistic directors, faculty and incredible students from the schools of Music, Design & Production and Dance.

I further wish to welcome and applaud our guest conductor, Jiannan Cheng, and guest lighting designer Lisa Pinkham.

Their artistry and expertise are certain to add to the merriment and mystery of this heartwarming ballet.

Lastly, I thank you for joining us and invite you to sit back and enjoy the performance. I am thrilled that we can once again smile, laugh and dream together and get swept up in the peace and joy of the holiday.

Sincerely,

ENDALYN TAYLOR

Dean, School of Dance

WELCOME WELCOME BACK BACK TO TOTHE THESTEVENS STEVENSCENTER, CENTER, UNCSA UNCSADANCERS DANCERS

AND ANDWELCOME WELCOMENEW NEWDANCE DANCEDEAN ENDALYN DEAN ENDALYN TAYLOR, TAYLOR, WITH WITHALL ALLOUR OUR ENCOURAGEMENT ENCOURAGEMENTAND ANDSUPPORT. SUPPORT. ——DANCE DANCEDEAN’S DEAN’SCOUNCIL COUNCIL

WELCOME WELCOMEBACK BACK TO TO THE THE STEVENS STEVENS CENTER, CENTER, UNCSA UNCSA DANCERS ARTISTS

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING AND WELCOME NEW DANCE MAGIC DEAN ENDALYN TAYLOR, AND WONDER TO THE STAGE UNDER WITH ALLTHE OURCREATIVE EXPERTISE OF DEAN MICHAEL KELLEY. ENCOURAGEMENT AND SUPPORT. — DESIGN & PRODUCTION DEAN’S COUNCIL — DANCE DEAN’S COUNCIL

THE TALE OF THE NUTCRACKER On Christmas Eve, in a small workshop, Drosselmeyer, a clockmaker by trade, is finishing crafting a magical Nutcracker doll with the help of his apprentice nephew. Meanwhile, the Silverhaus family is hosting its annual Christmas party, attended by friends and neighbors from its small Prussian community. The Silverhaus children, Clara and Fritz, are enjoying the holiday festivities of tree decorating and dancing when the family’s longtime friend, and Clara’s godparent, Drosselmeyer, arrives with an extraordinary surprise.

Drosselmeyer has a paternal fondness for Clara and wants nothing more than for her to have a wonderful and magical life. In the hopes that a connection might spark, Drosselmeyer brings their nephew to the party to meet Clara. At the height of the festivities, Drosselmeyer asks the nephew to present the newly crafted Nutcracker doll to Clara. Fritz becomes jealous and breaks the doll. Clara is distraught, but Drosselmeyer comforts her by repairing the broken doll, while casting a magic spell on the Nutcracker. Drosselmeyer tells Clara that the doll needs to rest on the couch to recover.

As the party winds down and Clara and the nephew say good night to one another, they sense a connection. Clara is sent to bed, but, unable to contain excitement for her new gift, sneaks back into the living room and falls asleep on the couch, embracing the Nutcracker doll. During the night, Clara awakes to attend to her Nutcracker. Suddenly, giant mice enter the living room and are after her and the Nutcracker doll! She is saved by an unexpected appearance of Drosselmeyer, who sets their magic spell into motion. The Nutcracker comes to life in the form of Drosselmeyer’s nephew, and he and Clara embark on a wondrous journey this Christmas Eve. Together, they brave the terrifying Mouse King and his gang of mice, witness magnificent beauty in the forest of the Snowflakes, and enjoy the warmth of spirit in the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier’s Kingdom in the Land of Sweets. The pair enjoys offered sweets with Chocolate, Coffee, Tea, Marzipan and a Trepak dance.

They dance the Waltz with the Dewdrop and Flowers.

The story ends as the two adventurers depart the Land of Sweets after a grand finale, and Clara wakes up back in her living room, having fallen off the couch.

As she finds her Nutcracker doll, Clara wonders if her journey was, in fact, a wonderful dream.

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CHOREOGRAPHER AND DIRECTOR

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

ILYA KOZADAYEV

JARED REDICK

Ilya Kozadayev, originally from St. Petersburg, Russia, received his dance training from Vaganova Ballet Academy, School of American Ballet, Academy of Colorado Ballet, and John Cranko Ballet Academy in Stuttgart, Germany. Kozadayev danced professionally, performing an array of international repertoire, as a soloist with Colorado Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, Boston Ballet and as a soloist with the Houston Ballet. As a dancer, Kozadayev was a winner of the New York International Ballet Competition. Kozadayev began choreographing for Boston Ballet’s Raw Dance, and went on to create ballets for Houston Ballet’s choreographic showcase, original work for Houston Ballet II, Kansas City Ballet, Festival Ballet of Providence, Milwaukee Ballet II, Oklahoma Festival Ballet, Ballet Arkansas, Tulsa Ballet II, Contemporary Dance Oklahoma, University of Utah School of Dance and UNCSA, among others. In 2015, Kozadayev won the Ballet Arkansas Visions Choreography Competition. In 2017, he created an original version of “Romeo and Juliet” for Festival Ballet Providence.

Most recently, Houston Ballet II performed Kozadayev’s original work in a gala celebration at the Hamburg Opera House, Hamburg, Germany, and in Cannes, France.

Kozadayev was a finalist of the National Choreographers Initiative. In 2019, his original choreography for UNCSA was performed at Lincoln Center for the Youth America Grand Prix gala. In 2020, Kozadayev co-directed, wrote and choreographed a film version of “The Nutcracker” for UNCSA, collaborating with three other arts schools on campus.

Kozadayev served as assistant professor of ballet at the University of Oklahoma School of Dance, and in 2017 joined the School of Dance faculty of UNCSA, where he serves as assistant professor. Kozadayev holds an M.F.A. from Jacksonville University.

School of Dance Assistant Dean Jared Redick began his ballet training with his mother, Julia Cziller Redick, in Reston, Virginia. He is a graduate of the high school ballet program at UNCSA, where he studied with founding Dean of Dance Robert Lindgren. Redick went on to train at Mikhail Baryshnikov’s School of Classical Ballet (ABT) and at the School of American Ballet. His performance career launched with the San Francisco Ballet, followed by dancing as a soloist with the Miami City Ballet, the Suzanne Farrell Ballet and Boston Ballet. In Boston, he danced a diverse repertoire including principal roles in works by Petipa, Cranko, Balanchine, Elo, Kylian, Forsythe, Tudor, Ashton and Tharp. Following his retirement from the stage in 2009, he has taught nationally and internationally at institutions including Royal Danish Ballet School, Tivoli Ballet Theatre, Houston Ballet School, Orlando Ballet School, Nashville Ballet School, Charlotte Ballet and Yale University. He served as guest ballet master with Finnish National Ballet, Houston Ballet, Nashville Ballet and Cincinnati Ballet. Redick is a recipient of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts Award for Exceptional Artistic Achievement, and in 2012 was appointed associate fellow of Pierson College at Yale University.

