“Les Miserables”
--- TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2013, 6:30 pm (Check-in at 6:00 pm) ---
VOCAL AUDITIONS FOR BOYS & GIRLS (7-15 YRS.) FOR PRINCIPAL ROLES OF YOUNG COSETTE, GAVROCHE, & CHILDREN ENSEMBLE/CHORUS:
- AUDITIONERS FOR YOUNG COSETTE MUST SING “CASTLE ON A CLOUD”
- AUDITIONERS FOR GAVROCHE MUST SING “LITTLE PEOPLE”
- ALL OTHER AUDITIONERS MAY SING ANY MUSICAL THEATER SONG OF THEIR CHOICE
VOCAL AUDITIONS FOR PRINCIPAL ADULT MALE & FEMALE ROLES
(MALES, 18YRS. & OLDER & FEMALES 16 YRS. & OLDER):
(PRINCIPAL ROLES AVAILABLE ARE JEAN VALJEAN, JAVERT, FANTINE, EPONINE, MARIUS, COSETTE, ENJOLRAS, BISHOP)
VOCAL AUDITIONS FOR ADULT FEMALE (18 YRS. & OLDER) ENSEMBLE/CHORUS ROLES:
OF THEIR CHOICE
--- MONDAY, APRIL 15, 2013, 6:30 pm (Check-in at 6:00 pm) ---
VOCAL AUDITIONS FOR ADULT MALE(18 YRS. & OLDER ENSEMBLE/CHORUS ROLES:
VOCAL AUDITIONS FOR ADULT MALE(18 YRS. & OLDER ENSEMBLE/CHORUS ROLES:
--- TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2013, 7:00 pm ---
CALL-BACK AUDITION & FINAL CASTING
CALL-BACK AUDITION & FINAL CASTING
THE AUDITIONS WILL BE HELD AT IMAGINATION THEATER
ON THE EL DORADO COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS IN PLACERVILLE, CA
PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION SCHEDULE
PERFORMANCES IN NOVEMBER & DECEMBER, 2013
VOCAL & CHARACTER REHEARSALS FOR PRINCIPALS BEGIN IMMEDIATELY UPON CASTING
VOCAL REHEARSALS FOR CHORUS ROLES BEGIN IN JUNE, 2013
BLOCKING REHEARSALS FOR ENTIRE CAST BEGIN IN JULY, 2013
“Les Miserables” Named Characters in Order of Appearance
Character Voice and Description
Jean Valjean, dramatic tenorPrisoner 24601. Released from imprisonment after serving 19 years (five for stealing a loaf of bread and fourteen for multiple escape attempts). He decides to break his parole and turns his life around, proving that the corrupt can make themselves virtuous once more. He changes his identity, becoming the wealthy mayor of a small town. He later adopts Cosette, the daughter of Fantine. At the end he dies and the spirit of Fantine thanks him for raising her child.
Inspector Javert, baritone or bass-baritone
Respects the law above all else and relentlessly pursues Valjean, hoping to bring the escaped convict to justice. He firmly believes that humans cannot change for the better. In the end he commits suicide.
The Bishop of Digne, baritone
Houses Valjean after his release from jail and gives him gifts of silver and absolution. His acts of kindness inspire Valjean to improve himself and escape the label of "criminal."
The Factory Foreman, baritone or tenor
Foreman of Valjean's factory in Montreuil-sur-Mer which employs Fantine and other workers. The Foreman fires Fantine from the factory when she persists in resisting his overt sexual advances and because it is discovered that she is the mother of an illegitimate child (Cosette) living elsewhere.
Fantine, mezzo-soprano
A worker who loses her job and becomes a prostitute in order to pay the Thénardiers for the welfare of her daughter. As she dies of consumption, she asks Valjean to look after her child Cosette. Ultimately she appears as a spirit and escorts the dying Valjean to paradise.
Bamatabois, baritone or tenor
A young gentleman who tries to buy Fantine's services and is responsible for her arrest.
