Every fall when our students return to the studio, we begin work on one of our largest undertakings of the year. Due to COVID-19, this year's production will look very different as we will not be able to welcome the hundreds of people who come to view the production in the beautiful Mandel Hall on the campus of The University of Chicago. However, HPSD is looking forward to delighting our community with our first ever Virtual Nutcracker, featuring some of our young dancers on Zoom as the Soldier and Mouse Corps, HPSD's youth companies and honoring our twelve graduating Seniors. As always, our annual production of The Nutcracker, will include a mix of traditional and original choreography, handmade costumes and engaging narration to bring the production to life. Online tickets will be available Thanksgiving week.