A Day in the Life of the Sugar Plum Fairy in San Francisco Ballet's Nutcracker

"For Sugar Plum, we're not on until the second act but I typically like to be pretty ready to go once the show starts," Stahl told me. "I'll make my way back downstairs in warm up stuff just to stretch, test things outs, start putting my shoes back on. I always have two or three pairs that I feel good about ready to go – just in case."