Special Announcements

 

Shows

Nutcracker (The Remix) [2005]

Adapted & Directed by Angela-Dee Alforque
   

Performance Dates

All performances will be held in the
Little Theatre (A6).


Saturday   November 19   1:00 pm
Sunday*   November 20   1:00 pm
 
Saturday   November 26   1:00 pm
Sunday*   November 27   1:00 pm
 
Saturday   December 3   1:00 pm
Sunday*   December 4   1:00 pm
 
Saturday   December 10   1:00 pm
Sunday*   December 11   1:00 pm
         
*All Sunday performances interpreted in American Sign Language by Iceworm
Nutcracker

Synopsis

 

The Nutcracker ballet as we know it today resulted from an international collaboration of writers, musicians, and choregraphers. In 1816, German writer E. T. A. Hoffman wrote the short story of The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. Alexander Dumas, a writer of French and African/Haitian descent, created an adaptation of the story in 1844, which Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsk set to music in 1891. In 1892, Russian choreographer Marius Tepita transformed this music into a classical ballet. William Christensen set his 1944 American version on the San Francisco Ballet; then George Balanchine choreographed one for New York City Ballet in 1954. Our Nutcracker (The Remix) combines spoken verse, Tchaikovsky’s music, and songs and dance styles from 20 th & 21 st century popular culture. The musical selections for our show include:

 

Sequence
Original Song Title
Artist/Composer

The Party

“Decoration of the Christmas Tree”

P.I. Tchaikovsky

Puppet Show

“Dance of the Mirlitons”

P.I. Tchaikovsky

The Battle

“Beat It”

Michael Jackson

Kingdom of the Sweets

“Here Comes the Hotstepper” (Heartical Mix)

Ini Kamoze

Dance of the Candy Canes

“Tea (Chinese Variation)”

P.I. Tchaikovsky

Dance of the Gingerbread

“Driving South”

Jimi Hendrix

Dance of the Bon Bons

“Spice Up Your Life”

Spice Girls

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

“Rich Girl”

Gwen Stefani

Finale/Curtain Call

“Here Comes the Hotstepper” (Heartical Mix)

Ini Kamoze

 
Cast

Clara

  Giselle Torres

Madame Drosselmeyer/Bon Bon

 

Kiswani Jamelleh

Mouse King

 

Stefan Lee

Nutcracker Prince

 

Eddie Smith

Sugar Plum Fairy

 

Sarah Rowland

Ensemble/Marionette/Candy Cane

 

Melanie Tran

Ensemble/Toy Soldier/Bon Bon

  Anisah Reeves

Ensemble/Gingerbread

 

Elizabeth Sivell

Ensemble/Gingerbread

 

Annette Masterson

Ensemble/Bon Bon

 

Arrin Graham

Ensemble/Candy Cane

 

Lola Coy

 
Production Staff

Director/Choreographer

 

Angela-Dee Alforque

Assistant Choreographers

 

Arrin Graham, Kiswani Jamelleh, Stefan Lee, Anisah Reeves, Eddie Smith & Giselle Torres

Stage Manager

 

LaToya Daniels

Asst. Stage Manager

 

Joy Ragland

Technical Director

 

Shawn Weinshenk

Theatre Technician

 

Stephen Jones

Costumer

 

John Crabtree

Props

 

Angela-Dee Alforque & Shawn Weinshenk

Light Board Operator

 

Joy Ragland

Sound Board Operator

 

Denver Symister

Children’s Theatre Coordinator

 

Doug Lawson

Flier Design

 

Kiswani Jamelleh

Program Design

 

Angela-Dee Alforque

Box Office & Concessions Staff

 

Cindy Yang & Pinky Smith

American Sign Language Interpreters
(Sunday performances)

  

Iceworm: Crom Saunders, Kathy Jackson & Penni Warford