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The Hip Hop Nutcracker
DEC 3, 2021
Program

and
Dayton Live, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, and Executive Producer EVA PRICE
present

 Adapted by
MIKE FITELSON

Based on The Nutcracker
by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

with Special Guest MC
KURTIS BLOW

Produced by
NEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
JOHN SCHREIBER, President & CEO
DAVID RODRIGUEZ, Executive Producer
SIMMA LEVINE, Producer

Lighting Designer
BRANDON STIRLING BAKER

Video Designer
MOE SHAHROOZ

Directing Fellow
ASHLEIGH KING

Associate Director & Choreographer
RANDI FREITAS

Original Beats & Remixes
DJ BOO

Company Manager
REBECCA EASTON

Production Stage Manager
SARAH GOSHMAN

Stylist
LAURIEN DE MUNCK

Social Media Marketing
BIZ CHICA MEDIA

Tour Marketing
ALLIED GLOBAL MARKETING

Press
TELLEM GRODY PR

General Manager
MEP

Exclusive Tour Direction
BROADWAY & BEYOND THEATRICALS

Directed & Choreographed by
JENNIFER WEBER
Featuring freestyles by the Company

powered by

 Originally produced by the United Palace of Cultural Arts
Mike Fitelson, Executive Director

Cast

Maria-Clara
ANN-SYLVIA CLARK

The Nutcracker
GABRIEL EMPHASIS

Mom
LILY FRIAS 

Dad
BRYAN LONGCHAMP

Drosselmeyer
LISA “L-BOOGIE” BAUFORD

Mouse King/Ensemble
RANDI “RASCAL” FREITAS

Toy/Ensemble
ANTHONY “OMEN” CABRERA

Tea/Ensemble
JACKIE “JK-47” AGUDO

Toy/Ensemble
ZUCE MORALES

Russian/Ensemble
SETH “REAKTION” HILLARD

Chocolate/Ensemble
JON “GIFTED” JIMENEZ

Flute/Ensemble
DUSTIN “D-PAYNE” PAYNE

Swing
ETHAN EVARO

Violinist
JARVIS L BENSON

Performance DJ
DJ BOO

Place

New Year’s Eve – Uptown, USA

The Hip Hop Nutcracker will be performed with one 20-minute intermission.

Production Staff Credits

Dance Captain
RANDI FREITAS

Associate Lighting Designer
COBY CHASMAN-BECK

Moving Light Programmer
DALTON HAMILTON

Production Manager
SHANE CASSIDY

Assistant Company Manager/COVID Safety Manager
BRYNN GRAMBOW

Wardrobe Supervisor
KATY FREEMAN

Wardrobe Consultant
CAMBRIA CHICHI

Original Company Associate Director/Choreographer
TAEKO KOJI

Original Costume Design
WHITNEY ADAMS

Additional Casting
MEISHA LEE and JANET LANGER

Physical Therapist
NATALIE FARAH, PT, DPT

Director of People & Inclusion
COLETTE LUCKIE

Creative & Production Services
ALLIED GLOBAL MARKETING

General Management
MEP
EVA PRICE   CARL FLANIGAN
JOSH ALTMAN   CASEY McDERMOTT
ERIC EMAUNI   AVRAM FREEDBERG
MARY BETH DALE

Exclusive Tour Direction
BROADWAY AND BEYOND THEATRICALS
Tracey McFarland
Barbara Cooley   Robin Mishik-Jett

Social Media Marketing
BIZ CHICA MEDIA
Tracy Chapman-Nolan   Krystle Carmona
Mauricio Urquilla   Kelly Chapman
Khomari Flash   Gilesa Thomas

Tour Marketing
ALLIED GLOBAL MARKETING
Andrew Damer
Jennifer Gallagher   Scott Praefke
Hayden Anderson   Jessica Cary
Amenkha Sembenu

Physical Therapy by NEURO TOUR Physical Therapy, Inc.