Producing Org TBD
CONTRACT
Short Engagement Touring $859 weekly minimum (Category 3)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in LES MISERABLES (see breakdown).
THE PRODUCERS, CREATIVE TEAM AND CASTING TEAM ARE COMMITTED TO AN EQUITABLE, INCLUSIVE, AND ACCESSIBLE CASTING PROCESS FOR LES MISÉRABLES. WE ARE ACTIVELY SEEKING PERFORMERS OF ALL RACES, ETHNICITIES, CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS, ABILITIES, GENDER IDENTITIES, AND BODY TYPES TO AUDITION.
All touring employees must adhere to strict protocols and guidelines and will be required to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, administered at least two weeks prior to any on-site work for production (including any in-person callbacks).
INSTRUCTIONS
SEE PREPARATION IN BREAKDOWN. To submit your tape for the Equity Principal Audition, please fill out this form: https://tinyurl.com/LesMisTourAEAcallssubmit. Video submissions must be submitted no later than WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 2, 2022 at 6:00pm EST. Any videos submitted after the deadline will not be viewed.
Deadline: Wed, Feb 2, 2022
PERSONNEL
Music: Claude-Michel Schönberg
Book: Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg
Lyrics: Alain Boublil and Herbert Kretzmer
Producer: Cameron Mackintosh
Directors: James Powell & Laurence Connor
Musical Supervisor: Stephen Brooker
US Musical Supervisor: James Moore
General Manager: NETworks/Gregory Vander Ploeg
Casting: Tara Rubin Casting/ Felicia Rudolph, CSA, casting director (viewing auditions)
OTHER DATES
1st Rehearsal in NY: August 22, 2022
1st Performance: On or about October 7, 2022
OTHER
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to submit.
BREAKDOWN
PREPARATION INFORMATION: Please prepare a video of you singing ONE of the provided Principal show material cuts from this link:
https://tinyurl.com/LesMisTourAEAcallsmaterial. (For Gavroche, please prepare both cuts.) No songs of your own and please only submit once. Please slate with your name and height. Please only submit a Dropbox or Google Drive Link.
SEEKING:
JEAN VALJEAN - 35-40s. Sings to B (high lyric baritone or tenor with both strong low notes and a strong falsetto). A poor man who rises to affluence, he has great natural nobility and dignity. A powerful figure, a physically and morally large man with a character of operatic size and passion. The voice needs to have a pop/rock sound or a classical sound of extraordinary textual clarity. This character can be Black, Indigenous, API, Latine, MENASA, Mixed or White.
JAVERT - 35-40s. Baritone, sings to G. Policeman who relentlessly hunts Valjean. An imposing character. The ultimate “law and order” figure. Obsessed, to the point of irrationality, with a rigid and merciless moral code. He too is a character of operatic size and passion. Both belt voice and classical can suit this role. Must have a natural gravitas and a darker vocal quality than Jean Valjean. This character can be Black, Indigenous, API, Latine, MENASA, Mixed or White.
THENARDIER - Late 30s-40s. Strong comic character role. A dishonest innkeeper, later a petty, amoral thief. Greedy, irreverent, selfish, boorish, vulgar. Baritone, sings to F sharp. Must have a strong handle on using text in song. This character can be Black, Indigenous, API, Latine, MENASA, Mixed or White.
MARIUS - Late teens to early 20s. High baritone (sings to A) with a strong bottom (to A). A member of the aristocracy who joins the revolutionary student movement. Romantic but in a sensitive, 19th century “byronic” way. This character can be Black, Indigenous, API, Latine, MENASA, Mixed or White.
ENJOLRAS - 20s-early 30s. High baritone (to G sharp/B flat) very strong singer. Charismatic political figure. Leader of the revolutionary movement. This character can be Black, Indigenous, API, Latine, MENASA, Mixed or White.
FANTINE - Early 20s - early 30s. Belt up to C, sings to E flat. Dignified and elegant factory worker, struggling to support her fatherless daughter. Later is a pauper, a prostitute, a consumptive and a ghost. Earthy and poignant. Although finally defeated by circumstances she should appear to be strong and a survivor. She puts up a valiant fight against the horrors of her life. This character can be Black, Indigenous, API, Latine, MENASA, Mixed or White.
COSETTE - Late teens to early 20s. Fantine’s daughter (first seen as and played by a child). Delicate, elegant, and vulnerable. Cosette is also loyal, confident, intelligent and has a curiosity and spirit that pushes her to strive for a life of her own beyond the comfortable but sheltered life she was brought up in. Falls in love with and later marries Marius. Soprano (to high C) but a light, young “floating” sound, without heavy vibrato. This character can be Black, Indigenous, API, Latine, MENASA, Mixed or White.
EPONINE - Late teens to 20s. An enormous and beautiful belt voice, with a contemporary edge. Belts to C sharp (sings to E flat). Daughter of the Thénardiers but in no way behaves like them. Fired by an unrequited love for Marius. Gamine, forlorn. Hasn’t learned to disguise her emotions; wears her heart on her sleeve. This character can be Black, Indigenous, API, Latine, MENASA, Mixed or White.
MADAME THENARDIER - 30s-early 40s. Tough, sharp, coarse, boorish, vulgar. Strong character comedienne role. Belter. This character can be Black, Indigenous, API, Latine, MENASA, Mixed or White.
GAVROCHE - Boy, age 7 - 11. 52” tall or less. Spunky street urchin. Lots of personality. Sings very well. This character can be Black, Indigenous, API, Latine, MENASA, Mixed or White.
LITTLE COSETTE AND LITTLE EPONINE - Girls, age 7 - 11. 50” tall or less. Sweet innocent waifs. Pretty soprano voice. This character can be Black, Indigenous, API, Latine, MENASA, Mixed or White.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to submit.
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