Fauchelevent, baritone or tenor
Fauchelevent appears in the Cart Crash scene, where he is trapped under the cart and rescued by Valjean. He is an elderly man who has fallen upon hard times.
Champmathieu, silent
A man who is arrested and on trial because he is believed to be Jean Valjean. Valjean, still under the name Madeleine, confesses his true identity at the trial in order to save the man.
Young Cosette, treble
The daughter of Fantine, the eight-year-old Cosette is forced to work by the Thénardiers.
Madame Thénardier, contralto
Thénardier's unscrupulous wife.
Young Éponine, silent
Eight-year-old Éponine is the pampered daughter of the Thénardiers. She grows up with Cosette and is unkind to her.
Thénardier, baritone or tenor
A second-rate thief, Thénardier runs a small inn.
Gavroche, boy soprano
Gavroche is a streetwise urchin who dies on the barricade helping the revolutionaries. He is actually the abandoned son of the Thénardiers, though this is not mentioned in the play.
Enjolras, baritone or tenor
Enjolras is the leader of the student revolutionaries and a friend of Marius.
Marius Pontmercy, baritone or tenor
Marius, a student revolutionary, is friends with Éponine, but falls in love with Cosette. He is later rescued from the barricades by Valjean, who ultimately gives Marius and Cosette his blessing, allowing them to be married.
Éponine, mezzo-soprano
Daughter of the Thénardiers, Éponine, now ragged and a waif, secretly loves Marius. She is killed while returning to the barricades to see Marius. In the end she appears as a spirit and guides the dying Valjean to heaven.
Cosette, soprano
Cosette, the daughter of Fantine, has become beautiful under Valjean's adoptive care. She falls in love with Marius, and he returns her love.
Brujon, baritone or tenor
The brutish and cowardly but dissatisfied member of Thénardier's Gang, Brujon's role in the musical expands to cover Gueulemer.
Babet, baritone or tenor
A foreboding member of Thénardier's Gang.
Claquesous, baritone or tenor
Quiet and masked, expert at evading the police, Claquesous might in fact be working for the law.
Montparnasse, baritone or tenor
A young member of Thénardier's Gang, Montparnasse a handsome man appears to be close to Éponine.
Friends of the ABC, baritone or tenor
Student revolutionaries who lead a revolution and die in the process, the Friends of the ABC become martyrs for the rights of citizens. (See Members listed below)
Combeferre, baritone or tenor
Combeferre is the philosopher of the ABC group.
Feuilly baritone or tenor
Feuilly is the only member of the Friends of the ABC who is not a student; he is a workingman. An optimist who stands as a sort of ambassador for the "outside," while the rest of the men stand for France.
Courfeyrac baritone or tenor
Friendly and open, Courfeyrac introduces Marius to the ABC society in the novel.
Joly, baritone or tenor
A medical student and a hypochondriac; best friends with Lesgles.
Grantaire, baritone or tenor
Grantaire is a member of the Friends of the ABC. He is the opposite of Enjolras and believes in nothing other than his worship of Enjolras. He is an alcoholic and appears drunk in most of the scenes throughout the musical. In the musical, he has the second most important role among the students, after Enjolras; and the two appear to connect during "Drink With Me."
Jean Prouvaire, baritone or tenor
Prouvaire is the youngest student member of the Friends.
Lesgles, baritone or tenor
Enjolras' second-in-command. Best friends with Joly.
Jean Valjean
male tenor 35 – 60 lead
Javert
male baritone 40 – 60 lead
Fantine
female mezzo 21 – 35 lead
Eponine
female belt 18 – 21 lead
Marius
male tenor 20 – 28 lead
Cosette
female soprano 16 – 25 lead
Young Cosette
female mezzo 7 – 12 supporting
Madame Thenardier
female mezzo 35 – 55 supporting
Thenardier
male tenor 40 – 60 supporting
Gavroche
Young boy or girl tenor 9 – 16 supporting
Enjolras
male tenor 21 – 28 cameo
Bishop
male baritone 35 – 70 cameo
