Jean Valjean
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.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: A4
Vocal range bottom: G#2

Javert
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. singer.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: F#4
Vocal range bottom: F2


Bishop Of Digne
The Bishop is a good man who saves Valjean’s soul through showing compassion. Don’t overlook the importance of this role. The Bishop of Digne’s kindness carefully establishes the premise of the show by literally buying Jean Valjean’s soul for God. This powerful role requires a nice baritone voice and a good actor.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: E4
Vocal range bottom: A2

Fantine
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. 
Gender: Female
Vocal range top: Eb5
Vocal range bottom: F3

Young Cosette
Young Cosette 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. Young Cosette is 8 years old and looks properly pathetic yet warms the audience’s hearts. She should make us sympathetic to her plight. Young Cosette sings “Castle On A Cloud,” so must be able to tap into the emotion in the song. Young Cosette may be double cast, and will need to resemble actress cast as 18 year old Cosette.
Gender: Female
Vocal range top: C5
Vocal range bottom: A3

Madame Thénardier
She 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. We need an actress with excellent physical comedy skills who is also a good musician with a good sense of rhythm.
Gender: Female
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: G#3

Thénardier
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). Excellent comedic actor who con portray a nasty edge. Vocally, the role is not incredibly demanding; a character voice is best.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: C2

Gavroche
Gavroche 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. Gavroche must be a good enough actor to believably die onstage. In the callback you will be asked to show us your physicality of being shot and falling to the ground. Gavroche may be double cast.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: G5
Vocal range bottom: B3

Gavroche's Gang/Orphans of the Revolution
 Paris at this time was full of orphans (due to years of wars and revolutions), so  we will be representing these young people onstage in the group numbers. One member of Gavroche’s Gang could have a solo line if cast as Solo Urchin. 
Gender: Any
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: C4

Eponine
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.
Gender: Female
Vocal range top: E5
Vocal range bottom: F3

Enjolras
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.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: A2

Marius
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.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: Ab4
Vocal range bottom: A2

Cosette
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, and an ability to access the emotion required to show the heart break at the end of the show. 
Gender: Female
Vocal range top: C6
Vocal range bottom: Bb3



Additional Roles: (character names as referred to by MTI)
*click here to read character descriptions of these characters

Chain Gang, Constables, Young Eponine, 13 year old Cosette, Farmer, Laborers, Factory Workers, Lovely Ladies, Sailors, Bamatabois, Old Woman, Pimp, Onlookers and Bystanders, Fauchelevant, Judge(s), Mistaken Jean Valjean And Family, Nuns, Sentries, Army Officer, Major Domo, Women, Wedding Guests, Revolutionaries
Thenardier's Gang:  Brujon, Babet, Claquesous, Montparnasse
Members of ABC Society: Grantaire, Lesgles, Prouvaire, Joly, Courfeyrac, Feuilly, Combeferre


WHAT SONG SHOULD YOU SING? (Sing The Song(s) listed by your character)
Jean Valjean - Valjean's Soliloquy (0:00-1:48)
                          - The People's Song (0:00-1:07)

Javert - Stars (0:00-1:18)
             - The People's Song (0:00-1:07)

Eponine - On My Own  (2:12-end)
                  - The People's Song (0:00-1:07)

Cosette - Rue Plummet (0:00-1:40)
                - The People's Song (0:00-1:07)

Marius - Empty Chairs at Empty Tables (1:40-end)
               - The People's Song (0:00-1:07)

Fantine - I Dreamed a Dream (1:25 "then I was young and unafraid" - the end)
                - The People's Song (0:00-1:07)

Little Cosette - Castle On A Cloud (full song)

Gavroche - Little People (full song)

Thenardier + Mme Thenardier - Master of the House (0:43- 1:50)
                                                             - The People's Song (0:00-1:07)

Enjolras - ABC Cafe (2:00-2:52)
                  - The People's Song (0:00-1:07)

Other Adult Roles/Orphans/Anyone else -  The People's Song (0:00-1:07)

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