Since 2013, he has been a judge and master teacher for the Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP). He is the longtime director of the annual UNCSA stage production of “The Nutcracker,” named by Dance Teacher Magazine as one of the nation’s best productions of the holiday classic.

He had the honor and distinction of serving as interim dean of the School of Dance for the 2020-21 school year.

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GUEST CONDUCTOR

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

JIANNAN CHENG

LAURA MARTIN

Jiannan Cheng made her European debut conducting and working with the Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini, Stuttgart Philharmonic, the Georgian Chamber Orchestra Ingolstadt, and the Munich Hochschule Symphony Orchestra. Cheng was a candidate for the 2017 German Conductors’ Award, and second prize winner of the 2016 4x4 Competition for Composers and Conductors. Her teachers and mentors have included world-renowned conductors such as Riccardo Muti, Kurt Masur and Marcus Bosch, to whom she served as an assistant in Heidenheim, Germany, and led a successful performance of Verdi’s “Nabucco.” Other past professional positions include Conducting Fellow of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and the Miami Symphony Orchestra. In the fall of 2020, Cheng joined the faculty of Rowan University, where she directs the Rowan University Symphony Orchestra, serves as the conductor for the opera productions, and teaches conducting. Previously, she was the director of orchestral ensembles at Fordham University, and served on conducting faculty at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, where she led orchestra performances and was the music director of opera productions. Cheng completed her undergraduate studies at the China Conservatory of Music in Beijing.

She earned her master’s degree from the University of Washington in Seattle, and is a Doctor of Musical Arts candidate in orchestral conducting at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.

Laura Martin has served UNCSA since 2010 and is currently an associate professor.

She was trained primarily at The Washington School of Ballet under the direction of Mary Day, with supplemental training at The Joffrey School and The Chautauqua Institute. Martin went on to join The Washington Ballet, Miami City Ballet and American Ballet Theatre (ABT), where she danced the works of choreographers such as Balanchine, Tudor, de Mille, Tharp, Taylor and Graham, as well as most of the classical ballets.

Following ABT, Martin was invited to join the Broadway cast of “The Phantom of the Opera.” She finds that teaching at UNCSA provides incredibly rewarding opportunities that continue to deepen her perspective of ballet. In addition to assisting guest artists with the staging and rehearsing of ballets on campus, Martin has staged work internationally.

WELCOME BACK TO THE STEVENS CENTER, UNCSA MUSICIANS

APPLAUSE AND SUPPORT FOR OUR STUDENT ORCHESTRA, GUEST CONDUCTOR JIANNAN CHENG AND NEW MUSIC DEAN SAXTON ROSE. — MUSIC DEAN’S COUNCIL

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RÉPÉTITEUR

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ANGELINA SANSONE

DAYNA FOX

Angelina Sansone began her formal ballet training with Charlotte City Ballet in North Carolina. At the age of 14, she left her family’s home to attend The Harid Conservatory with a full tuition scholarship. After graduating from Harid, she spent two seasons with the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, where she appeared in Robert Altman’s 2003 film, “The Company.”

Following her stay with Joffrey, Sansone worked toward her B.S. in ballet at Indiana University before accepting a contract with the Kansas City Ballet in 2005.

In her 14 seasons with the company, she enjoyed a rich career working with numerous choreographers and performing a wide-ranging repertory of soloist and principal roles. While pursuing her performing career, Sansone maintained an active teaching schedule and participated in a variety of creative projects. For more than 15 years, she was on staff as ballet teacher with several dance schools and taught as guest faculty across the country. In August of 2018, she returned to her home state and proudly joined the ballet faculty at UNCSA. Before beginning her employment, she received her certification from the American Ballet Theatre National Training Curriculum in levels pre-primary through level 5. In the following years, in addition to her teaching schedule, Sansone has staged multiple pieces and assisted in the creation of two new works by Ilya Kozadayev and Stephanie Martinez.

Dayna Fox received her early ballet training in Columbus, Ohio, at Ballet Met. She also studied with tap and jazz legends Luigi, Patricia Birch and Charles Kelly and at UNCSA under such illustrious teachers as the late Melissa Hayden and Duncan Noble. In 1977, Fox joined the North Carolina Dance Theater (NCDT) where she was a featured dancer through 1985. Under the direction of Robert Lindgren and Salvatore Aiello, NCDT performed an eclectic repertoire and toured extensively throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. In 1989, Fox was named director of UNCSA’s Preparatory Dance Program. During her 25-year tenure, she helped train hundreds of children for the School of Dance’s high school division, many of whom have gone on to have professional careers with dance companies across the U.S. and abroad. Fox became a guest instructor for the School of Dance in 1999, and in 2007 was hired to the full-time ballet faculty where she currently serves as an associate professor. Fox is an official répétiteur for the Salvatore Aiello Trust and holds a B.F.A. from UNCSA. She is the director of the Festival of North Carolina Dance and has been part of the “Nutcracker” team since 2009.

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JENNET ZERBE Associate Professor Jennet Zerbe believes careful, rigorous training in classical ballet technique yields incisive, versatile dancers.

Since joining the UNCSA faculty in 2014, her students have become professional dancers in American Ballet Theatre, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Sarasota Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Charlotte Ballet and Northern Ballet among others. Zerbe brings studied regard and intuitive understanding of classical ballet to her students. She trained at The Royal Ballet School in London, where her graduation performance of Odette, Act II, “Swan Lake,” garnered her an invitation to join American Ballet Theatre, where she danced for eight years under the direction of Mikhail Baryshnikov. Her repertoire included the Lilac Fairy in Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s “The Sleeping Beauty,” Dance of the Big Swans in Baryshnikov’s “Swan Lake,” as well as many neoclassical ballets by George Balanchine, including the first principal couple in “Bourrée Fantasque.”

