“The San Jose Nutcracker” - 2025
Congratulations on Receiving preliminary casting as a cherry!

Cherries appear in the second act and do not appear in the 11:00am performance. Cherries will need to purchase a flesh toned liner leotard to wear under their costume. All casting subject to change

Cherries

Group 1

Madison Chou
Coral Nguyen
Fiona McGee
Vivienne Plangsiri
Roman Stelling
Andrea Gutierrez
Mary-Grace Nuniz
Faith Robinson
Julia Garduno

Group 2

Riley Juliet Catura
Frida Andrade Galvan Maisie Willis
Sabella Schindler
Alice Chen
Abril Rodriguez
Aya Abdul Mateen
Riley Sharma (no 14th, 19th 23rd)/Sofia Ochoa Tesla Vulovic

All casting subject to change.

In-Studio Rehearsal Schedule

Cherries (ACT 2):
Tuesdays:  6:00-6:30pm; October 7, October 14, October 21, October 28
Sundays:  2:30-3:30;   November 2nd, November 16th, November 23rd, December 7th

Theatre Rehearsal Schedule - Mandatory Availability

Students may or may not be called for all of the times listed, but must keep ALL of these dates available. Final Theater call times will be released by November 1st.  All rehearsals listed below will be at the California Theatre. These drop off and pick up times may shift as production needs become more clear. It is our intent to have two groups of Cherries.

Cherries (ACT 2):
Tech rehearsal: Wednesday, December 10th, 7:30-9:15pm Group 2 - no Abril Rodriguez
Tech rehearsal: Thursday, December 11th, 7:30-9:15pm - Group 1
Dress rehearsal: Friday, December 12th, 6:45-9:00pm - Group 2

Performance Schedule: MANDATORY AVAILABILITY

We plan to have two casts, so students likely will not be called to every performance listed below, but students MUST BE AVAILABLE for all the performances listed below, and some students may be in all performances. Performance dates for each student will be released November 2nd. Please note that the times listed below are performer drop off and pick up times, not the actual show times. A Theater Packet with more details will be sent closer to theater week. 

Cherries (Act 2)
Saturday, December 13th: 1:45-4:10 pm - Group 1
Saturday, December 13th: 6:45-9:10 pm - Group 2
Sunday, December 14th: 1:45-4:10 pm - Group 1
Saturday, December 20th: 1:45-4:10 pm - Group 2
Saturday, December 20th: 6:45-9:10 pm - Group 1
Sunday, December 21st: 1:45-4:10 pm - Group 2
Monday, December 22nd: 1:45-4:10pm - Group 1
Tuesday, December 23rd: 1:45-4:10pm - Group 2