Les Miserables School Edition Auditions Held at Laurel Mill Playhouse, 4/17

Laurel Mill Playhouse announces auditions for Les Miserables School Edition, musically directed by Stu Knazik and directed by Patti Knazik. Auditions will take place on Sunday, April 17 at 5:30pm, Tuesday, April 19 at 7:30pm and Tuesday, April 26 at 7:30pm, with call backs on Sunday, May 1 at 5:30 pm. Actors ages 10-18 may audition, bringing sheet music for the accompanist we will provide or a CD. No appointment necessary. Rehearsals will be on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 7pm and Saturday afternoons at 2:30pm. Presented by special arrangement with MTI, Les Miserables School Edition will open on Friday, July 29, and run through Sunday, August 21. Perfomances will be Friday and Saturday evenings at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm with performances on selected Thursday evenings.

Broadway's legendary musical has been specially adapted to meet the needs of young performers. This author-approved edition has been abridged to a running time of just over two hours, while carefully maintaining the integrity of one the greatest musicals ever written.
This epic story recounts the struggle against adversity in 19th century France. Imprisoned for stealing a loaf of bread, petty thief Jean Valjean is released from his 19-year term and not only becomes an honest man, but the mayor of a prosperous town and a loving adoptive father - violating his parole in the process. The relentless Inspector Javert, who makes a decent life for Valjean impossible, consequently pursues him. Only years later, after Valjean proves his mettle during a bloody student uprising and saves the life of a young man hopelessly in love with Valjean's adopted daughter, does the ex-convict finally feel fully redeemed.

PRINCIPLE ROLES
JEAN VALJEAN, dramatic tenor: Valjean is released from jail after serving nineteen years (five for stealing a loaf of bread and fourteen for multiple escape attempts). He breaks his parole and changes his identity, becoming the wealthy mayor of a small town. He later adopts Cosette, the daughter of Fantine.
INSPECTOR JAVERT, bass or baritone: Respecting the law above all else, Javert relentlessly pursues Valjean, hoping to bring the escaped convict to justice.
COSETTE, soprano, daughter of Fantine, adopted by Valjean, in love with Marius
FANTINE, mezzo-soprano: A worker who loses her job and becomes a prostitute in order to pay the Thénardiers for the welfare of her daughter.
MARIUS PONTMERCY, tenor: Marius, a student revolutionary, is friends with Éponine, but loves Cosette.
ÉPONINE, mezzo-soprano: Daughter of the Thénardiers, Éponine, now ragged and a waif, secretly loves Marius. She is killed while returning to the barricades to see Marius.
MADAME THENARDIER, mezzo-soprano: Thénardier's unscrupulous wife.

THENARDIER, baritone or tenor: A second-rate thief, Thénardier runs a small inn.

BISHOP OF DIGNE, bass-baritone: befriends Valjean and offers him a fresh start.
GAVROCHE, boy (unchanged voice): Gavroche is a streetwise urchin who dies on the barricade helping the revolutionaries.

YOUNG COSETTE, treble: The daughter of Fantine, the Thénardiers force eight-year-old Cosette to work.
YOUNG EPONINE, silent: Eight-year-old Éponine is the pampered daughter of the Thénardiers. She grows up with Cosette and is unkind to her.

ENJOLRAS, baritone or tenor: Enjolras leads Marius and the rest of the student revolutionaries.

STUDENT REVOLUTIONARIES
FACTORY WORKERS
VILLAGERS
PRISONERS
SAILORS
LADIES OF THE EVENING
THENARDIER'S GANG

Laurel Mill Playhouse is located at 508 Main Street in historic Laurel. Contact Maureen Rogers at maureencrogers@gmail.com or 301-452-2557.
For additional information on Laurel Mill Playhouse visit the website at www.laurelmillplayhouse.org.

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