Monarch Company presents The Nutcracker – a play not the ballet – this Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the John Marshall High School Center for Performing Arts.

Lead actors include Cora Spielvogel as Clara, CJ Hyde as The Nutcracker, Jacob Boyette as Drosselmeyer and The King and Grey Woods as The Sugar Plum Fairy. In all, there are 23 high-school actors and eight middle and elementary students from Marshall County schools. There is a crew of 10, led by stage manager Dylan Wood.

The production is an adaptation of The Nutcracker by E.T.A. Hoffman under the direction of Erin Bond. While it is not a ballet performance, the show will feature music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and will include some dancing. Performances on Friday and Saturday are at 7 p.m. Sunday’s matinée begins at 2 p.m. Tickets are available at the door.

Pictured, from left, are CJ Hyde as The Nutcracker, Grey Woods as The Sugar Plum Fairy, Cora Spielvogel as Clara and Jacob Boyette as Drosselmeyer. (Photo Provided)