Arizona Nutcracker

The beauty, wonder, and magic of The Arizona Nutcracker! ✨🎄

A timeless holiday classic that brings the spirit of Christmas to life through breathtaking performances, beautiful music, and the magic of the season.

Enjoy the magic! ✨

✨ It’s more than a show… it’s The Arizona Nutcracker Experience. ✨

From the moment you walk through the doors, the holiday magic begins. 🎄

Step into our beautifully decorated lobby, enjoy our festive Hot Cocoa Bar, meet Clara, the Nutcracker, the Mouse King and our Royal Queens, and stay after the performance for cast autographs and photos!

And at our 1:00 PM performances, we have a very special visitor… Santa Claus! 🎅🏻✨

We want your family to experience so much more than a beautiful Nutcracker performance. We want you to make memories together—meet the characters, get to know our incredible young cast, take photos, sip hot cocoa and truly become part of the magic.

🎄 The Arizona Nutcracker
December 19 • 1:00 PM & 6:00 PM
December 20 • 1:00 PM

Come for the performance.
Stay for the experience.
Leave with memories. ❤️

Enjoy the magic. ✨

✨ So much more than just rehearsals… ✨

Yes, we’re learning choreography and preparing for the stage, but some of the most special moments happen in between. ❤️

New friendships. Coloring together. Lots of laughs. No cell phones. Just time to connect, create and enjoy the simple moments that make childhood so special.

We want childhood to be filled with magical memories—moments of friendship, laughter, creativity and wonder that stay with them long after the final curtain.

The Arizona Nutcracker is about so much more than the performance. It’s about creating traditions and memories they’ll treasure forever.

This is the magic behind the magic. ✨
Enjoy the magic ✨💫

The excitement was REAL! ✨

Our dancers arrived at the studio for the 2026 Arizona Nutcracker Cast Reveal, filled with excitement, anticipation, and lots of smiles as they discovered the roles they’ll be bringing to life on stage this December!

There’s nothing quite like this moment. The journey to the Nutcracker has officially begun.

Enjoy the magic. ✨

Every Nutcracker journey starts with one brave step into the audition room. ✨ The smiles and joy on the dancers’ faces as they entered filled the room with magic—and just like that, the journey began.

Imagine waking up and finding out your Nutcracker dream came true… right in your front yard. ✨🎄

It’s one of our most magical Arizona Nutcracker traditions.

While our dancers are sleeping, Miss Kimberly, Miss Audrey, the Nutcracker and the Mouse King head out at midnight on a secret journey across the Valley.

For nearly six hours and about 350 miles, we place yard signs at the homes of our soloists. Then comes the best part… waking up, running outside and discovering a sign that reveals which solo role you’ve been cast in! 🩰✨

The anticipation. The surprises. The happy tears. The celebrations. These are the moments our dancers and their families will remember forever.

It’s more than finding out a role. It’s a tradition. It’s a memory. It’s Nutcracker magic.

Enjoy the magic. ✨

✨ A little behind-the-scenes magic… ✨

Getting Clara and the Sugarplum Fairy ready for photo shoot! 🩰💄

There’s so much magic that happens before the curtain ever goes up. ✨

The Arizona Nutcracker — where the magic begins long before the stage

Makeup artist: LaVerne Castillo Avery Lewis

The magic is starting to come to life. ✨

Clara, the Sugarplum Fairy & her Cavalier rehearsing for The Arizona Nutcracker. 🩰🎄

December 19 • 1:00 & 6:00 PM
December 20 • 1:00 PM

Enjoy the magic. ✨