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(Music Box Winding) (Classical Piano Accompaniment) Now this one changes open.

Use the abdominals, not the hip flexors.

(French) Ready and... Now find a good balance (Unintelligible) Great heights everybody.

Other side.

Good.

(Murmmuring) Thank you, Sean.

Do you see the changes on the board?

On me.

Yeah, For a parent Number one, party parent number one.

DANCER: I'll double check.

DEVON: Yeah.

These guys boom.

DEVON: That was already there.

DANCER: All right.

DEVON: Those two.

DANCER: Yeah, okay.

DEVON: All right.

DANCER: Thank you.

Yeah.

DEVON: Thank you.

DANCER: No problem.

Okay.

I have to think I may do one over here today.

We'll see if it gets if it hides in with the wall a little, a little camouflage I'm discovering is the the best move.

Hey, Dale.

Josh.

Andy.

(On Phone) Hey, Kristi.

Yes?

I had a super quick question for you.

It's it's, you know, Parrish.

Christopher's not here tonight.

I'm counting seats because I wanted to give away some seats.

Christopher's not here.

It's just you and Parrish and me, and I think it's one rehearsal director for the kids.

Right?

They're.

They're new in the tag team now, right?

All right.

Okay, I just want to make sure you didn't have anybody coming or something, okay?

Yep.

All right.

Cool.

And we'll see you around, okay?

Okay.

All right.

See you.

Okay.

Bye.

That's nice.

DEVON: Did you try it?

Okay.

After this?

Yeah, I thought this way.

So I had.

DEVON: Oh, okay.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And you can get going faster sooner.

Yeah.

That's good.

Cool.

Oh, She's going to do it.

Yes.

Yeah.

(Devon singing) Oh my goodness.

I like it a lot.

We're very, very full.

What I will also say is that the garage is taking prepay only, and if we have patrons arriving late, which we could, because the traffic's been terrible today.

35 and 70.

40, 71, etc.. Everywhere except for those those coming from Brookside or come on Broadway and Main Street.

and Gillham's.

Okay.

They're not going to be happy They can't come in to the, our tiered orchestra sections.

So I have these drink tickets for them.

It's, $15 value.

I'll take them out when I have to.

They are actually more serious than I thought because I have to report how many drink tickets I gave out to who And for the reason... Yeah.

Let's stagger them.

Hi.

I have a I have a question for you.

I'm the artistic director for Kansas City Ballet, and I like to sometimes I have extra seats and there's three of you and I have three extra seats on the orchestra level.

And I was wondering if you'd want to join me in our In my seats that we have, since you're way up here, it's a very different view.

Yeah.

Cool.

PATRONS: Thank you so much.

DEVON: Yeah.

And there's three.

There's three.

So.

Yeah.

PATRONS: Thank you.

DEVON:I'll be sitting up.

I'll be sitting a few seats away from you.

PATRONS: Oh Thank you.

Well, this is our first time.

DEVON: No way.

PATRONS: I, I trained with the Cleveland Ballet.

DEVON: And this is your first time coming on the show?

PATRONS: Yeah, yeah.

PATRONS And this is my grand... DEVON: Fantastic.

DEVON: Excellent.

PATRON: We've never been to the Nutcracker.

DEVON: Well, wonderful.

I'm so happy I get to be able to get you down there.

Yeah, I hope you enjoy the show.

PATRON: Well, I love it.

DEVON: Cool.

All right, all right.

PATRON: Well, I guess we'll head down now.

DEVON: Yeah.

Well, yeah, they don't open.

Well, they're just about to open the house at half hour.

Yeah, yeah.

All right.

Enjoy.

All right.

You're welcome.

Thank you.

Glad you came.

Yes.

Thank you.

All right.

STAGE MANAGER: This is the on stage call for the top of act one.

The on stage call for the top of act one.

This is the on stage call.

I guess it's time?

DEVON: Oh, We is me?

Yeah.

LAURA: You concerned me.

Where is Devon?

DEVON: No no no.

Laura: The red pen.

DEVON: I know it's been a little busy, Busy day on the red pen life.

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Supporting sponsors YMCA of Greater Kansas City and Kansas City Missouri's Neighborhood Tourism Development Fund.

Season sponsors, Muriel McBrien Kauffman Family Foundation.

Please make sure all your phones are in the muted or off position, since we wouldn't want to hear something like ... (Singing) Frosty the Snow Man coming from your phone.

Oh my gosh, it's time.

Seems like I just landed back.

Thank you.

Oops, we missed this one.

How do we do that?

I'm going to blame it on you.

Oh, no.