GUEST LIGHTING DESIGNER

LISA J. PINKHAM Lighting Designer Lisa J. Pinkham began her relationship with “The Nutcracker” in 1984 and it is still ongoing. Currently resident lighting designer for Houston Ballet, Pinkham has been designing lighting for dance for more than 35 years, working with classical, contemporary and modern companies. Her lighting can be seen in the repertories of many national companies including: American Ballet Theatre, Boston Ballet, Houston Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet and San Francisco Ballet. Internationally her work is included in the repertories of Birmingham Royal Ballet, Norwegian National Ballet, Hong Kong Ballet, Berliner Staatsballett, Wiener Staatsballett and Singapore Dance Theatre. From 1991-99 she was lighting director for San Francisco Ballet and designed the lighting for over 35 of the company’s productions. She was lighting designer for Alonzo King’s LINES Contemporary Ballet from 1994-2001.

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SCENIC ELEMENTS

COSTUME DESIGNS

HOWARD C. JONES

KATHRYN E. GRILLO

Howard Jones was the director of scene painting and on the design faculty at UNCSA from 1996 until he retired in 2017. Before that, he was one of the founders of Cobalt Studio, an apprentice painting studio in New York. He was recognized in 2000 in Boston with the Elliott Norton Award and in 2005 at the World Stage Design Expo. He has designed for the North Shore Music Theatre, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, Missouri Repertory Theatre, State Ballet of Missouri, Weston Playhouse, North Carolina Shakespeare Festival, American Heartland Theatre, Bay Street Theatre, Starlight Theatre, Goodspeed Opera, Royal Ballet New Zealand, Opera Romania in Bucharest, Triad Stage and the Coterie Theatre. He has designed several UNCSA shows including “West Side Story.”

Kathryn Grillo, retired director of dance costume at UNCSA, was a costume designer/ draper and sometimes-adjunct faculty member since 1984 in Design and Production and then in Dance, who hired her in 1996 to build costumes for “The Nutcracker.” Her dance work at UNCSA includes designs for the ballets “Raymonda,” “Don Quixote,” “Rubies” and a number of other Balanchine works, as well as many contemporary pieces by established guest choreographers and UNCSA faculty.

She created designs for the American Dance Festival, Carolina Ballet, North Carolina Dance Theatre, American Ballet Theatre Studio, Ballet Tennessee, Ballet Spartanburg and Duke University. From 1991–2012 she was the resident costume designer/coordinator for Piedmont Opera, originating designs for “Turandot,” “The Light in the Piazza,” “Les Contes d’Hoffman,” “La Bohème” and other works. She designed costumes for the Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Virginia Opera, Opera Tampa, North Carolina Shakespeare Festival and Wake Forest University and coordinated Opera Carolina’s costumes for four seasons.

Grillo holds a B.A. from Cornell University and an M.F.A. in costume design from Carnegie Mellon University.

NEW COSTUME DESIGNS

MARISSA MCCULLOUGH Marissa McCullough is currently the director of the Dance Costume Shop and resident costume designer for the School of Dance.

In addition to new designs for this production and the 2020 “Nutcracker” film, she has designed for guest choreographers and faculty over the past seven years. Highlights include her designs for Ilya Kozadayev’s “Dream(s)pace,” “Harlequinade,” Stephanie Martinez’s “Wandering On,” and Dayna Fox’s “Magnificat.” Previous to her work for UNCSA, McCullough was a dresser for American Ballet Theatre and The Metropolitan Opera, Forbidden Broadway, and the American Girl Musical. She holds a B.A. in musical theater from Marymount Manhattan College.

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COVERING THE TRIAD SINCE 2005

CREATING A WORLD OF MAGIC AND DELIGHT A HISTORY OF THE UNCSA “NUTCRACKER” Returning to the Stevens Center stage for the first time since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, “The Nutcracker” has been performed annually since 1966. That year, Robert Lindgren, founding dean of the UNCSA School of Dance, and his wife, Sonja Tyven, a School of Dance faculty member, staged “The Nutcracker” at UNCSA for the first time as part of the town of Salem’s 200th anniversary celebration.

Lindgren and Tyven had only three months and $2,500 to make “The Nutcracker” stage ready. Sets were rented from the Washington National Ballet and supplemented by donations of furniture and props. Recordings of Tchaikovsky’s score were collected.

The choreography was modeled after what Lev Ivanov and Marius Petipa created for the original production in 1892. The costumes were uniquely UNCSA, envisioned by the school’s then-resident designer, Christina Giannini. “The Nutcracker” was performed by UNCSA students and faculty for the first time on Dec. 10, 1966, in Reynolds Auditorium, and the audience instantly fell in love.

Since that first performance, the UNCSA “Nutcracker” production has been reimagined, recreated and refreshed numerous times — perhaps never more so than last year, with an all-new version for film. In year two, Giannini designed scenery to match the costumes, the latter of which were used for more than 30 years.

The original sets were replaced in 1978 with new designs by Mark Pirolo, then-director of the School of Design & Production (D&P) Scene Design Program. Other than a move to the newly refurbished Stevens Center in 1983, the production remained largely unchanged until the late ’90s.

In 1998, “The Nutcracker’’ received a significant overhaul. UNCSA D&P alumnus Campbell Baird updated most of the production’s costumes, which harkened back to their 1960s origin.

Baird also revamped the sets, and alumnus John McKernon created new lighting, giving a fresh look and feel to the Twin City’s beloved ballet.

The production was reimagined once again in 2009, when Ethan Stiefel, then dean of the UNCSA School of Dance, developed new choreography for the ballet with three faculty members.

Although many of the production materials from the ’90s are still used today, the new staging required several costume and prop changes. For example, the choreography now called for a smaller toy box, which meant that the Toy Soldiers’ hats no longer fit!

Kathryn Grillo and Carolyn Fay, both former directors of the Dance Costume Shop, designed new looks for Clara, the Sugar Plum Fairy, her Cavalier Prince and Mother Ginger. They also added a corps of Baby Mice. Howard Jones, then-Design & Production’s director of scenic art and scene painting, contributed new scenic elements, including the glorious growing Christmas tree. New lighting was added

by D&P alumnus Brad Fields, resident lighting designer for American Ballet Theatre. Also in 2009, the UNCSA Nutcracker Orchestra, composed of students from the School of Music, served as the production’s pit orchestra for the first time. The Winston-Salem Symphony had been providing live music for the school’s “Nutcracker” since 1969.

Almost all of the Sugar Plums and Cavaliers who danced in the UNCSA “Nutcracker” later joined professional companies — many of them as soloists and principal dancers.

UNCSA alumna Gillian Murphy (H.S. Dance ’96), principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre, is one of several alumni who have returned to reprise these featured roles.

Other renowned guest artists, such as Julie Kent and David Hallberg, have also graced the Stevens Center stage.

The year 2020 presented challenges like never before as UNCSA acclimated to limitations from the pandemic.

