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ShenanArts auditions for LES MISÉRABLES - Casting ID # 1336875

Project Type	Live Event
Submission Type	Open Call
Location	Staunton, VA - 24401
Union	Non-union
Rate/Pay	n/a
Release Date	03-07-13
Audition Date	03-16-13
Submission Deadline	05-24-13
Casting Category	Theatre - Non-Equity
Market(s)	Charleston, WV>Washington, DC

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ShenanArts announces auditions for LES MISÉRABLES

Audition Requirements

Vocal and Movement skills will be assessed.

Vocal/Acting AUDITION LENGTH: 2 minute limit, including introduction. Auditionees may present cuts from 1 or 2 songs as long as they fit within the time limit. Time yourself. You will be stopped at 2 minutes.

SONGS: may NOT be from Les Misérables. Songs must be sung in English.

Cuts should be chosen to show vocal ability, range and acting skills. Make strong character choices!

Role # 1 - JEAN VALJEAN

Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role

JEAN VALJEAN - protagonist. Stronger than other men, physically robust. Ages throughout the story, so must be adept at playing age as well. The key to his character is his great humanity and compassion.

Searchable talent specs:
Gender: Female
Age: from 18 to 60

Role # 2 - JAVERT

Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role

JAVERT - antagonist. Javert is unswerving in his belief that men cannot change for the good. At first glance he might appear to be the villain of the story, but on closer examination it is clear that he is not an evil man. He has a profound sense of duty. Role demands an actor who can play many layers to this man.

Searchable talent specs:
Gender: Male
Age: from 18 to 60

Role # 3 - CHAIN GANG

Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role

CHAIN GANG - The Chain Gang consists of Jean Valjean's fellow prisoners. There are four soloists

(indicated as convict 1,2,3,4.) The overall vocal range of the convicts is low and they should be able to sing in a rich baritone if possible.

Searchable talent specs:

Age: from 18 to 60

Role # 4 - CONSTABLE

Seeking 2 talent(s) for this role

CONSTABLE 1 & 2 - There are two Constables with solos in the show.

Searchable talent specs:

Age: from 18 to 60

Role # 5 - FARMER

Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role

FARMER- The Farmer has solo lines that are a bit difficult to sing. There may be additional non-singing farmers.

Searchable talent specs:

Age: from 18 to 60

Role # 6 - LABOURERS

Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role

LABOURERS - The Laborer has solo lines that are a bit difficult to sing. There may be additional non- singing laborers.

Searchable talent specs:

Age: from 18 to 60

Role # 7 - BISHOP OF DIGNE

Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role

BISHOP OF DIGNE - a good man who saves Valjean with his compassion. His compassion carefully establishes the premise of the show by literally buying Jean Valjean's soul for God.

Searchable talent specs:

Age: from 18 to 60

Role # 8 - FANTINE

Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role

FANTINE - beautiful young girl who, abandoned by her lover, is left to fend for herself and her daughter Cosette. She is rejected by society and forced through circumstances to become a prostitute. She is a brave woman defeated by life, sustained by her love for her daughter and clinging to her dignity. We witness her descent through poverty, hunger, cold, loneliness and destitution to death. She is a noble character.

Searchable talent specs:
Gender: Female
Age: from 18 to 60

Role # 9 - FOREMAN

Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role

FOREMAN - begins Fantine on her downward spiral of desperation. He should be virile, commanding and a bit sleazy around the edges.

Searchable talent specs:
Gender: Male
Age: from 18 to 60

Role # 10 - FACTORY GIRL

Seeking 5 talent(s) for this role

FACTORY GIRL- (GIRL 5) The Shop Girl who fights with Fantine. She is mean, catty, and selfish. She also is most likely having an affair with the Foreman and jealous of Fantine.

Searchable talent specs:

Age: from 18 to 60

Role # 11 - SAILORS

Seeking 3 talent(s) for this role

SAILORS - three sailors begin The Docks scene. All three have solos.

Searchable talent specs:

Age: from 18 to 60

Role # 12 - BAMATABOIS

Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role

BAMATABOIS - the \"customer\" who taunts Fantine into violence, a wealthy, dissolute young man who thinks of himself as a gentleman.

Searchable talent specs:

Age: from 18 to 60

Role # 13 - OLD WOMAN

Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role

OLD WOMAN - the character who purchases Fantine's hair.

Searchable talent specs:
Gender: Female
Age: from 36 to 60

Role # 14 - PIMP

Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role

PIMP - controls the prostitutes at the docks. Mean, aggressive and abusive.

Searchable talent specs:

Age: from 18 to 60

Role # 15 - FAUCHELEVANT

Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role

FAUCHELEVANT - is the victim of the cart crash. The role requires a few solo lines.

Searchable talent specs:

Age: from 18 to 60

Role # 16 - JUDGE

Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role

JUDGE - The Judge or Judges are non-singing roles.

Searchable talent specs:

Age: from 18 to 60

Role # 17 - IMPOSTER

Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role

IMPOSTER JEAN VALJEAN AND FAMILY

These characters are also non-singing. This is the man who Javert believes to be Jean Valjean.

Searchable talent specs:

Age: from 18 to 60

Role # 18 - YOUNG COSETTE

Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role

YOUNG COSETTE - is the child of Fantine. She is the ward of the Thenardiers, forced into child labor, a trembling little creature, underfed, and bullied by Eponine. Cosette is small and looks properly pathetic. This role will be doubled with Young Eponine.

