Residents of Scarborough, South Portland and Cape Elizabeth will appear in this year’s production of “The Victorian Nutcracker” presented by the Portland Ballet Company. Performances are held at Merrill Auditorium on Dec. 8 at 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 9 at 2 p.m. Tickets range in price from $15-45 and are available through PortTix at www.porttix.com, by calling 842-0800 or visiting the box office at 20 Myrtle St., Monday-Saturday, 12-6 p.m.

From left to right: Hannah Wallace, Juliet Tunstall-Weiner, Jenna Wallace, Lillian Grassin-Drake, Vanessa VanDusen, Lee Foden, Rachel Lockwood.From left to right: Astrid Burnam-Alouat, Abby Rioux and Eliza HellierArianna Lawson