JEAN VALJEAN
Sings to B, high lyrics baritone or tenor, with both strong low notes and a strong falsetto. 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. The voice needs to have a pop/rock sound or a classical sound of extraordinary textual clarity.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: B4
Vocal range bottom: G#2

JAVERT
Baritone, sings to G. Must have a natural gravitas with ability to be expressive and dynamic. 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.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: F#4
Vocal range bottom: F2

THE BISHOP OF DIGNE
Must have a strong, rich lower register to a bottom A. Although capable of playing great age, the actor playing the Bishop is cast in a variety of roles and needs to flexibility to play a range of ages. A religious man who, despite Valjean’s theft of his valuable possessions, sees passed the convict and allows him to move on with his new life.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: E4
Vocal range bottom: A2

FANTINE
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. Although she is 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.
Gender: Female
Vocal range top: E5
Vocal range bottom: D3

THE FOREMAN
To form part of the ensemble, along with the featured ensemble part of Factory Foreman. An overbearing, sleazy man who runs the factory. Sacks Fantine, leaving her destitute.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: D4
Vocal range bottom: D3

BAMATABOIS
To form part of the ensemble, along with the featured ensembles part of Bamatabois. A nasty and dangerous upper-class man who lecherously approaches Fantine for the night. When she declines and attacks him, he calls on Javert to arrest her.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: F4
Vocal range bottom: D3

FAUCHELEVANT
He is the victim of the cart crash.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: Eb4
Vocal range bottom: B3

LITTLE 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.
Gender: Female
Vocal range top: C5
Vocal range bottom: A3

THÉNARDIER
Baritone. Strong comic character role. A crooked innkeeper, later a petty, amoral thief. Greedy, irreverent, selfish, boorish, vulgar.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: C3

MADAME THÉNARDIER
Belter. Tough, sharp, coarse, boorish, vulgar. Strong character comedienne role.
Gender: Female
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: G#3

YOUNG EPONINE
Young Eponine is the pampered daughter of the Thénardiers. She does little except taunt Young Cosette.
Gender: Female

GAVROCHE
Gavroche is the Thénardiers son. He is left to fend for himself and lives by his wits in the streets of Paris. Gavroche is brave, witty, and arrogant, with a fantastic, unchanged voice.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: G5
Vocal range bottom: B3

EPONINE
An enormous and beautiful belt voice, with a contemporary edge. 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.
Gender: Female
Vocal range top: F5
Vocal range bottom: F3

COSETTE
Soprano to high C but a light, young ‘floating’ sound, without heavy vibrato. Fantine’s daughter (first seen as and played by a child) delicate, elegant, vulnerable and beautiful. Falls in love with and later marries Marius
Gender: Female
Vocal range top: C6
Vocal range bottom: Bb3

MONTPARNASSE
A member of Thénardier’s gang of thieves. Montparnasse is handsome and dangerous (he kills with a knife).
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: C#4
Vocal range bottom: C#3

BABET
A member of Thénardier’s gang of thieves.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: E4
Vocal range bottom: E3

BRUJON
A member of Thénardier’s gang of thieves. A genuine gangster, Brujon is stupid and evil.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: C#4
Vocal range bottom: B3

CLAQUESOUS
A member of Thénardier’s gang of thieves. Claquesous is tough, dangerous, and secretive.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: E4
Vocal range bottom: C4

ENJOLRAS
High baritone/tenor. Very strong singer. Handsome, charismatic political figure, leader of the revolutionary movement.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: G#4
Vocal range bottom: A2

MARIUS
High baritone. Member of the revolutionary student movement. Attractive and romantic but in a sensitive, 19th century ‘Byronic’ way.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: Ab4
Vocal range bottom: Bb2

COMBEFERRE
Member of the ABC society, a secret society of students and workers. Combeferre is the philosopher and believer in peace. He is gentle, humane, strong, and brave.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: D3

FEUILLY
Member of the ABC society, a secret society of students and workers. Feuilly is a worker who is a self-educated orphan. He is an affectionate, warm, and poetic believer in “nationality.”
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: D3

COURFEYRAC
Member of the ABC society, a secret society of students and workers. Courfeyrac is a youthful, passionate, and fearless student.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: D3

JOLY
Member of the ABC society, a secret society of students and workers. Joly is an eccentric and light-hearted (although sometimes morbid) medical student. His name is derived from the English word “jolly.”
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: D3

GRANTAIRE
To form part of the ensemble, along with the featured ensemble part of Grantaire. A cynical student who has little interest in the revolution but who holds much admiration for Enjolras. Witty and sarcastic.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: D3

LESGLES
Member of the ABC society, a secret society of students and workers. Lesgles is a cheerful, laughing-at-life (but unlucky) student. He is a close friend of Joly.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: D3

JEAN PROUVAIRE
Member of the ABC society, a secret society of students and workers. Prouvaire is a kind, soft-spoken, and, at the right moments, strong and masterful poet and student of social studies.
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: D3

AN ARMY OFFICER
Gender: Male
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: C4

ENSEMBLE
Men must be able to sing to at least a G.
Women must belt to a D.

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

QUESTIONS?

Call Artistic Director Karen Olsen at  541-600-4437, or email thenonstopplayers@gmail.com