CAST & CREDITS
JUNE 4-20, 2026

  • WHO CARES?: THE SWEET AND LOWDOWN  
    AND
    THE CONCERT SUITE from WHO CARES?
    Choreography by George Balanchine
    © The George Balanchine Trust
    Costume design by Patricia Zipprodt
    Costumes Courtesy of PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET, Peter Boal, Artistic Director
    Staged by Zippora Karz
    Music by George Gershwin, arranged by Hershey Kay, arranged for ACB by James & Kathy McMillen

    — INTERMISSION —

    CAMPTOWN RACES
    *NEED COMPOSER AND ARRANGEMENT

    WESTERN SYMPHONY: ADAGIO 
    Choreography by George Balanchine 
    © The George Balanchine Trust
    Costumes by Ruoxuan Li from the original design by Barbara Karinska
    Staged by Zippora Karz
    Traditional American melodies arranged by Hershey Kay, arranged for ACB by James & Kathy McMillen

    STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER
    **need Sousa-Horowitz info

    STARS AND STRIPES: GRAND PAS DE DEUX
    Choreography by George Balanchine
    © The George Balanchine Trust
    Costume design by Barbara Karinska
    Costumes Courtesy of PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET, Peter Boal, Artistic Director
    Staged by Zippora Karz
    Music by John Philip Sousa, arranged by Hershey Kay, arranged for ACB by James & Kathy McMillen

    UNION JACK PRELUDE
    *credit music (it’s ballet music preceding Wrens

    UNION JACK: WRENS 
    Choreography by George Balanchine
    © The George Balanchine Trust
    Costumes by Ruoxuan Li from the original design by Rouben Ter-Arutunian
    Staged by Zippora Karz
    Music by George Frideric Handel on a Scottish theme, arranged by Hershey Kay, arranged for ACB by James & Kathy McMillen

  • WHO CARES? SWEET AND LOWDOWN
    Taylor Berwick and Kate Huntington
    with Hannah Barr, Tatiana Burns, Ruthie Dalby, Victoria Manning Long, Emma Maples, Meikle, Ellie Renner, Sofie Treibitz

    WHO CARES? CONCERT SUITE
    Sarah Bukowski, Cecelia Johnson, Kristin Steckmann and Maté Szentes

    WESTERN SYMPHONY         
    Quincey Smith and Maté Szentes
    with Ruthie Dalby, Victoria Manning Long, Vanessa Meikle *is the fourth spot Taylor Berwick or Kate Huntington?

    STARS AND STRIPES     
    Madeline Houk and Pierson Hall

    UNION JACK WRENS             
    Annette Cherkasov
    with Hannah Barr, Taylor Berwick, Tatiana Burns, Ruthie Dalby, Victoria Manning Long, Emma Maples, Vanessa Meikle Ellie Renner

  • Description text goes here
  • Violin I Ani Sinanyan

    Violin II Alisa Luera

    Viola Yu-Ting Hsu

    Cello Clement Chow

    Clarinet Jesus David Milano Melgarejo / Yoomin Sung

    Flute/Piccolo Emma McCartney

    Piano Brandon Zhou

    Piano (Reception) Takumi Kakimoto / Hank Mehren

  • DIRECTOR
    Lincoln Jones

    AUDITIONS COORDINATOR
    Kristin Steckmann

    REHEARSAL & CASTING COORDINATORS
    Natalia Burns
    Victoria Manning Long


    PRODUCTION MANAGER
    Dado Cabaravdic

    STUDIO ASSISTANT
    Alexandra Lusaka

    COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
    Amy Jones

    SPECTACULAR ORACULAR
    Katherine Roth

  • A very special thank you to our hosts, Brookfield Properties.

    Visionary Circle 50,000+ Anonymous • Edelman Family Foundation • Lane & Amanda Merrifield • The Jay and Terry Snider Foundation

    Leadership Circle 25,000+ Suzette Ramirez-Carr & Robin Carr • Sheldon & Cindy Stone • Jan & Eddie Woods

    Producer’s Circle 10,000+ Anonymous (2) • Vamsi Gullapalli • Sarah Lutz & John van Rens • Sohrab & Allegra Osati

    Director’s Circle 5,000+ The Ahmanson Foundation • Richard Baker • Paul Grogan • Jonathan Marshall • Sidney Stern Memorial Trust • The Tina Snider Foundation

    Ballet Society Premium 2,500+ John & Elizabeth Barr • The Kenneth and Jeanne Barr Foundation • Kumin Family Charitable Fund • Robert Mendow • Diane Ward & James Kronman • Sharon Town Lee

    Ballet Society Plus 1,000+ Gregory J. Annick & Nancy  McAnniff in honor of Suzette Ramirez-Carr • Wemimo Abbey • Paul Adkins • Diane & Noel Applebaum • Jennifer & Colin Battle • Lance Belsome • Becca De La Rosa • Tama & Paul Deitch in honor of Suzette Ramirez-Carr • Aaron & Caroline Falk • Ruchika Garga • Michael & Darolyn Greenhut • Ted Kopacki • Lina Lee • JF Maddox Foundation • Michele Martin in memory of Mayris Chaney • Malhar Pagay • Ellen Pansky • John Peck • Spencer & Madelon Smith • Lester Traub • Jeffrey Winant • Jeffrey & Anna Work

    Ballet Society 500+ Keith Adams • Mark & Alyssa Berwick • Chris Cabrera • Aliya Coher • Jessica Curran in honor of Lucy Curran • Michael Detto • Richard Farber • Bruce Favish • Gabrielle Hughes in memory of Wilma Dotson • Lisa Kenyon • Violet Ouyang • Beth Page • Michele & Rick Plescia-Schultz • Arash Sani • Irene Tang • Lisa Wujick • Wei Zhang & Roger Lee in honor of Suzette Ramirez-Carr • The Segall Family

    Patrons 100+ Nicole Adrien • Charmaine Atherton • Marcy Ayanian • Jane Blissert • Charles Bratton • Bright Funds • Andrea Chao-Kharma • Sarah DiLullo • Richard Dixon • Jeffrey & Clare Fleishman • Mary Genow • Karla Grijalva • Elyse Guran • Aliza & Mike Lesser • Mary & Dan Livesay • John Logan • Fred Manaster • Matthew Markwalder • Gary Moon • Lawrence Murphy • Kenton & Tessa Nelson • Patrick Nulty • Amy Oswick • Eric Pascarelli • Nichole & Larry Perkins • Jarrold Petraborg • John Philbin in memory of Mike Philbin • Victoria Pynchon • Ronna Reed in memory of John & Eula Reed • Anu Seppala • Arthur Shapiro • Mary Smith • Michael Smith • Gennady Stolyarov • Hau Tran • Vic & Deborah Van Cleve • Marcia Wasserman • Monika Wiener


    As of May 24, 2026

    In-kind and corporate support

    Alvas • Church Keyboard • Epilogue, Inc. • French Hand Laundry • Hook Props • JetBlue • Keslow Camera • MILK Studios • MILK Makeup • Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP & Gary McLaughlin • Orange Barrel Media • Steinway & Sons • Wine Storage Management

    Season XIV images and video were made possible by Victor Demarchelier, Norman Jean Roy, Theo Stanley, Ryan Ward, Didier Malige, Alice Jacobs, Julia Golden, Fulvia Farolfi, Alison Edmond, Peter McClafferty, Amy Sabel at The Wall Group, Hook Props, and MILK Studios.

    And a special thank you to Bess Wyrick, Suki Schorer, Anastasia Petukhova, Erik Bergal & Nagata Acoustics, and Heather Demirci & Superior Performance Physical Therapy.