Poster Art by David Hohenstein

PRESS!
“Nutcracker vs. Mouse King” battles its way to success"
by Matthew Redding, TCD Third Coast Digest
http://thirdcoastdigest.com/2012/12/nutcracker-vs-mouse-king-battles-its-way-to-success/comment-page-1/#comment-187856

"Weird Christmas: Quasimondo's Puzzling Nutcracker"
by Jeff Grygny, Milwaukee Theater Examiner
http://www.examiner.com/review/weird-christmas-quasimondo-s-puzzling-nutcracker

NUTCRACKER  vs  MOUSE KING
Adapted from the story by E.T.A. Hoffman
Directed by Brian Rott and Simon Eichinger

Strange and surreal, "Nussknacker und Mausekönig", written in 1816, was criticized at its time of publication for being too mature for children and too fantastical for adults.

This exciting production challenges the power of imagination, and takes its audience on a wicked trip to the battlefield, through mouse-holes, across continents-time and space-to explore the territory that lies between fantasy and reality. 

PRODUCTION TEAM
Director: Brian Rott
Assistant Director: Simon Andreas Eichinger
Costume Designer: Amanda Tollefson
Music Director: Sarah Ann Mellstrom
Mask Designer: Katie Jesse
Technical Director: Eric Schallhorn
Choreography: Simon Andreas Eichinger, Megan Kaminsky, Brian Rott
ORCHESTRA
Sarah Ann Mellstrom, piano
Paul Westfall, percussion
Thomas Nezario Chickpezio, oud
Alex, percussion
Kyle Malesevich, trombone
Jenni Reinke, violin
ACTING ENSEMBLE
Carolyn Christiansen, QUEEN OF MEAT & POTATOES

Simon Andreas Eichinger, MOUSEKING, CAROLER
Liz Faraglia, MOUSE, NUTCRACKER
Michael Guthrie, KING OF MEAT AND POTATOES, MR STALBAUM
Megan Kaminsky, DAME MOUSERINK
Evan Koepnick, DROSSELMEYER
Chris: MacGregor, FRITZ, TV MAN
 Jessi Miller, MARIE
Andrew Parchman, ASTROLOGER, 
Jenni Reinke,  MRS STALBAUM, DRUG DEALER, BARBI
Alex Roy, MOUSE, GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
Gina Weber, PRINCESS PIRLIPAT

THE PRODUCTION

THE PROCESS

THE FOOTAGE