Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker

WORLD PREMIERE
Holiday 2012 / December 1-23

A holiday fairy tale, written and directed by Michael Emmitt

Visions of sugar plums and memories of lives past. This retelling of the Nutcracker fairy tale weaves in the story of the ballet’s famous composer, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, as he struggles to find his identity and take on the role of Russia’s most celebrated composer. Set to the music that reminds everyone of the holidays, this family tale reminds us that even something stiff and wooden can be full of life!

The World Premiere Cast of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker

Marie – Talia Eaton
Fritz – Eliot Lusero
Mother – Krista Reckner
Drosselmeyer – Gracen Porreca
Nurse – Alejandra Venancio

The Nutcracker – Jason Nelson
The Mouse King – Gracen Porreca
Queen of the Sugar Plum Fairies – Emma Messenger

Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Patrick Elkins-Zeglarski
The Countess von Meck – Emma Messenger
Modest – Evan Johnson
Antonia – Krista Reckner
Maid – Alejandra Venancio

Snowflakes/Mice/Dolls – Paris Bankston, Sarah Palmeri, Sophia Porreca, Jaky de la Torre