Searchable talent specs:

Age: from 18 to 60

Role # 19 - MADAME THÉNARDIER

Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role

MADAME THÉNARDIER - wife of Thenardier. Together they con the world as partners in crime. They were made for each other, although she complains about him, she loves him. She is coarse and vulgar, romantic, greedy, evil and larger than life. An opportunist.

Searchable talent specs:

Age: from 18 to 60

Role # 20 - THÉNARDIER

Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role

THÉNARDIER - villain of Les Miserables. He is embodiment of evil. That said, he should also possess a wicked sense of humor. He delights in cheating, robbing, fraud and blackmail, relishing every aspect of them with glee. He is tough, greedy, brutal, stupid and crafty and yet irresistible. He hates society and blames it and everyone else for all his misfortune. Thenardier is also the opportunist and realist of the show. He is a thief, a liar, a cheat, steals valuables from the dead with no remorse. He is also the comic relief

Searchable talent specs:

Age: from 18 to 60

Role # 21 - YOUNG EPONINE

Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role

YOUNG EPONINE

Little Eponine is the pampered daughter of the Thenardiers. She does little except enter the stage and taunt Little Cosette. She should be a smaller version of grown Eponine and resemble Eponine in appearance and features.

This role will be doubled with Young Cosette, so this actress must sing

Searchable talent specs:

Age: from 18 to 60

Role # 22 - GAVROCHE

Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role

GAVROCHE - Thenardier's son. He is left to fend for himself and lives by his wits in the streets of Paris. His \"arch enemy\" is Javert the Policeman. He is brave and witty. Think a young Artful Dodger.

Searchable talent specs:

Age: from 18 to 60

Role # 23 - EPONINE

Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role

EPONINE - daughter of the Thenardiers. She is a young girl who is streetwise and tough, but also sensitive and lonely. She bravely follows Marius to the Barricades in the hope that they will die there together. Eponine is a tragic character, hopelessly in love with Marius.

Searchable talent specs:

Age: from 18 to 60

Role # 24 - ENJOLRAS

Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role

ENJOLRAS - the student leader. He is handsome, brave and daring, although youthful. He combines his revolutionary ideals with a strong charismatic leadership. He is described by Victor Hugo as \"a thinker, and a man of action\". On the barricade he physically and vocally should dominate everyone else.

Searchable talent specs:

Age: from 18 to 60

Role # 25 - MARIUS

Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role

MARIUS - the romantic hero of the story. He is impulsive, passionate, willful and headstrong. His moods change according to his circumstances. He is sweet and tender but also capable of great courage and compassion.

Searchable talent specs:

Age: from 18 to 60

Role # 26 - COSETTE

Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role

COSETTE - the beautiful daughter of Fantine. She is strong willed and loving. She is an intelligent, inquiring, personable girl. She is not in any sense a \"soppy\" romantic heroine.

Searchable talent specs:

Age: from 18 to 60

Role # 27 - BRUJON

Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role

BRUJON - Member of Thenardier's gang of thieves. Physically very strong. The body of a bear and a pea-sized brain. A genuine gangster, he is stupid and evil.

Searchable talent specs:

Age: from 18 to 60

Role # 28 - BABET

Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role

BABET - Member of Thenardier's gang of thieves. Physically frail. He is lean and cunning.

Searchable talent specs:

Age: from 18 to 60

Role # 29 - CLAQUESOUS

Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role

CLAQUESOUS - Member of Thenardier's gang of thieves. Tough, dangerous and secretive.

C sharp (below middle C) to E

Searchable talent specs:

Age: from 18 to 60

Role # 30 - MONTPARNASSE

Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role

MONTPARNASSE - Member of Thenardier's gang of thieves. A teenager. Handsome and dangerous. Kills with a knife. Strongly built and supple.

Searchable talent specs:

Age: from 18 to 60

Role # 31 - COMBEFERRE

Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role

COMBEFERRE - Member of the ABC Society. The philosopher and believer in peace. He is gentle, humane, strong and brave.

Searchable talent specs:

Age: from 18 to 60

Role # 32 - FEUILLY

Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role

FEUILLY - Member of the ABC Society. A worker, self-educated and an orphan. A believer in \"nationality.\" Affectionate, warm and poetic.

Searchable talent specs:

Age: from 18 to 60

Role # 33 - COURFEYRAC

Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role

COURFEYRAC - Member of the ABC Society. A student. He is youthful, passionate and fearless.

Searchable talent specs:

Age: from 18 to 60

Role # 34 - JOLY

Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role

JOLY - Member of the ABC Society. A medical student. Eccentric and light-hearted, although sometimes morbid. His name is derived from the English word \"Jolly.\"

Searchable talent specs:

Age: from 18 to 60

Role # 35 - PROUVAIRE

Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role

PROUVAIRE - Member of the ABC Society. A student of social studies. He is kind, softly spoken and at the right moments strong and masterful. He is also a poet.

Searchable talent specs:

Age: from 18 to 60

Role # 36 - LESGLES

Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role

LESGLES - Member of the ABC Society. A student. Cheerful, laughing at life but unlucky. His close friend is Joly.

Searchable talent specs:

Age: from 18 to 60

Role # 37 - GRANTAIRE

Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role

GRANTAIRE - Member of the ABC Society. A student. He is the opposite of Enjolras. He believes in nothing. Although he admires Enjolras, he loves to mock him. Witty and drunken, he is happy being with the group and the put up with him because of his good humor. He also keeps a watchful eye on Gavroche, the mascot of the group, and is most heartbroken when Gavroche is killed. So much so that Grantaire abandons his cynicism and rushes to die on the barricade.

Searchable talent specs:

Age: from 18 to 60

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