The classic work was abridged and adapted/choreographed specifically for film through a unique collaboration among the schools of Dance, Filmmaking, Music, and Design & Production.

That “Nutcracker” featured all-new choreography by faculty member Ilya Kozadayev while retaining favorite scenes and characters from the traditional stage production. Magical touches created through visual effects and animation brought the story to life for audiences worldwide.

This year’s “Nutcracker” — with all new choreography by Kozadayev — is a reimagining of the original stage production. Clara and her Nutcracker Prince are front and center along with the Sugar Plum Fairy, Snowflakes and Flowers, as well as the show-stopping Trepak. Constantly reinventing itself is how UNCSA is finding innovative ways to provide gifted emerging artists with the experience, knowledge and skills to excel in their disciplines, preparing them to shape the future of the arts and entertainment industry.

PRODUCTION STAFF PRODUCTION MANAGER Jessica Holcombe ASSISTANT PRODUCTION MANAGER Emma Miller PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT FACULTY ADVISER Eric Nottke COMPANY MANAGER Stephanie Brown ASSISTANT COMPANY MANAGER Alex Magallanes PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER Ashley Pennington STAGE MANAGER Victoria Coulter ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER Chloe Lupini PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Jessica Maida STAGE MANAGEMENT FACULTY ADVISER Jamie Call Blankinship LIGHTING DESIGNER Lisa J. Pinkham ASSISTANT LIGHTING DESIGNER Haley Burdette PRODUCTION ELECTRICIAN Jacob Grebber MASTER ELECTRICIAN Trevor Kirschenheiter ASSOCIATE PRODUCTION ELECTRICIAN Braeden Kowalkowski LIGHTING PROGRAMMER Hunter McCune SHOW ELECTRICIANS Julian Cordova Lauren Lee Thania Melendez Bill Nowlin Mya Nunez Emma Perch Rocco Turano LOAD IN AND LOAD OUT CREW Andrew Beauregard Julian Cordova Eric Hill Lauren Lee Harrison Marcus Mac McClary Tyler McKinnin Thania Melendez George Melzter Peter Novosad Bill Nowlin Mya Nunez Emma Perch Liz Shekterman-Baklar Stephen Smart Rocco Turano

LIGHTING SHOP FOREMAN George Melzter LIGHTING SHOP STAFF Abigail Hall Harrison Marcus LIGHTING DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY FACULTY ADVISERS Eric Rimes Clifton Taylor PROPERTIES DIRECTOR E. “Tommy” Thomas ASSISTANT PROPERTIES DIRECTOR Mahalet Andargachew PROPERTIES ARTISANS Mahalet Andargachew Olivia Bast Natalie Carney Nat Carriero Anna Casino Renee Chasey Megan DeVolder Grace DiMaio Isabel Egbert Brady Flock Kitkat Gallegos Praveer Gangwani Cameron Hayes Becky Hicks Mak Jordan Amy Laliberty Riley Lange Joshua Lawson Willow Macivor Olivia Miller Christina Miracola Kendall Myers Tyler Offner Cas O’Neal Kay Raff Alex Rousseau Allison Sorkin Gabriel Weis Meg Winkler STAGE PROPERTIES FACULTY ADVISER Kris Julio TECHNICAL DIRECTION FACULTY ADVISER Bill Volz LEAD TOUCH UP ARTISAN Katie Pulling SCENIC ARTISAN FACULTY ADVISERS Susan Crabtree Patti Mondana DANCE COSTUME SHOP DIRECTOR AND WARDROBE SUPERVISOR Marissa McCullough COSTUME TECHNICIANS Kelsey Burns Kaitlin F. Smith STITCHERS Jocelyn Dubose Sarah Horvath Maureen Wynne

WARDROBE ASSISTANT Clare Parker WARDROBE CREW Eric Clawson Bianca Dicarli AJ Helms Jordon Rodriguez WORK-STUDY STITCHERS Marquita Horton Santina Leone Emma Smith COSTUME SHOP INTERNS Abigail Herron YuYao Sutherland WIG AND MAKEUP DESIGNER Amelia Brown ASSISTANT WIG AND MAKEUP DESIGNER Abbey Maruyama WIG AND MAKEUP RUN CREW Kenzie Biundo Anna Burgess Elisa Stroud WIG AND MAKEUP SHOP MANAGER Izzy Cosen ASSISTANT WIG AND MAKEUP SHOP MANAGER Hallie Moore WIG AND MAKEUP FACULTY ADVISER Samone Jacobs FLY PERSON Patrick Hearn SOUND ENGINEER Jeff Sherwood DECK CARPENTER Jake Wales SCENERY RUN CREW Lee Martinez Cruz James Goodson Adrian Merson Isabella Reboll SCENERY LOAD IN AND LOAD OUT CREW Kai Aguire Emmy Babyak Branigan Duguay Patrick Hearn Ryan Lasich Jamie Martinson Tyler McKinnon Graham Savage Kylie Wagner Brandon Wallace Emily Weinberger SPECIAL THANKS Alan Simmons

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UNCSA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA UNCSA DEAN OF MUSIC Saxton Rose GUEST CONDUCTOR Jiannan Cheng VIOLIN Bella Ward, Concertmaster Marta Đorović, Associate Concertmaster Carlos Torres, Assistant Concertmaster Heather Blake, Principal Second Ruth Kelley, Assistant Principal Second Sophie Anderson Luca Kevorkian Rosemarie Nelson Christine Park Matthias Semrau Austen Speare Nate Thomeer Clara Weigele Nicolas Williams VIOLA Jui-Fan Lin, Principal Joshua Forbes, Assistant Principal Amanda Harrell Xue Mei CELLO Jake Anderson, Principal Sophie Lyman, Assistant Principal Johanna Di Norcia Elijah White DOUBLE BASS Emery Wegh, Principal Payton Baysinger, Assistant Principal PICCOLO Elizabeth Saller, Principal FLUTE Kayla Cieslak, Principal Isabel Aviles OBOE Maggie Williams, Principal Robbie Burleson ENGLISH HORN Evan LaVack, Principal CLARINET Clara Ruiz Medina, Principal Trent Smart BASS CLARINET Casey Mcguire, Principal BASSOON Brianna Cantwell, Principal Emily Mastenbrook HORN Elijah Barclift, co-principal Logan Fisher, co-principal Myles Moore Cameron Pollard Gabrielle Figueroa-Diaz

