From repairing torn pants to stopping the walnuts from bumping into each other on stage, the work of Joffrey Ballet’s sewing team goes on long after the show starts.

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Heuermann bounced around for a few years — working at Jacob’s Pillow, the Goodman Theatre, Washington National Opera and Cincinnati Ballet — before landing at Joffrey.

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His dramatic transformation occurs after King Joffrey Baratheon's assassination.

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Joffrey Ballet stage managers Mandy Heuermann and Katherine Selig bear the ultimate responsibility for every light cue firing on time, every prop piece placed where it needs to be and every set change going off without a hitch.

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Joffrey rolled out a teaser the last two seasons with their performances of “Birthday Variations”“Suite Saint-Saëns.”

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Later that year the Joffrey started talking about creating “Rita Finds Home.”

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Now you can find out if the White Walkers have made it across the Wall, if King Joffrey is on a murder spree and whether the Queen Of Dragons has turned any armies into toast recently.

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She was in her fifth season as a company artist with the Joffrey Ballet in Chicago and had just competed as a senior soloist in the International Ballet Competition, which she said is like the Olympics for ballet.

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Shortly after, she relocated to New York City to study dance at the Joffrey Ballet School — eventually heading west to Los Angeles in 1994 where she pursued dreams of acting.

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