Auditionees will need to sing a complete song from a musical, and to bring sheet music in the correct key. An accompanist will be provided. All roles require solo singing and vocal stamina.
Audition appointments are highly encouraged.
| Jean Valjean (tenor, late 30s–mid-60s) | The protagonist of our story, a powerfully built but fundamentally gentle former convict. Needs a singer with extended range to a high C and a comfortable falsetto. |
| Police Inspector Javert (bass-baritone, late 30s–mid-60s) | Disciplined and driven police inspector defined by the prey he hunts, and by the Old Testament idea of justice that underlies that hunt. Though tightly controlled, Javert is not a robot, a martinet, nor lacking in cleverness or intelligence. Need a powerful singer with a rich, full sound, high range to a G. |
| Thenardier (baritone, early thirties–early fifties) | An innkeeper, con artist, thief, and petty grifter; he rises above some of his peers through a combination of surprising charisma and just enough cleverness to survive. Thenardier is amoral, certainly closer to actual evil than any of the other characters in the play, and if it were not for his basic lack of ambition, he'd be truly dangerous. |
| Marius Pontmercy (baritone, mid-20s) | A young and idealistic student, given to wild displays of emotion. More of a second-in-command than a leader. Music covers an extremely wide range and must be very well sung. |
| Enjolras (tenor, mid-20s) | A student, and Marius' friend. Enjolras is a natural leader, and must be powerfully charismatic. He is also optimistic and extremely intelligent, albeit reckless. |
| Fantine (mezzo-soprano, late 20s) | An ordinary factory girl, driven by bad fortune and worse circumstances to utter desperation. Needs mezzo-soprano range with a very strong medium-to-high belt. |
| Cosette (soprano, early 20s) | A young woman who has been raised under tight supervision and with great care; as a result she is confident, secure, well-mannered, and perhaps just the tiniest bit stir-crazy. |
| Eponine (belter, 18-25) | A street girl, Thenardier's daughter; she is experienced, clever, and competent, outwardly cynical but secretly hopeful. Must be an excellent singer with a high belt and comfortable low range. |
| Madame Thenardier (alto or mezzo-soprano, early 30s-early 50s) | Thenardier's wife, and his perfect match; she is more clever than her husband, though perhaps not quite so charming. Extremely forceful, memorable, and unsettling personality. |
| Gavroche (9-10) | A young boy, without apparent home or family, who more or less runs the streets of Paris in his own way. Resourceful, precocious, aggressive, and impulsive. Needs a strong, unchanged male voice. |
| Young Cosette (9-10) | A young girl, completely lost and vulnerable. Needs a light "little girl" voice with no belt. |
| Ensemble | Includes, among other characters, the Bishop of Digne, constables, student revolutionaries, soldiers, peasants, factory workers, convicts, laborers, prostitutes, aristocrats, and criminals. All roles require extensive solo singing, and actors of all ages and types are needed. |
Performances will be performed at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and at 2 p.m. Sundays from March 28 to April 13. Callbacks for the show will be held Nov. 23 or 24.
To make an appointment, contact (609)378-5515 or ptpauditions@gmail.com. Auditions will be held in the Communications Building next to the theater, which is on the Mercer County College Campus at 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor.
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