TRUMPET Emily Mudra, co-principal Zichao Liu, co-principal Elijah Gohl TROMBONE Elijah Van Camp-Goh, Principal Lawson Gardner BASS TROMBONE Darien Baldwin, Principal TUBA Avery Greene, Principal HARP Grace Ludtke, Principal CELESTA Ashley May De Paola, Principal PERCUSSION Dante Thomas Michael Cornwell PRODUCTION/OPERATIONS GRADUATE ASSISTANTS Tristen Craven Emily Mastenbrook Sam Natvig Jose Olea Vico ENSEMBLES FACULTY/STAFF Mark Norman, Director of Instrumental Ensembles Ken Wilmot, Director of Artistic Operations

PIEDMONT YOUTH CHORUS Patrick Schell, Director Cody Baker Xavier Beck Ollie Andree Bowen Taryn Brady McKinley Callahan Jackson Colo Christian Del Campo Gabriella Del Campo Valerie Del Campo Cady B Dunn Zion Hanchell Rae Klosterman Callie Kraft Abigail Munster Gus Raymer Katy Smith Callie Watson PIEDMONT YOUTH CHORUS ENSEMBLES LIBRARY GRADUATE ASSISTANTS Kayleigh Bagley Kayla Bull

PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEOGRAPHY PROGRAM PHOTOGRAPHY G. Allen Aycock Andrew Dye Raunak Kapoor Peter J. Mueller Wayne Reich J. Sinclair Photography ON-DEMAND VIDEO CONTENT PRODUCER Adam Witmer PRODUCTION COMPANY JerFilm

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We are excited to see you in your first and final UNCSA “Nutcracker” this holiday season. We are so proud of you for all you have accomplished in high school. We can’t wait to see where your passion and dedication take you next!

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“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” — George B. Shaw Can’t wait to see you in “The Nutcracker.”

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2021 CASTING GUIDE* ACT I PARTY SCENE Clara Fritz Nutcracker Drosselmeyer Dr. Stahlbaum Frau Stahlbaum Fathers

Mothers

Children

BATTLE Mouse King Bear Mice

Soliders

SNOW Snow Queen Snow King Snow Flakes

INTERMISSION

FRIDAY DECEMBER 10 7:30 PM

SATURDAY DECEMBER 11 12 PM

Dana Sheldon Chloe Milling Will Gyves Will Gyves Jett Lecamu Julian Pecoraro Jordan Hooks Julia Shoffner Will Whitney Will Whitney Vanessa Miekle Deanna Cudjoe Stephen Gunter Stephen Gunter Joe Hall-Conley (Sam Mayer) Sam Mayer Antony Zambrano-Reyes Narada Baba Ally Barrows Siri Vedel Alicia Giaimo Tatum Smith Bailey Goss Chloe Vernillet Yoon Kang Daria Prokhnitski Alayna Hamade Katherine Nettles Makenzie Nathan Mariclaire Livingston

SATURDAY DECEMBER 11 5:30 PM

SUNDAY DECEMBER 12 2 PM

Emma Cilke Emma Cilke Will Gyves Jett Lecamu Julian Pecoraro Will Gyves Julia Shoffner Jordan Hooks Will Whitney Will Whitney Deanna Cudjoe Vanessa Miekle Stephen Gunter Khi’Shawn Robinson Joe Hall-Conley (Sam Mayer) Sam Mayer Narada Baba Antony Zambrano-Reyes Siri Vedel Ally Barrows Tatum Smith Alicia Giaimo Chloe Vernillet Bailey Goss Daria Prokhnitski Yoon Kang Katherine Nettles Alayna Hamade Mariclaire Livingston Makenzie Nathan

Will Whitney Majerle Loy Nathaniel Geis Dylan West Khi’Shawn Robinson Antony Zambrano-Reyes Sam Mayer (Joe Hall-Conley) Karl Pil Neil Basu Gabe Roush Makenzie Nathan Francie Foster Reese Dailey Nadia Chudzik Allison Roos Joanna Holden Saya Nolan Kyla Guay Brynn Copeland Sarah Ladner

Will Whitney Reese Dailey Nathaniel Geis Dylan West Gabe Ramirez Narada Baba Julian Pecoraro Jacob Duehring Neil Basu Gabe Roush Mariclaire Livingston Sarah Ladner Majerle Loy Nadia Chudzik Sophia Smith Joanna Holden Saya Nolan Kyla Guay Brynn Copeland Daria Prokhnitski

Will Whitney Majerle Loy Nathaniel Geis Dylan West Khi’Shawn Robinson Antony Zambrano-Reyes Sam Mayer (Joe Hall-Conley) Karl Pil Neil Basu Gabe Roush Makenzie Nathan Francie Foster Reese Dailey Nadia Chudzik Allison Roos Joanna Holden Saya Nolan Kyla Guay Brynn Copeland Sarah Ladner

Will Whitney Reese Dailey Nathaniel Geis Dylan West Gabe Ramirez Narada Baba Julian Pecoraro Jacob Duehring Neil Basu Gabe Roush Mariclaire Livingston Sarah Ladner Majerle Loy Nadia Chudzik Sophia Smith Joanna Holden Saya Nolan Kyla Guay Brynn Copeland Daria Prokhnitski

Sofia Johnson Gabe Ramirez Cambria Dancu Alicia Giaimo Dana Sheldon Vanessa Miekle Lydia Schneider Charlotte Evans Celeste Lau Ida Cacanindin Rebekah Fedele Deanna Cudjoe Sophia Smith Alexis Dawson Katherine Pearsall-Finch Grace Fitzgerald

Emma Cilke Khi’Shawn Robinson Tess Cogley Grace Nemeth Natalie Taylor Ally Barrows Kaitlyn McCoy Francie Foster Ava Grace Williams Caroline Credle Mary Grace Cole Ruiko Jacobs Madeline Rick Alexis Dawson Chloe Vernillet Amanda Ovitt

Sofia Johnson Gabe Ramirez Cambria Dancu Alicia Giaimo Dana Sheldon Vanessa Miekle Lydia Schneider Charlotte Evans Celeste Lau Ida Cacanindin Rebekah Fedele Deanna Cudjoe Sophia Smith Chloe Milling Katherine Pearsall-Finch Grace Fitzgerald

Dana Sheldon Stephen Gunter Tess Cogley Grace Nemeth Natalie Taylor Ally Barrows Kaitlyn McCoy Francie Foster Celeste Lau Caroline Credle Mary Grace Cole Ruiko Jacobs Madeline Rick Alexis Dawson Chloe Vernillet Amanda Ovitt

