LesMiserables . School Edition

Performance: March 1,2 and 3, 2018

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FOR ACTORS

AUDITIONS: Auditions for the Les Miserables will be Tuesdayand Wednesday,October 3 and 4 in the high school auditorium. You must pick one day to sign up for. Call backs (if necessary) are October 5 at 6:00 pm. All students will be cast in the show, so if you don't receive a call back it means we know what part you will have.

AUDITION TIMES: • Middle School Students 6:00pm- 7:30pm -you must stay for the entire 1 ½ hour time slot • High School Students 7:30pm - 9:00pm - you must stay for the entire 1 ½ hour time slot

In order to be assigned an audition time you, your parents must complete the packet and you will hand it in to Ms. Leight (high school students) and Ms. Rechak (middle school students) no later than 2:00pm on Monday, October 2, 2017. Please fill out the parent/student information and commitment section for ACTOR/ACTRESS.

MATERIALS: Materials for auditions are included in this packet. Please watch the video clip and listen and be able to sing the given songs. You do not need to memorize the music but you must be able to sing through the songs - we will not be teaching them to you. We will choose which songs we want to hear you sing based on your voice range test which will be done at auditions. Some songs may not be in your voice range but please do your best to learn them all so we can make sure we put you in the right part for you.

Checklist to make sure packet is complete: DO NOT HAND THIS PAGE IN -THE CHECKLIST IS TO MAKE SUREYOU HAVETHE NEEDEDFORMS COMPLETEDAND KNOW WHAT TO PREPAREFOR AUDITIONS.

__ Read the above information about audition date, times and requirements

__ Read schedule, rehearsal, production and time commitment information

__ Fill out parent/student information and commitment section

__ Fill out conflict portion of the packet on the back of the parent/students information and commitment section. Please mark NC for "No Conflict"

__ Read the audition materials page and make sure you know songs for the auditions PARENTSKEEP THIS PAGE!

RehearsalSchedule

From October through December we will rehearse on Monday's and Thursday's from 5pm - 7pm. If we do not have school, we will not have rehearsal. I will let you know as soon as possible if we need to cancel a day or add additional time to a rehearsal.

Januarythrough February we are planning for rehearsals Monday through Thursday from Spm-7pm, however this may change depending how much we can get done from October to December. We may need to extend the rehearsal time to 8pm if needed.

We will not rehearse during vacations.

Please be aware that I may schedule some rehearsals for specific groups of students, so there may be days where your child will not need to come to rehea rsaIs. PARENTSKEEP THIS PAGE!

Rehearsal, Production, Time Commitment and

Show Content Information

• There will be a read through and meeting for all Cast on Thursday, October 12, 2017 at 5:00 pm in the high school chorus room. There will be a mandatory student and parent meeting at 6:30 following the read through.

• Rehearsals will begin on Monday, October 16, in the HS auditorium.

• The shows are on Thursday, March 1, Friday, March 2 and Saturday, March 3, 2018 at 7:00 pm.

• Please see previous page for rehearsal information

• Parents are responsible for transportation to and from practices. Students must be picked up promptly at the end of rehearsal.

• Under no circumstances are students to stay on school property unsupervised between 2:18 and 5:00. We will not be providing supervision for your child during this time.

• Rehearsals are mandatory. This show takes a tremendous amount of work and your child will need to be there for the rehearsals. Your child may be dismissed from the play for missing rehearsals or poor behavior and participation. If you know that your child will be missing rehearsals on a weekly basis, this activity is not for them.

• Please be aware that although we are doing the school edition of "Les Miserables", there are some mature themes and language used in this version. To the best of our ability we will make sure students are in age appropriate scenes.

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Parent/Student Information and Commitment

I give my child permission to audition for and participate in "Les Miserable -School Edition". We understand there are mature themes and language in this show. My child and I have read the audition packet and understand the time commitment that will be required to be in this production. I have filled out the rehearsal conflict page. I understand my child must be at every rehearsal unless listed on the conflict sheet. My child and I understand that he or she may be dismissed from the play for missing rehearsals or poor behavior and participation. I understand there is a $20 cash participation fee. I understand I must attend the parent meeting on Thursday, October 12 at 6:30 pm the high school auditorium.

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There is a tremendous cost to produce a musical. There is a $20 (cash) participation fee for all students participating in drama club. This money goes toward materials to create the set, costumes, musicians and picture board. We will collect this at the parent meeting. If you cannot afford the fee, please email Ms. Leight and she will take care of it for you.

Studentsfill out: What acting/ dancing/ singing experience do you have? Attach additional sheet if needed .

Are you willing to play a roll of the opposite gender? REHEARSALCONFLICTPAGE

Please go over your child's calendar and list all conflicts on this form.

Please list all conflicts that your child will have with rehearsals. Please put the dates in the appropriate column.

