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  • Section 2: The Children

Items in Section 2: The Children

  • A black and white photo of a boy and girl standing in a spotlight in the bottom left corner of a dark background.

    Section 2: The Children Introduction

  • A black and white photo of a girl peeking through a keyhole of a close door, while a boy sleeps on the floor with his head resting on a chair seat.

    Act I: Alberta Grant and Susan Kaufman as Mary and Fritz

  • A black and white photo of a girl curtsying and a boy bowing.

    Act I: Alberta Grant and unidentified boy

  • A black and white photo of a boy holding onto a girl's hand while being pulled away by a man.

    Act I: Michael Arshansky, Rusty Nickel, and Alberta Grant as Herr Drosselmeyer, his nephew, and Mary

  • A black and white photo of a boy and girl standing in a spotlight in the bottom left corner of a dark background.

    Act I: Rusty Nickel as Drosselmeyer’s nephew and Alberta Grant as Mary

  • A black and white photo of Alberta Grant hugging a nutcracker in front of a glittery background.

    Act I: Alberta Grant with the Nutcracker

  • A black and white photo of a group of children playing tug of war with a nutcracker. A man is standing behind them and talking with his arms gesturing in the air.

    Act I: Michael Arshansky as Herr Drosselmeyer

  • A black and white photo of a man and woman introducing 3 children to one another during a house party. Another man and woman are talking to one another in the background.

    Act I: House party

  • A black and white photo of a nutcracker in a doll's bed, while a girl in a nightgown stands above it looking up at the ceiling.

    Act I: Alberta Grant as Mary

  • A black and white photo of a man pointing into the distance while wrapping his other arm around a smiling girl.

    Act II: Alberta Grant and Nicholas Magallanes as Mary and the Cavalier

  • A black and white photo of a boy and girl standing in front of a tree covered in snow.

    Act I: Eliot Feld and Alberta Grant as the Nutcracker Prince and Mary

  • A black and white photo of two children dressed in clown costumes. One is standing to the left with their arms up in the air, while the other is to the right kneeling with an outstretched arm. Another pair of children are in the background in the same position.

    Act II: Polichinelles

  • A black and white photo of a boy and girl standing in a spotlight in the bottom left corner of a dark background.

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