Nutcracker Information
Performance Dates for 2024
-Saturday, December 21st:
2:00 PM and 6:00 PM
-Sunday, December 22nd:
2:00 PM and 6:00 PM
Audition Times for 2024:
10:30-11:00 AM: Ages 3-4
Roles: Music Box Ballerinas and Drosselmeyer’s Toys
11:00-11:30 AM: Ages 5-6
Roles: Angels
11:30 AM-12:00 PM: Ages 7-8
Potential Roles: Toy Soldiers, Party Children
12:00-12:45 PM: Ages 9-11
Potential Roles: Polichinelles, Party Children, Toy Soldiers, Mice, Junior Dolls, Tea, Angels
1:00-2:00 PM: Ages 12+ flat shoes
Potential Roles: Snowflakes, Flower Corps, Trepak, Harlequin Dolls, Mice, Nutcracker, Drosselmeyer, Party Parents/Guests
2:10-3:15 PM: Ages 12+ Pointe (must attend the 1:00 session)
Potential Roles: Clara’s Friends, Angels, Snowflakes, Flower Corps, Snow Queen, Dewdrop, Chocolate, Coffee, Mirlitons, Music Box Ballerina, Toy Soldier Doll Duet, Clara
Cast List
Our performance of the Nutcracker will be set in Drosselmeyer’s Toy Shoppe for Act
1 and in the Land of the Sweets for Act 2. Our party scene in Act 1 will
feature the party children having a Christmas party at Herr Drosselmeyer’s Toy
Shoppe and will feature Drosselmeyer, Clara, the party children and dancing
toys who have come to life! Our proposed cast list is below.
Costumes and accessories will be provided for all roles. You will be responsible for
base skin tone leotard, tights, shoes and makeup.
Participation and Costume Rental Fee- Due by September 16, 2024
1 role- $110 per dancer
2 or more roles- $135 per dancer
Your participation and costume rental fee also includes 1 adult ticket to each performance. Participation and costume rental fees are non-refundable.
Rehearsals
Rehearsals
will be held on the weekends with varying times between 9 am through 4 pm.
Drosselmeyer’s toys, music box ballerinas and angels, will start with 45-60 minute rehearsals and will alternate weeks for the first 4-6 weeks of rehearsals.
Clara’s Friends, Party children, Clara, Nutcracker, Mouse King, Mice and Toy Soldiers should expect 60-minute rehearsals every week (with some weeks off.)
Older dancers and multi-role dancers should expect 2-4 hour rehearsal blocks and will meet every weekend. Soloists may be asked to come in on Thursday or Friday evenings for additional rehearsals as needed. Any weekday rehearsals will be discussed with the dancer ahead of time to work with their schedule.
Rehearsals will start in September. A detailed rehearsal schedule will be given out once auditions are over and the show is cast. All absences must be approved beforehand. If a dancer misses more than 3 rehearsals, we reserve the right to remove them from their role. Absences affect all cast members.
Attendance expectations, rehearsal etiquette and a Student/Parent Contract will be sent with the rehearsal schedule when cast list notifications are sent out. If you are unable to commit to the rehearsal schedule, you may decline the role at
that time.
Parent Volunteers
There are many moving parts to this production and many hands make light work! If you are available to volunteer, please indicate this on your child’s audition form.
Volunteer needs include but are not limited to:
Costuming- alterations, rhinestoning, applique sewing
Props- sourcing, making or sprucing up props
Sets- building and painting set pieces
Transport- driving the marley floor to and from the venue
Stage set-up- laying the marley floor, show day 1 set-up, show day 1 strike, show day 2 set-up, show day 2 strike
Showtime- lobby sales, escorting dancers from dressing room to stage