Diamond Dance Works

2025 NUTCRACKER INFORMATION

Nutcracker Casting 2025

**Please be sure to sign and turn in your 2025 Nutcracker Rehearsal Agreement no later than Friday, August 23rd, 2025.

The Nutcracker participation fee is $200 per dancer, plus a $25 media fee. This fee includes all dancer rehearsals and choreography as well as dancer costume rental for the show and is due August 23rd. Fees will be automatically billed to the card on file as stated in the audition agreement on August 23rd. The media fee only includes video footage. All costumes are turned back into DDW after the show.

Congratulations Dancers!

Please read through the entire cast list, as some dancers may be cast in multiple rolls. It is not uncommon for dancers to be cast in the same role for multiple years!

*Choreography is adjusted annually to suit the dancers’ needs.

Rehearsals will start Monday, August 25th. We may add or change rehearsals as the performance approaches, so that we can make sure dancers are ready! We try our best not to do that, however sometimes the change occurs. **

Cast List

Angels: Weekly rehearsals will be on Fridays from 5:30-6:15 pm. Rehearsal starts on Aug 29th

1. Malia Anderson

2. Maeve Chavez

3. Livia Harris

4. Kynslee Hull

5. Zoey Morrison

6. Laurlynn Smith

7. Atalie Varner

8. Emilia Wright

Sugar Plum Fairy: Miquala Figueroa

Understudy- Harper Raley

Weekly rehearsals will be on Mondays 6:00-7:00pm.

Snow Scene: Weekly Rehearsals on Tuesdays during class 5:00-6:00pm

**Dancers in class who are not cast will be additional understudies. **

Snow Queen: Harper Raley (Soloist Rehearsal Monday 8:00-9:15PM)

Understudy- Grace Carano

SnowFlakes:

1. Marti Ann Brantley

2. Lucille Burge

3. Grace Carano

4. Mia Cincoski

5. Isabela Davila

6. Ayla Hasstedt

7. Sarah Kilcup

8. Jillian MacHugh

9. Josephine Marshall

10. Emma Mckenzie

11. Mckenzie Motzouris

12. Kalle Myers

13. Anya Niemi

14. Makenzie Schaeffer

15. Abbie Smith

    Understudy- Hannah Heavner

Spanish: Weekly Rehearsals from 8:00pm-9:15pm on Monday, as part of class hours.

** Dancers in class who are not cast will be additional understudies.

1. Grace Carano

2. Harper Raley

3. Josephine Marshall

4. Abbie Smith

   Understudy- Miquala Figueroa

Arabian: Weekly rehearsals on Fridays from 6:30-7:30 during class. Dancers not cast in Arabian will be additional understudies

1. Arabian Princess: Mia Cincoski

Understudy- Mckenzie Motzouris

1. Marti Ann Brantley

2. Isabela Davila

3. Alexis Johnson

4. Emma McKenzie

5. Kalle Myers

6. Anya Niemi

7. Ella Pruszynski

Mother Ginger’s Polichinelles: Weekly rehearsals on Fridays from 5:00-5:30, starting Aug 29th

1. Mila Macklin

2. Ava Anleu

3. Anna Billings

4. Avery Bowles

5. Annsley Duncan

6. Charlotte Flack

7. Evie Hansen

8. Kylie Hull

9. Estelle Naegeli

10. Penelope Piedra

11. Vivienne Shipman

Marzipan: Weekly rehearsals on Fridays from 5:00-6:00 pm during class. ** Dancers in class not cast in Marzipan will be additional understudies

1. LEAD: Josephine Marshall

   Understudy- Miquala Figueroa

   Understudy- Abbie Smith

2. Lucille Burge

3. Isabela Davila

4. Sarah Kilcup

5. Jillian MacHugh

6. Mia Cincoski

Chinese: Weekly rehearsals will be Fridays 6:00-6:45pm beginning Aug 29th.

1. Lead: Abbie Smith

   Understudy- Mia Cincoski

2. Esme Cooper

3. Camila Haddad

4. Jemma Hasstedt

5. Hannah Heavner

6. Alexis Johnson

7. Mary Kilcup

8. Maci Bonner

9. Ella Pruszynski

10. Kaelyn Schaeffer

11. Julianna Weiss

Candy Canes: Weekly rehearsals will be Mondays from 6:00-7:00 beginning August 25th

1. Lead: Mckenzie Motzouris (Soloist rehearsal Monday 8:00-9:15PM)

   Understudy Mckenzie Schaeffer

2. Penelope Adam

3. Maci Bonner

4. Gianna Cicogna

5. Esme Cooper

6. Mary Gwizdak

7. Emma Moore

8. Hannah Morue

9. Kennedy Motzouris

10. Stella Ontiveros

11. Lillianne Sanchez

12. Lucia Swartz

13. Danica Tramontozzi

14. Charlotte Victor

15. Hannah Wright

Waltz of the Flowers: Weekly rehearsals will be on Thursdays 5:00-6:00PM and Fridays from 6:45-7:30, Starting August 28th

1. Dew Drop: Grace Carano (Solo Rehearsal Monday 8:00-9:15 and Thursday 5:00-6:00)

   Understudy- Abbie Smith

2. Flower Demi Soloist: Sarah Kilcup

3. Flower Demi Soloist: Jillian MacHugh

4. Flower Demi Soloist: Emma Mckenzie

5. Flower Demi Soloist: Kalle Myers

6. Marti Ann Brantley

7. Bella Gilbert

8. Ayla Hasstedt

9. Jemma Hasstedt

10. Hannah Heavner

11. Alexis Johnson

12. Ella Pruszynski

13. Taelyn Russell

14. Julianna Weiss

15. Savannah Westfall

Attendants of the Sugar Plum: Weekly Rehearsals will be Fridays at 5:30-6:15, Starting August 29th

1. Lead: Alexis Johnson

2. Lead: Ella Pruszynski

3. Brenna Doyle

4. Quinn Falk

5. Natalia Fugiel

6. Ruby Kumpf

7. Hannah Ratkovic

8. Emma Walker

Saturday Rehearsals for FULL CAST (unless otherwise noted)

Saturday September 20th  1:30-4:00pm (excluding Angels)

Saturday October 4th       1:30-4:00pm

Saturday October 18th      2:00-4:30

Saturday November 1st      2:00-4:30

Saturday November 15th    1:30-4:00

Dress rehearsal: Friday November 21st in the late afternoon/evening. Details TBA.

Performance: Saturday, November 22nd in the afternoon at Cactus Shadows Fine Arts Center. Performances at 11:00am and 2:00pm. Details TBA.