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2021 CASTING GUIDE* ACT II

LAND OF SWEETS Sugar Plum Cavalier Angels

Attendants

FRIDAY DECEMBER 10 7:30 PM

SATURDAY DECEMBER 11 12 PM

SATURDAY DECEMBER 11 5:30 PM

SUNDAY DECEMBER 12 2 PM

Ava Grace WiIliams Sam Mayer Emma Wessel Tatum Smith Lillian Smith Nadia Avery Sophie Kanzler Bailey Goss Myla Calhoun Lucy Willcott Zoe Paris-Carter Chloe Vernillet Siri Vedel Matilda Jenkins

Ida Cacanindin Stephen Gunter Lucy Willcott Alexis Dawson Lydia Schneider Pai Supicahyanggoon Samantha Ladner Kiley White Grace Nemeth Kaitlyn McCoy Tatum Smith Chloe Milling Amanda Ovitt Sophie Kanzler

Ava Grace WiIliams Sam Mayer Emma Wessel Tatum Smith Lillian Smith Nadia Avery Sophie Kanzler Bailey Goss Myla Calhoun Lucy Willcott Zoe Paris-Carter Chloe Vernillet Siri Vedel Matilda Jenkins

Aimee Le Gabe Ramirez Lucy Willcott Alexis Dawson Lydia Schneider Pai Supicahyanggoon Samantha Ladner Kiley White Grace Nemeth Kaitlyn McCoy Tatum Smith Chloe Milling Amanda Ovitt Sophie Kanzler

Gabe Ramirez Stephen Gunter Caroline Credle Tess Cogley

Sam Mayer Jacob Duehring Mary Grace Cole Cambria Dancu

Gabe Ramirez Stephen Gunter Caroline Credle Tess Cogley

Julian Pecoraro Stephen Gunter Alicia Giaimo Grace Fitzgerald

Deanna Cudjoe Natalie Taylor Vanessa Miekle

Katherine Pearsall-Finch Ruiko Jacobs Ally Barrows

Deanna Cudjoe Natalie Taylor Vanessa Miekle

Katherine Pearsall-Finch Ruiko Jacobs Ally Barrows

Aimee Le Celeste Lau

Sophia Smith Madeline Rick

Aimee Le Celeste Lau

Sophia Smith Madeline Rick

Khi’Shawn Robinson Will Whitney Karl Pil

Khi’Shawn Robinson Gabe Ramirez Dylan West

Khi’Shawn Robinson Will Whitney Karl Pil

Khi’Shawn Robinson Will Whitney Karl Pil

Jacob Duerhing Jett Lecamu Alayna Hamade Katherine Nettles Yoon Kang

Will Gyves Julian Pecoraro Daria Prokhnitski Francie Foster Makenzie Nathan

Jacob Duerhing Jett Lecamu Alayna Hamade Katherine Nettles Yoon Kang

Jacob Duerhing Jett Lecamu Alayna Hamade Katherine Nettles Yoon Kang

Ruiko Jacobs Rebekah Fedele Amanda Ovitt Eleanor Faub Ally Barrows Pai Supichayanggoon Alicia Giaimo Lydia Schneider Kiley White Alexis Dawson Siri Vedel Dana Sheldon Samantha Ladner

Sofia Johnson Alayna Hamade Natalie Taylor Evie Beard Lillian Smith Myla Calhoun Charlotte Evans Vanessa Miekle Bailey Goss Zoe Paris-Carter Kerry Shannon Nadia Avery Emma Wessel

Ruiko Jacobs Rebekah Fedele Amanda Ovitt Eleanor Faub Ally Barrows Pai Supichayanggoon Alicia Giaimo Lydia Schneider Kiley White Alexis Dawson Kerry Shannon Chloe Milling Samantha Ladner

Ava Grace Williams Jayla Thacker Natalie Taylor Evie Beard Chloe Vernillet Myla Calhoun Charlotte Evans Vanessa Miekle Bailey Goss Matilda Jenkins Siri Vedel Nadia Avery Emma Wessel

CHOCOLATE

COFFEE

TEA

TREPAK

MARZIPAN

FLOWERS Dew Drop Flowers

*CASTING SUBJECT TO CHANGE

2021 CASTING GUIDE* ACT I PARTY SCENE Clara Fritz Nutcracker Drosselmeyer Dr. Stahlbaum Frau Stahlbaum Fathers

Mothers

Children

BATTLE Mouse King Bear Mice

Soliders

SNOW Snow Queen Snow King Snow Flakes

INTERMISSION

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 15 7:30 PM

THURSDSAY DECEMBER 16 10 AM

THURSDAY DECEMBER 16 7:30 PM

FRIDAY DECEMBER 17 7:30 PM

Emma Cilke Will Gyves Jett Lecamu Julia Shoffner Will Whitney Deanna Cudjoe Stephen Gunter Joe Hall-Conley (Sam Mayer) Narada Baba Siri Vedel Tatum Smith Chloe Vernillet Daria Prokhnitski Katherine Nettles Mariclaire Livingston

Alayna Hamade Will Gyves Jacob Duehring Jordan Hooks Gabe Roush Vanessa Miekle Khi’Shawn Robinson Joe Hall-Conley Antony Zambrano-Reyes Ally Barrows Alicia Giaimo Bailey Goss Yoon Kang Katherine Nettles Makenzie Nathan

Chloe Milling Will Gyves Julian Pecoraro Julia Shoffner Will Whitney Deanna Cudjoe Stephen Gunter Joe Hall-Conley Narada Baba Siri Vedel Tatum Smith Chloe Vernillet Yoon Kang Katherine Nettles Mariclaire Livingston

Chloe Milling Will Gyves Jett Lecamu Jordan Hooks Will Whitney Vanessa Miekle Khi’Shawn Robinson Sam Mayer Antony Zambrano-Reyes Ally Barrows Alicia Giaimo Bailey Goss Yoon Kang Alayna Hamade Makenzie Nathan

Will Whitney Majerle Loy Nathaniel Geis Dylan West Khi’Shawn Robinson Antony Zambrano-Reyes Sam Mayer (Joe Hall-Conley) Karl Pil Neil Basu Gabe Roush Makenzie Nathan Francie Foster Reese Dailey Nadia Chudzik Allison Roos Joanna Holden Saya Nolan Kyla Guay Brynn Copeland Sarah Ladner

Gabe Roush Reese Dailey Stephen Gunter Dylan West Gabe Ramirez Narada Baba Julian Pecoraro Karl Pil Neil Basu Will Whitney Mariclaire Livingston Sarah Ladner Majerle Loy Nadia Chudzik Sophia Smith Joanna Holden Saya Nolan Kyla Guay Brynn Copeland Daria Prokhnitski