(Announcement) Places.

Five minutes to places.

Party scene line up.

Party scene line up.

this is 5 minutes to places.

Anybody talk to you about when you got lifted off the floor?

How your legs went.

Your legs went way up in the sky.

Less.

Well, way LESS.

Don't forget your watch.

You got your watch.

All right.

And remember the clock.

Start the clock.

Yeah.

Yep.

Okay.

All right, mered.

STAGE DIRECTOR: Let's stand by for lights point six.

The off-stage works out the pre-show speech mic up in spot one and and frame one at 50% for the pre-show speech on your own with his entrance.

Thank you.

Good afternoon, and welcome to Kansas City Ballet's performance of The Nutcracker.

Please welcome Artistic Director Devon Carney.

Good evening.

Thank you very much.

Welcome to the Kauffman Center.

And I want to first and foremost, say thank you to each and every one of you for being here tonight.

I know there's a lot you can do during the holidays on a night like this.

And so I want to say thank you again for being here.

And you made the right choice to be with us tonight.

So thank you so much.

(Unintelligible) ... Family Foundation, Missouri Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

So we want to say thank you to all those organizations for what they do for us.

Yes.

Additionally, I'd like to say a special thank you to an organization that you will not see... George.

Tell them.

The Astor's are coming.

She's also my snow queen.

In Nutcracker, for the third time, together.

STAGE DIRECTOR: Standby spot one and mic out on your own?

With his exit?

Now, let's enjoy this performance of The Nutcracker.

Thank you very much.

Give me lights .7 through 11 reel Q1 with the red spot 2 to The Nutcracker Go.

Reel Q1 with the red, Go.

Spot 2 to Dross and frame 1 at 50%.

And this is a reminder for spots The frame is always the same as the previous cue, unless a change is called.

Spot 2 Dim, Go.

Stand by light 130 to 132 Spot 1 down to 25% Spot 2 restore to 50% into the Harlequin and spot one.

Stay with Frau then out with exit.

Then to Clara down right and frame six at 50%.

Spot 2 out with exit and then to air as soon as possible, out with exit then to Dross up left at the clock.

and frame 6 at 50% out with exit.

Standbye spots to 20% and the Nutcracker switch with the upright key light.

Thank you so much.

Time to be a Mouse King.

(Announcer) Dolls and Baby Mice get dressed.

(Announcer) Dolls and Baby Mice get dressed.

right in the center.

And then... I think it's a little further from there.

Well, good.

There you go.

You look perfect.

(Announcer) Soldiers and Bunny to backstage.

Soldiers and Bunny to backstage.

(Announcer) Reigndeer line up.

Reigndeer line up.

Snow choir line up on the 6th Floor Snow choir line up on the 6th Floor Standbye spot 1 on the up and out on the sliding mouse and center with the seventh bell.

Take that on your own.

Lights 164.

Go.

All right.

You're Good.

Oh, wait wait, wait.

Your belt.

All right, all right.

You're good.

Standbye lights 205.

Lights 205.

Go.

Standbye lights 206 thru 210 Then spot 1 to the Mouse King.

In frame 4 Downstage right in the car at full.

Spot 2 to full and standbye for canon fires.

Standby lights to 211 through 304.

Real six with the white, seven with the red.

eight with the blue Snow which you'll take on your own.

And striking the big heart with the up left key light lights 211.

Go.

Standbye spot 1 out with the Mouse King laying in the car, then to Clara in frame six at 50%.

As soon as possible.

Take that on your own.

Standby spot one to the snow Queen in the sleigh as she passes.

Clara, take that on your own.

Thank you.

Lights 302.

If it doesn't go, it doesn't go.

Correct.

Lights 303.

Go!

Standbye lights 315 through 317.

Spot 1 to the dimi's Stage Right 2.

Spot 2 to the dimi's stage Left 2 Spots.

Go!

Light 350.

Go!

This is five minutes to the page bow, end of act and stopping snow.

Go Standbye lights 320 thru 321 as the Dross flies in.

Spots out with their exit and restore down Zoe will cue Kyle and Andy when to cross with the lines 342.

House works and balloon six.

GO.

This is 20 minutes to the top of act two.

That was so good.

I said go away.

You were sliding.

I was like, I got you.

I could tell you needed it.

You're good.

We did that.

That was one of our better ones.

Yes, absolutely.

Oh.

Yes.

Do you fine.

Yeah.

And I think it's fine.

Just know, like two are's actual Okay.

Yes.

Oh, my stars, look at that jawline.

It's like.

Yeah, it's right in the middle.

You can.

You can do a little like here.

