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Stumptown Stages Young Artist Program

AUDITIONS FOR STUDENTS
Ages 7-9 and in grades 9-12

Seeking 40 students from around the country!

Seeking students of any race/ethnicity, disability, age, or gender/gender identity.
Please let us know if you need any accessibility accommodations.

Everyone is encouraged to audition.

Directed by

Stumptown Stages Director of Education

and Les Misérables cast member alum

JIM CHARLES

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REMAINING AUDITION DATES

Sunday, November 29 - 10:00am-5:00pm PST/1:00pm-8:00pm EST

Saturday, December 5 - 10:00am-11:30am PST/1:00pm-2:30pm EST

2:30pm-5:00pm PST//5:30pm-8:00pm EST

Sunday, December 6 - 10:00am-5:00pm PST/1:00pm-8:00pm EST

Saturday, December 12 - 10:00am-11:30am PST/1:00pm-2:30pm EST
2:30pm-5:00pm PST//5:30pm-8:00pm EST
Sunday, December 13 - 10:00am-5:00pm PST/1:00pm-8:00pm EST

*PLEASE NOTE THE TIME ZONE YOU ARE IN.

* When audition dates fill up, more may be added.

Online Audition Sign up: Click Here

You will receive a confirmation e-mail once your audition is scheduled.

What to Prepare
16 bars of standard musical theatre song. Have your own music to play.

NO pop or contemporary music.
You may sing from the show if you like!

Download AUDITION FORM and send to e-mail address on form.

Rehearsal Schedule

Rehearsals will begin in January 2021. All music will be taught first.

Detailed rehearsal schedule will be e-mailed before first rehearsal.

Rehearsal day: Sunday's Noon-3:00pm PST/3:00pm-6:00pm EST

This is a tuition based production.

$50/month - January-April

In addition to rehearsal, voice, dance and master classes will be held.
Scholarships are available. (request scholarship form)

Virtual Performance Date: Saturday, April 17, 2021 - 3:00pm-5:30pm PST/6:00pm-8:30pm EST

* PLEASE NOTE: A MINIMUM OF 40 STUDENTS ARE NEEDED FOR THIS PRODUCTION.
IF WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH STUDENTS, THIS PRODUCTION WILL NOT TAKE PLACE.

Character Breakdown

ALL ROLES ARE AVAILABLE.
DEPENDING ON TURNOUT FOR AUDITIONS, PRINCIPAL ROLES MAY BE DOUBLE CAST.

MALE ROLES

JEAN VALJEAN is the hero of the show. It is his life journey that we follow. Jean Valjean is supposed to be stronger than other men, and so he should physically appear robust. He should carry himself confidently onstage and come across to the audience as reasaonably mature and paternal. Valjean’s capacity for change is his greatest asset throughout the story. The key to his character is his great humanity and compassion. Jean Valjean is a vocally demanding role, so cast your best male singer and actor.

Vocal range top: A4

Vocal range bottom: G#2

JAVERT is the inspector who serves as antagonist to Jean Valjean. Javert is unswerving in his belief that men cannot change for the better. "Once a thief, always a thief" is his mantra. At first glance, Javert might appear to be the villain of the story, but upon closer examination, it is clear, that he is not an evil man. He is a dedicated policeman with a profoundly strong sense of duty. Unlike Valjean, Javert's attitudes are rigid and unmovable. He is stern, forbidding, and lacking in compassion. Your Javert should be a talented actor who can convincingly stand up to Jean Valjean. Javert should have a rich baritone voice and be a good singer.
Vocal range top: F#4
Vocal range bottom: F2

Enjolras is the student leader. He is handsome, brave, and daring, although youthful. He combines his revolutionary ideals with strong, charismatic leadership. Victor Hugo described him as “a thinker and a man of action.” On the barricade, he should dominate everyone else physically and vocally. Enjolras is one of the more difficult roles to cast. He should be a natural leader oozing with charisma and have a very strong high baritone or a tenor voice. The role is also difficult to cast because many young actors do not perceive it as a coveted role like Marius or Jean Valjean; remind them that the original Enjolras won a Tony Award® for his performance. Casting a true leader from your organization in this role is one way to ensure the character is believable. Remember, Enjolras must inspire the students to fight and, ultimately, to die for their beliefs. His death at the barricade is one of the dramatic highlights of the show.
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: A2

