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In Need of Kids and Teens for Play "Les Miserables"

West Orange, NJ, United States
ID: 615092Exp: 10/14/2026
Description:

Audition for "Les Misérables". Looking for performers ages 16+ (with select roles for ages 6-10) to help bring this production to life! Please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. Additional info: Auditioners should prepare a brief song (1 minute or less) in the style of the show. Please bring clearly marked sheet music (in a binder) or our accompanist. Callbacks: Saturday, October 17 and Sunday, October 18​ Rehearsals: Sundays-Thursdays beginning December 14 Tech Rehearsals: February 7-11​ Performances: February 12-21 If interested, please apply.

17 roles

YOUNG COSETTEFemale6-10 y.o.All ethnicities

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. Vocal Range: A3-C5

YOUNG EPONINEFemale6-10 y.o.All ethnicities

Young Eponine is the pampered daughter of the Thénardiers who loves to taunt Cosette

GAVROCHEMale6-10 y.o.All ethnicities

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. Vocal Range: B3-G5

ENSEMBLEBoth genders6-10 y.o.All ethnicities

Peasants and other roles

FANTINEFemale16-18 y.o.All ethnicities

Poor but beautiful and elegant factory girl, struggling to support her fatherless daughter. Later is a pauper, a prostitute, a consumptive and a ghost. Earthy and poignant. . She puts up a valiant fight against the horrors of her life. Vocal Range: F3-Eb5

MADAME THÉNARDIERFemale16-18 y.o.All ethnicities

Tough, sharp, coarse, boorish, vulgar. Strong character comedienne role. Vocal Range: G#3-D5

EPONINEFemale16-18 y.o.All ethnicities

Daughter of the Thénardiers but in no way behaves like them. Fired by an unrequited love for Marius. Gamine. Hasn’t learned to disguise her emotions; wears her heart on her sleeve. Vocal Range: F3-E5

COSETTEFemale16-18 y.o.All ethnicities

Fantine’s daughter (first seen as and played by a child) delicate, elegant, vulnerable and beautiful. Falls in love with and later marries Marius. Vocal Range: Bb3-C6

ENSEMBLEFemale16-18 y.o.All ethnicities

The Chain Gang, Warders, Constables, Peasants, Factory Workers, Prostitutes, Pimps, Students, Thénardier's Gang, Wedding Guests, and other various roles.

JEAN VALJEANMale16-18 y.o.All ethnicities

A poor peasant who rises to affluence, he has great natural nobility and dignity. A powerful figure, with a character of operatic size and passion. Vocal Range: G#2-B4

JAVERTMale16-18 y.o.All ethnicities

Policemen who relentlessly hunts Valjean. An imposing character. The ultimate ‘law and order’ figure. Obsessed, to the point of irrationality, with rigid and merciless moral code. Vocal Range: F2-G4

THÉNARDIERMale16-18 y.o.All ethnicities

Strong comic character role. A crooked innkeeper, later a petty, amoral thief. Greedy, irrerent, selfish, boorish, vulgar. Vocal Range; C2-G4

MARIUSMale16-18 y.o.All ethnicities

Member of the revolutionary student movement. Attractive and romantic but in a sensitive, 19th-century ‘Byronic’ way. Vocal Range: A2-Ab4

ENJOLRASBoth genders16-18 y.o.All ethnicities

Handsome, charismatic political figure, leader of the revolutionary movement. Vocal Range: A2-G#4

STUDENTS OF THE ABC SOCIETYMale16-18 y.o.All ethnicities

Feuilly, Courfeyrac, Joly, Grantaire, Lesgles, Jean Prouvaire

FEATURED ROLESMale16-18 y.o.All ethnicities

The Bishop of Digne, The Foreman, Bamatbois, Fauchelevant, Montparnasse, Babet, Brujon, Claquesous

ENSEMBLEMale16-18 y.o.All ethnicities

The Chain Gang, Warders, Constables, Peasants, Pimps, Students, Thénardier's Gang, Wedding Guests, and other various roles.