Coming.

up and down.

Yeah.

Sometimes it's like hard for them to see.

Yeah.

You know.

The hat goes over almost everything.

It looks great I think I have Ramona.

The rest of the time because all my shows are Wednesday nights.

and no show before.

Cool.

Well, Merde.

Yeah, we got to stay away from that spot on stage.

You heard about that.

What's spot, a slippery?...

No, dip in the floor.

Like an actual dip in the floor.

Where?

Their working it.. If you see Amy and all them standing.

Oh, okay.

Yeah, well, now you got my curiosity going.

Okay, bye.

I'll let you be all right.

Merde DEVON: I hear there's a spot on the floor.

LAURA: Yeah, there's a spot in the floor, DEVON: like, collapsed or something.

It's a dip, it's a little low spot.

LAURA: Yes.

When you put weight on it.

DEVON: Where is it?

LAURA: It's a little bit, DEVON: Not center?

LAURA: On stage of that blue snow mark.

DEVON: Okay.

LAURA: I pointed it out to Whitney already.

DEVON: Yeah, she told me.

She told me about it.

Oh, I see it.

LAURA:Yeah.

DEVON: Yeah.

It gives more than a normal sprung floor, I gotcha.

LAURA: And so we're gonna put it out to everybody, and I'm those three specifically like this.

DEVON: Can you, can you outline it with some spike tape just for tonight?

LAURA: Yeah, we can do that.

DEVON: Just a little square.

LAURA: Yeah, absolutely.

DEVON: Something that just so people aren't guessing about where it is.

LAURA: Sure.

DEVON: Maybe that'll help.

It looks like it's pretty small.

LARUA: The great and powerful Amy Taylor.

DEVON: Oh, she's going to do it.

There you go.

LAURA: Because She's amazing.

DEVON: All right.

Great.

And you're going to give a little heads up to everybody when they get on stage.

LAURA: I'm going to do it at places.

I am going to make sure your Sugar and Cab already know.

DEVON: Ok, Great.

Thanks, Laura Are you going home for Christmas?

I'm so excited.

Christmas is my favorite.

But we don't really get like to celebrate.

I feel like until the 20 like I finish Nutcracker and then I'm like, Christmas because this is like Nutcracker.

It's not Christmas to me.

So then we finish this and I'm like, oh my gosh.

But then it's like a day and a half.

And then my mom was like, let's take down the decorations.

No.

Leave them up for longer.

I know because I love Christmas.

Yeah.

All right.

LAURA.

All right, Maddie.

you have your fliers.

MADDIE: Yes, I do.

LAURA: Can we have them be in the balloon and starting to get hooked up?

MADDIE: Yes, our Nutcracker is adjusting his belt.

LAURA: Ok.

BROOKE: Orchestra set.

LAURA: Thank you, Brooke.

LAURA: All right, I see a Dross.

Maddie has a nutcracker and a Clara Our Sugar and Cav are still upstage.

Do we have a whole bunch of diverts back there?

MADDIE: Indeed we do.

Stand by for lights.

400.7 thru 406.

The main out and fog.

This is a warning for balloon nine.

How does the house look, Rick?

RICK: Looks great.

Aw, So exciting.

Standbye lights 410 thru 411 Spot 2 to the Cavalier.

Upstage right.

Spot 1 to the Sugar Plum up left.

both in frame 3 at 50%.

Standbye to stop the fog.

Standbye lights 621 spot one to the Sugar Plum up right and spot 2 to the Cavalier up left.

Fills in frame three at 50%.

Balloon 12.

Spot 2 out and the main in.

682.

Go.

(Clear).

Thank you.

Balloon 12.

Go.

Standbye spot 1 out with the main in.

Take that on your own.

Lights 683, spot 2 out and the main in.

Go.

DEVON: No, It was a really fun Mouse King.

I love you came in.

You're like.

Yes.

Hello, hello, hello.

What?

What?

I know, like, can you guys clap?

Right?

I know it was great.

Yeah.

Taryn, I loved the change.

Oh my word.

It's so nice.

It moves, it's fun.

And you're chaînés at the end was fantastic because there was so less turning now you could like you were focused.

And I love the acceleration, the ... Tick tick tick tick tick tick tick.

No, It was great.

I love it.

It's fun.

Thanks.

It was good, it's good.

Lovely, lovely.

Have a great night.

GROUP: HI!

You were so great.

Do you want to be in the middle?

You're a little taller.

Bend over.

You've discovered it.

Yeah good work.

Thank you.

Have a great night.

All right.

All right.

Time to say goodbye to this show.

Yeah.

That's it.