Marius is 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. In Act I, Marius plays Romeo to Cosette’s Juliet. Marius matures after “The Café Song” as a result of his experiences on the barricade. Marius should have a lovely, lyrical voice with a contemporary edge.
Vocal range top: Ab4
Vocal range bottom: A2

Thénardier is the true villain of Les Misérables School Edition. He is the embodiment of evil. That said, he should also possess a wicked sense of humor. He delights in cheating, robbing, defrauding, and blackmailing, and relishes every aspect of his schemes with glee. He is tough, greedy, brutal, lowbrow, crafty and yet irresistible. He hates society and blames it and everyone else for all his misfortune. Thénardier is also the opportunist and realist of the show. He is a thief, a liar, a cheat, and steals valuables from the dead with no remorse. He is also the comic relief of the production. However, his comedy is based in reality and shouldn’t be too exaggerated. He is married to Madame Thénardier and is father to Eponine and Gavroche (although he abandoned Gavroche to the streets of Paris). Cast an excellent comedic actor who con portray a nasty edge. Vocally, the role is not incredibly demanding; a character voice is best.
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: C2

Gavroche (age 7-9) is Thénardier’s son. He is left to fend for himself and lives by his wits in the streets of Paris. His archenemy is Javert, the policeman. Gavroche is brave, witty, and arrogant, with a fantastic, unchanged voice. For comparison, think of a young Artful Dodger. Gavroche is best played by the smallest boy available. Gavroche has a very dramatic death at the barricade. Make sure your Gavroche is a good enough actor to believably die onstage.
Vocal range top: G5
Vocal range bottom: B3

FEMALE ROLES

FANTINE is the 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 sell herself. She is a brave woman defeated by life who clings to her dignity and is sustained by her love for her daughter, sacrificing everything for the young Cosette. The audience witnesses her descent through a series of terrible events leading to poverty, hunger, cold, loneliness, destitution, and death from consumption. Cast a performer with a powerful voice that is more mezzo (or alto) than soprano.
Vocal range top: Eb5
Vocal range bottom: F3

Eponine is the Thénardiers’ daughter. Living hand to mouth, she survives by helping her father in his life of crime. She is a young girl who is streetwise and tough but also sensitive and lonely. This tragic character is hopelessly in love with Marius, knowing that he will never love her. She bravely follows Marius to the barricades in the hope that they will die there together. She sings one of the most famous numbers in the show, “On My Own,” and should be an excellent actress and singer with a contemporary edge to her voice.
Vocal range top: E5
Vocal range bottom: F3

Cosette is Fantine’s strong-willed, loving daughter. She is an intelligent, inquiring, personable girl; she is not in any sense a sappy, romantic heroine. Once she is adopted by Jean Valjean, Cosette lives a comfortable, if secluded, life. She falls instantly in love with Marius, changing her world and her priorities. The role calls for an excellent singer with a lovely, lyrical soprano voice.
Vocal range top: C6
Vocal range bottom: Bb3

Madame Thénardier is married to Thénardier. Together, Madame Thénardier and Thénardier con the world as partners in crime. They were made for each other, and although she complains about him, she loves him dearly. She is coarse and vulgar, unhappy in her existence without knowing why. She is romantic, greedy, manipulative, evil, and larger than life. She is mean and nasty to Little Cosette and able to improvise in nearly any situation. You need an actress with excellent physical comedy skills who is also a good musician with a good sense of rhythm.
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: G#3

YOUNG COSETTE (age 7-9) is Fantine’s daughter and the Thénardiers’ ward. She has been forced into child labor. She is underfed, beaten by Madame Thénardier, and bullied by Eponine. Make sure your Young Cosette is small and looks properly pathetic yet warms the audience’s hearts. They should be sympathetic to her plight. It is essential that your Young Cosette be as physically small as possible, especially against Jean Valjean and the Thénardiers. Young Cosette sings “Castle On A Cloud,” so make sure she has a nice voice and can tap into the emotion in the song.
Vocal range top: C5
Vocal range bottom: A3

Young Eponine (age 7-9) is the pampered daughter of the Thénardiers. She does little except taunt Young Cosette. The role requires no singing or speaking. She should be a smaller version of grown Eponine and resemble Eponine in appearance and features.
Gender: female
Non-Singing Role

MALE & FEMALE ENSEMBLE ROLES
The Foreman, Factory Workers, Farmers, Constables, Prostitutes, Sailors, Thenardier’s Gang, Students

GAVROCHE'S GANG
4 Boys & 4 Girls ages 7-9. All vocal types.

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