| KURTIS BLOW | ...... | Special Guest MC |
| JAELIN “JAILBREAK” BORN | ...... | Mouse Queen |
| IRON BRYAN | ...... | Dad |
| IMANI CHAISSON | ...... | Tea, Ensemble |
| DE’LEAH COLEMAN | ...... | Drosselmeyer |
| BAPTISTA KAWA | ...... | Candy, Ensemble |
| JEAN “BEBO” LLORET | ...... | Toy, Ensemble |
| TIGERLILY MACMENEMEY | ...... | Toy, Ensemble |
| AKARI MORIMOTO | ...... | Mom |
| JADEN “CAPJJAY” MOSBY | ...... | Flute, Ensemble |
| DOUGLAS “TRUNKZ” PEÑA | ...... | The Nutcracker |
| TYRESE “TAKTIC” STARLING | ...... | Chocolate, Ensemble |
| JAZMYN THOMAS | ...... | Maria-Clara |
Swings: NATHAN KARA, JANAÈ VALENTINE
Dance Captain: JANAÈ VALENTINE
Performance DJ: DJ BOO
Violinist: MARISSA LICATA
Understudy for Nutcracker: NATHAN KARA, Understudy for Maria-Clara: IMANI CHAISSON,
Understudy for Mouse King: JEAN “BEBO” LLORET, Understudy for Mom: TIGERLILY MACMENEMEY,
Understudy for Dad: JADEN “CAPJJAY” MOSBY, Understudy for Drosselmeyer: JANAE VALENTINE
New Year’s Eve – Uptown, USA
Act I – During the annual uptown holiday street party, Maria-Clara is upset by her parents’ constant bickering. The mysterious Drosselmeyer appears, bringing magical toys to the party. Drosselmeyer then introduces Maria-Clara to a street vendor selling roasted nuts, who catches her eye because he is different from the other boys on the block. After the party breaks up, Maria-Clara heads home, but on her way, she runs into the menacing Mouse Crew. The Nutcracker, aided by a magic pair of sneakers, defeats the Mouse King and the couple enjoys the romance of winter’s first snowfall.
The Hip Hop Nutcracker will be performed with one 20-minute intermission.
Act II – Drosselmeyer meets Maria-Clara and the Nutcracker and takes them back in time to the Land of Sweets nightclub on New Year’s Eve, 1984. Invisible, the couple watches the party-goers show off the dance styles of the day. Suddenly Maria-Clara realizes she is witnessing the night her parents first met and is overcome by how they were once deeply in love. Back in the present, and with a little more magic, Maria-Clara and The Nutcracker help Mom and Dad reconcile. The community joins them in the celebration.
| MEP/MICHAEL PAGE & BRENT McCREARY | ...... | General Management |
| JEFF MENSCH | ...... | Company Manager |
| AMBER R. DETTMERS | ...... | Production Stage Manager |
| ROMY VUKSAN | ...... | Creative Consultant |
| COBY CHASMAN-BECK | ...... | Associate Lighting Designer |
| SERENA WONG | ...... | Assistant Lighting Designer |
| BRIDGET CHERVENKA | ...... | Moving Light Programmer |
| NITSAN SHARF | ...... | Video Programmer |
| BEX SILBERFEIN | ...... | Assistant Company Manager |
| ADRIAN WHITE | ...... | Production Manager |
| MATT WILSON | ...... | Head Production Electrician/Technical Director |
| EMMA VAN HORN | ...... | Wardrobe Supervisor & Costume Coordinator |
| ITZEL BRITT | ...... | Audio/Video Technician |
| HAYDEE ORDONEZ | ...... | Production Assistant |
| TAEKO KOJI | ...... | Original Company Associate Director/Choreographer |
| WHITNEY ADAMS | ...... | Original Costume Design |
| JOHN TELLEM & ANDY COSCARELLI | ...... | Press |
| TIFFANIE CLAUDE-ONWUACHI | ...... | People & Culture |
| RITA MAYE BLAND | ...... | Casting |
| BROWN & BROWN | ...... | Insurance |
| LEVINE PLOTKIN LLP | ...... | Legal |
| WITHUMSMITH+BROWN, PC | ...... | Accounting |
| BROADWAY BOOKKEEPING | ...... | Bookkeeping |
GENERAL MANAGEMENT
MAXIMUM ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCTIONS
CEO & Executive Producer.................................Eva Price
Chief Operating Officer..............................Michael Page
Director of Operations……......................Brent McCreary
Creative Executive.............................Kathryn Willingham
Associate Producer.......................................Jimmy Wilson
Executive Assistant......................................Geneva Lyman
Co-Founders..................Avram Freedberg, Mary Beth Dale
www.maximumcompany.com
EXCLUSIVE TOUR DIRECTION
BROADWAY AND BEYOND THEATRICALS
Tracey McFarland Ryan Bogner
Jaymi Gilmour Megan Savage Kelsey Young Zachary Hedner
TOUR MARKETING
ALLIED GLOBAL MARKETING
Andrew Damer
Jennifer Gallagher Scott Praefke
Jessica Cary Davis Anne Waisanen
Jake Glassman Emily Toppen
Maria Bonucchi Lin DeGraaf Kate Wyman
SOCIAL MEDIA
AND THAT’S STRATEGY
Katharine Quinn Imani Russell
Mackenzie Cunnane Ava Oteiza
Andthatsstrategy.com
PHYSICAL THERAPY
NEURO TOUR PHYSICAL THERAPY, INC.
Merchandising by The Araca Group
CREDITS
Lighting and video equipment provided by Production Resource Group.
Hip Hop Nutcracker was rehearsed at Screenland Studios, Los Angeles.
Grant funding has been provided by the Middlesex County Board of County Commissioners through a grant award from the Middlesex County Cultural and Arts Trust Fund. For information on events, go to MiddlesexCountyCulture.com