Please mark NC if no conflict

Ex: Will not be able to make the entire rehearsal 2/12, 2/15

Will not be able to make Will be late for rehearsal Will need to leave early entire rehearsal from rehearsal Audition Materials Page

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IMPORTANT:

For auditions students will need to be able to sing through the songs listed below. Sheet music to these songs are in the following pages of this packet. The link to a video of the school edition of Les Mis is listed below. I have also included the time in the video where you can find each particular song. We are asking you to know a few different songs so we can put you in the best role fpr your voice. You may not be asked to sing all the songs at the audition - we will decide what songs we want to hear from you on based on your voice range test which will also be done at the auditions. There are LOTSof parts and solos throughout this whole show as it is all singing ­ no speaking. You do not need to memorize the songs, but you must be able to sing them with confidence and along with piano accompaniment which will be provided at the audition. We are looking for students to be in character, project their voice and be able to sing on pitch.

The audition songswere picked to test all voice ranges- not for specificroles necessarily.

Link to full version of a "LesMiserables 11 school edition - times below based on this video. https:llwww .youtube.com/watch ?v=qis52CMtMl Y&t=60s

Character/Voice Song Measuresto Male or Female Place in video Part perform (see link to listen to sheet musicin song packet) Eponine On My Own 135-143 Female 1:28:13 Fantine I Dreamed a 33-65 Female 17:38 Dream Little Cosette Castle on a Cloud 23-42 Female 37:15 Older Cosette Rue Plumet/ln 13-32 Female 1:09:30 My Life Marius Rue Plumet/ln 73-85 Male 1:11:50 My Life Gavroche The Beggars 10-19 Male (could be 50:15 played by a female) Valjean Prologue 312-323 Male 9:52 Javert Stars 34-48 Male 58:08 The Followingsong is a trio between Older Cosette, Eponineand Marius. We may ask to hear people singthis together.

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love him,- but ev - 'ry day I'm learn . ing. All my

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life I've on - ly been pre - tend ­ ing .

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out me, his world will go on tum - ing. The

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As they tum your dreams to shame. ------~-­

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is a cas, - Ile on a cloud, I like to go there in my I I: •I

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sleep, Aren't an - y floors for me to sweep,

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in my cas - tie on a cloud.

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3 3 3 sil - ence the sigh of a far a - way song . And it

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A Tempo VAL!EAN enters from the street, unlocking the gate. He checks to see if he's been followed and locks the gate. ~j---, 29 3 f 28 J ·j J I D I J EJ C:C; II E r f J 3 J 11­ 1 J life I'm no long - er a lone now the love in my fife is so

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near, Find me now, find me here . f"lllli U-5l/f,AOr) fl-l~P11u~t

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J 75 J 3 3 I! E r E J J 3 J fl ., 3 3 life She has burst like the mus - ic of aµ - gels, the light of the

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Not much to look !ut, no - thing posh. No - thing that you'd call up to scratch.

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I This is my school,' my high so - ci - e - ty. Here in the slums of St. Mi - chel,

I We live on crumbs of hum - ble pi - e - ty. Tough on the teeth but what the hell. ~~ 18 ­ I F ]22j J J J If Think you're poor? I Think you're free? Fol - low me, fol - low me! }. ! t ll 1' J lj, I ~­ ~f ';'i, ( D, ~lu-12_·-:[I'vielk~ q: 52 CS&. l /\ h>isi-.ev+f;r l,/\1.£) l l

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poco piu mosso 316

stare in - to the void, to the whirl-pool of my sin, I'll es - cape now from the world,

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world of Jean Val -je an. Jean Val - jean is no - thing now, a-noth-er '· i Phi mosso (fn tempo) VAL.JEAN tears the yello w ticket of/eave three times :.....'------~322 323 --­

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' 41 - I -· Lord, let me find him- That I may

44 45 -· I~. t=:i-N J• Id -, 'f ' B I bl Jtj. see him- Safe be - hind bars.-- I will nev-er rest.­

JAVERT exits A Tempo rall. molto 47 rail. 46

Till then ___ This I swear, This I swear by the l •I p(,ee_'r--vicf£u I ,1 Jl.j!20 Csee-l /\Go~ £.-(1 ~ v_)

He was nev - er mine to

fu]I,__ _ heart of love, A

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full ---­ of you,

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too. (EPONINE): :, ' I • "'" These are words he'll nev - er say. MARIUS offers his hand I Pochiss rall. I', 1 78 EPONINE: ! 79 80 81 ., ., t • ... ~ Not to me, not to me, not for MARIUS: ~ I

I I From to day, Poco meno mosso she offers her ha11d. COSETTE a11dMARIUS clasp ha11ds. ~ (COSETIE): 1 82 83 84 85 . -~ ., t Ev - 'ry day. For it is n't a dream,­ ---­

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-d-..______... ., = t .... 77· ~ full_ ___ _ me. His heart of love.. -----­ MARIUS: J I

~ ; I I For it is - n't a dream,----­ MARIUS and COSETTE exit to an unsee11 Ancora meno mosso A Tempo portion of the gairle11 r.-,, rall. rall. 86 87 89 ~.

not a drorun------af - ter all.------­

He will nev • er ___ _ feel this way,______

af - ter all.--,------~