SEVERAL LOCAL YOUTHS will perform in Portland Ballet’s “The Victorian Nutcracker,” set in Victorian-era Portland with stage sets and costumes based on rooms in the Victoria Mansion. Back row, from left, are Ryland Rich of Edgecomb and Kayla Bobalek of Topsham; front row, from left, are Isabel Kovacs of Bath, Grace Confer of Brunswick, and Caroline Gill of Bowdoinham. Missing from the photo are Ann and Lily Clifford of West Bath, Paige Falkingham of West Bath and Samantha Melquist of Bath. “The Victorian Nutcracker” will be performed at Merrill Auditorium at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8 and 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9.