Will Whitney Majerle Loy Nathaniel Geis Dylan West Khi’Shawn Robinson Antony Zambrano-Reyes Sam Mayer Karl Pil Neil Basu Gabe Roush Makenzie Nathan Francie Foster Reese Dailey Nadia Chudzik Allison Roos Joanna Holden Saya Nolan Kyla Guay Brynn Copeland Daria Prokhnitski

Will Whitney Reese Dailey Nathaniel Geis Dylan West Gabe Ramirez Narada Baba Julian Pecoraro Jacob Duehring Neil Basu Gabe Roush Mariclaire Livingston Sarah Ladner Majerle Loy Nadia Chudzik Sophia Smith Joanna Holden Saya Nolan Kyla Guay Brynn Copeland Daria Prokhnitski

Dana Sheldon Stephen Gunter Cambria Dancu Alicia Giaimo Natalie Taylor Vanessa Miekle Lydia Schneider Charlotte Evans Celeste Lau Ida Cacanindin Rebekah Fedele Deanna Cudjoe Sophia Smith Chloe Milling Katherine Pearsall-Finch Grace Fitzgerald

Emma Cilke Khi’Shawn Robinson Tess Cogley Grace Nemeth Natalie Taylor Ally Barrows Kaitlyn McCoy Francie Foster Celeste Lau Caroline Credle Mary Grace Cole Ruiko Jacobs Madeline Rick Alexis Dawson Chloe Vernillet Amanda Ovitt

Sofia Johnson Gabe Ramirez Cambria Dancu Alicia Giaimo Dana Sheldon Vanessa Miekle Lydia Schneider Charlotte Evans Aimee Le Caroline Credle Rebekah Fedele Deanna Cudjoe Sophia Smith Alexis Dawson Katherine Pearsall-Finch Grace Fitzgerald

Dana Sheldon Stephen Gunter Tess Cogley Grace Nemeth Natalie Taylor Ally Barrows Kaitlyn McCoy Francie Foster Ava Grace Williams Caroline Credle Mary Grace Cole Ruiko Jacobs Madeline Rick Alexis Dawson Chloe Vernillet Amanda Ovitt

*CASTING SUBJECT TO CHANGE

2021 CASTING GUIDE* ACT II

LAND OF SWEETS Sugar Plum Cavalier Angels

Attendants

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 15 7:30 PM

THURSDSAY DECEMBER 16 10 AM

THURSDAY DECEMBER 16 7:30 PM

FRIDAY DECEMBER 17 7:30 PM

Aimee Le Gabe Ramirez Emma Wessel Tatum Smith Lillian Smith Nadia Avery Sophie Kanzler Bailey Goss Myla Calhoun Lucy Willcott Zoe Paris-Carter Chloe Vernillet Siri Vedel Matilda Jenkins

Ava Grace Williams Sam Mayer Lucy Willcott Alexis Dawson Lydia Schneider Pai Supicahyanggoon Samantha Ladner Kiley White Grace Nemeth Kaitlyn McCoy Tatum Smith Chloe Milling Siri Vedel Sophie Kanzler

Ida Cacanindin Stephen Gunter Emma Wessel Tatum Smith Lillian Smith Nadia Avery Sophie Kanzler Bailey Goss Myla Calhoun Lucy Willcott Zoe Paris-Carter Chloe Vernillet Siri Vedel Matilda Jenkins

Aimee Le Gabe Ramirez Emma Wessel Tatum Smith Lillian Smith Nadia Avery Sophie Kanzler Bailey Goss Myla Calhoun Lucy Willcott Zoe Paris-Carter Chloe Vernillet Amanda Ovitt Matilda Jenkins

Sam Mayer Stephen Gunter Caroline Credle Tess Cogley

Gabe Ramirez Stephen Gunter Alicia Giaimo Alexis Dawson

Gabe Ramirez Sam Mayer Caroline Credle Tess Cogley

Sam Mayer Jacob Duehring Alicia Giaimo Grace Fitzgerald

Deanna Cudjoe Natalie Taylor Vanessa Miekle

Katherine Pearsall-Finch Natalie Taylor Ally Barrows

Deanna Cudjoe Natalie Taylor Vanessa Miekle

Katherine Pearsall-Finch Ruiko Jacobs Ally Barrows

Dana Sheldon Celeste Lau

Sophia Smith Madeline Rick

Sophia Smith Celeste Lau

Sophia Smith Madeline Rick

Khi’Shawn Robinson Will Whitney Karl Pil

Gabe Roush Antony Zambrano-Reyes Dylan West

Khi’Shawn Robinson Will Whitney Karl Pil

Khi’Shawn Robinson Will Whitney Karl Pil

Julian Pecoraro Will Gyves Alayna Hamade Katherine Nettles Yoon Kang

Nathaniel Geis Julian Pecoraro Daria Prokhnitski Francie Foster Makenzie Nathan

Jacob Duerhing Jett Lecamu Alayna Hamade Katherine Nettles Yoon Kang

Will Gyves Julian Pecoraro Daria Prokhnitski Francie Foster Makenzie Nathan

Ava Grace Williams Rebekah Fedele Amanda Ovitt Eleanor Faub Ally Barrows Pai Supichayanggoon Alicia Giaimo Lydia Schneider Kiley White Alexis Dawson Kerry Shannon Chloe Milling Samantha Ladner

Ruiko Jacobs Jayla Thacker Amanda Ovitt Evie Beard Chloe Vernillet Myla Calhoun Charlotte Evans Vanessa Miekle Bailey Goss Matilda Jenkins Siri Vedel Chloe Milling Emma Wessel

Emma Cilke Rebekah Fedele Amanda Ovitt Eleanor Faub Ally Barrows Pai Supichayanggoon Alicia Giaimo Lydia Schneider Kiley White Alexis Dawson Kerry Shannon Dana Sheldon Samantha Ladner

Emma Cilke Jayla Thacker Natalie Taylor Evie Beard Chloe Vernillet Myla Calhoun Charlotte Evans Vanessa Miekle Bailey Goss Matilda Jenkins Siri Vedel Nadia Avery Samantha Ladner

