Desc: Nutshells: A Brat from the Bayou: Directed by Travis Hedges Williams. With Lauren Vicknair, John Noland, David Perlis, Melissa LeBlanc. Forget the bright-eyed sweetheart you've seen in Tchaikovsky's NUTCRACKER ballet - this Clara is a rampaging, candy-craving diva who shows that Cajuns just go nuts at Christmas. This year her Uncle Drosselmeyer has decided to take her out of the bayou and on a magical journey that will either change her life for the better or end it entirely.