2025 Production
Performance Space Sponsor: NY Dance Artistry -Hariyama Ballet_
​Equipment Sponsor: Agumi Productions
The 2025 Production of Nutcracker and Marie returned with extra sparkle and joy, joined by special guests Aoi Ohno, Kieran McBride, and Kei Kikuchi.
Production Photo
Production Credit
Lead Producer: Seisa Ito
Co-Producer: Art Couriers International
Original Production: Time Capsule Project & NY Dance Artistry
Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Duke Ellington, Joe Garland
Playwright / Director / Choreographer: Ai Toyoshima
Co-Playwright: Andrew Black
Assistant Director: Tamaki Kadonishi
Production Stage Manager: Michiho Shimasaki
Flyer Designer: Miku Hirayama
Ticket & Marketing: Natsumi Shinohara
Children's Rehearsal Assistant: Sara Shimizu
Cast
Marie: Misuzu Hirano
Marie Standby: Ryoka Matsumoto
Sugar Plum Fairy: Kieran McBride (12/20 & 12/21 4:30), Aoi Dottin-Ohno (12/21 2:00 & 12/24)
Drosselmeier: Kei Kikuchi
Doll/Nutcracker: Aoi Yagi (12/20, 12/21 4:30 & 12/24),
Sara Shimizu (12/21 2:00)
Mother: Ryoka Matsumoto
Mother Alternate: Nanako Nakagawa
Friends of Marie: Miori Endo, Diane Martin
Candy Cane: Lui Nagase
Tea: Isaki Ohkawa
Chocolate: Kei Kikuchi
Gingerbread: Sara Shimizu
Gingerbread Alternate: Nanako Nakagawa
Sponsors
Performance Space Sponsor:
NY Dance Artistry -Hariyama Ballet-
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​Equipment Sponsor:
Agumi Productions
Gold Sponsor:
Re:VORN
Silver Sponsor:
My Happy Tummy Club
Miki House USA
A-Co Moving
Bronze:
Amnet
Special Thanks
Mamas’ Space NY
Tyler Brown Dance Center
92NY Harkness Dance Center
Yomitime, Inc
Audrey Ross V
incent Cento
Ruri Kippenbrock
Yuka Kawasaki
Shun Kanazawa
Moeko lijima (Geki dans)
Kazuhiro Yasuda
Fumiko Katsuragawa
Kumi Niizuma T
oshimitsu & Masako Kamei
Kiyomizu Darner (Izakaya Juraku)