CHOCOLATE

COFFEE

TEA

TREPAK

MARZIPAN

FLOWERS Dew Drop Flowers

*CASTING SUBJECT TO CHANGE

2021 CASTING GUIDE* ACT I PARTY SCENE Clara Fritz Nutcracker Drosselmeyer Dr. Stahlbaum Frau Stahlbaum Fathers

Mothers

Children

BATTLE Mouse King Bear Mice

Soliders

SNOW Snow Queen Snow King Snow Flakes

INTERMISSION

SATURDAY DECEMBER 18 12 PM

SATURDAY DECEMBER 18 5:30 PM

SUNDAY DECEMBER 19 2 PM

Dana Sheldon Jett Lecamu Will Gyves Julia Shoffner Will Whitney Deanna Cudjoe Stephen Gunter Joe Hall-Conley Narada Baba Siri Vedel Tatum Smith Chloe Vernillet Yoon Kang Katherine Nettles Mariclaire Livingston

Emma Cilke Jett Lecamu Julian Pecoraro Jordan Hooks Will Whitney Vanessa Miekle Khi’Shawn Robinson Joe Hall-Conley Antony Zambrano-Reyes Ally Barrows Alicia Giaimo Bailey Goss Yoon Kang Alayna Hamade Makenzie Nathan

Dana Sheldon Will Gyves Jett Lecamu Julia Shoffner Will Whitney Deanna Cudjoe Stephen Gunter Joe Hall-Conley Narada Baba Siri Vedel Tatum Smith Chloe Vernillet Yoon Kang Katherine Nettles Mariclaire Livingston

Will Whitney Majerle Loy Nathaniel Geis Dylan West Gabe Ramirez Antony Zambrano-Reyes Sam Mayer Karl Pil Neil Basu Gabe Roush Makenzie Nathan Sarah Ladner Reese Dailey Nadia Chudzik Allison Roos Joanna Holden Saya Nolan Kyla Guay Brynn Copeland Daria Prokhnitski

Will Whitney Reese Dailey Nathaniel Geis Dylan West Gabe Ramirez Narada Baba Sam Mayer Jacob Duehring Neil Basu Gabe Roush Mariclaire Livingston Sarah Ladner Majerle Loy Nadia Chudzik Allison Roos Joanna Holden Saya Nolan Kyla Guay Brynn Copeland Daria Prokhnitski

Will Whitney Majerle Loy Nathaniel Geis Dylan West Khi’Shawn Robinson Antony Zambrano-Reyes Julian Pecoraro Karl Pil Neil Basu Gabe Roush Makenzie Nathan Francie Foster Reese Dailey Nadia Chudzik Allison Roos Joanna Holden Saya Nolan Kyla Guay Brynn Copeland Daria Prokhnitski

Emma Cilke Khi’Shawn Robinson Tess Cogley Grace Nemeth Natalie Taylor Ally Barrows Kaitlyn McCoy Francie Foster Ava Grace Williams Caroline Credle Mary Grace Cole Ruiko Jacobs Madeline Rick Alexis Dawson Chloe Vernillet Amanda Ovitt

Dana Sheldon Stephen Gunter Cambria Dancu Alicia Giaimo Natalie Taylor Vanessa Miekle Lydia Schneider Charlotte Evans Ava Grace Williams Ida Cacanindin Rebekah Fedele Deanna Cudjoe Sophia Smith Chloe Milling Katherine Pearsall-Finch Grace Fitzgerald

Sofia Johnson Gabe Ramirez Cambria Dancu Alicia Giaimo Natalie Taylor Vanessa Miekle Lydia Schneider Charlotte Evans Celeste Lau Carolina Credle Rebekah Fedele Deanna Cudjoe Sophia Smith Chloe Milling Katherine Pearsall-Finch Grace Fitzgerald

*CASTING SUBJECT TO CHANGE

2021 CASTING GUIDE* ACT II

LAND OF SWEETS Sugar Plum Cavalier Angels

Attendants

SATURDAY DECEMBER 18 12 PM

SATURDAY DECEMBER 18 5:30 PM

SUNDAY DECEMBER 19 2 PM

Ida Cacanindin Stephen Gunter Lucy Willcott Alexis Dawson Lydia Schneider Pai Supicahyanggoon Samantha Ladner Kiley White Grace Nemeth Kaitlyn McCoy Tatum Smith Chloe Milling Amanda Ovitt Sophie Kanzler

Aimee Le Gabe Ramirez Emma Wessel Tatum Smith Lillian Smith Nadia Avery Sophie Kanzler Bailey Goss Myla Calhoun Lucy Willcott Zoe Paris-Carter Chloe Vernillet Siri Vedel Matilda Jenkins

Ava Grace Williams Sam Mayer Lucy Willcott Alexis Dawson Lydia Schneider Pai Supicahyanggoon Samantha Ladner Kiley White Grace Nemeth Kaitlyn McCoy Tatum Smith Chloe Milling Amanda Ovitt Sophie Kanzler

Sam Mayer Jacob Duerhing Mary Grace Cole Cambria Dancu

Sam Mayer Stephen Gunter Caroline Credle Tess Cogley

Gabe Ramirez Jacob Duerhing Alicia Giaimo Grace Fitzgerald

Deanna Cudjoe Natalie Taylor Ally Barrows

Katherine Pearsall-Finch Ruiko Jacobs Ally Barrows

Deanna Cudjoe Natalie Taylor Vanessa Miekle

Aimee Le Celeste Lau

Sophia Smith Madeline Rick

Aimee Le Celeste Lau

Khi’Shawn Robinson Gabe Ramirez Dylan West

Khi’Shawn Robinson Will Whitney Karl Pil

Khi’Shawn Robinson Will Whitney Dylan West

Nathaniel Geis Julian Pecoraro Daria Prokhnitski Francie Foster Makenzie Nathan

Jacob Duerhing Jett Lecamu Alayna Hamade Katherine Nettles Yoon Kang

Nathaniel Geis Julian Pecoraro Daria Prokhnitski Francie Foster Makenzie Nathan

Ruiko Jacobs Jayla Thacker Amanda Ovitt Evie Beard Lillian Smith Myla Calhoun Charlotte Evans Vanessa Miekle Bailey Goss Zoe Paris-Carter Kerry Shannon Chloe Milling Emma Wessel

Sofia Johnson Rebekah Fedele Amanda Ovitt Eleanor Faub Lillian Smith Pai Supichayanggoon Alicia Giaimo Lydia Schneider Kiley White Alexis Dawson Kerry Shannon Dana Sheldon Samantha Ladner

Ruiko Jacobs Rebekah Fedele Amanda Ovitt Eleanor Faub Ally Barrows Pai Supichayanggoon Charlotte Evans Lydia Schneider Kiley White Alexis Dawson Kerry Shannon Chloe Milling Samantha Ladner

CHOCOLATE

COFFEE

TEA

TREPAK

MARZIPAN

FLOWERS Dew Drop Flowers

*CASTING SUBJECT TO CHANGE