Springfield Little Theatre announces auditions for its upcoming production of LES MISÉRABLES, the opening production of the 2026–2027 Mainstage Season at the historic Landers Theatre.
AUDITION WORKSHOPS
Springfield Little Theatre will offer audition workshops for performers interested in auditioning for LES MISÉRABLES. Participation in an audition workshop is not required to audition.
Monday, July 6 and Tuesday, July 7, 2026
Child Audition Workshop: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Adult Audition Workshop: 7:00 – 9:00 PM
The Landers Theatre — Fourth Floor Rehearsal Studio
311 East Walnut Street
Springfield, Missouri
AUDITION DATES
Monday, July 13 and Tuesday, July 14, 2026
6:00 PM
Children auditioning for Gavroche, Young Cosette, and Young Eponine
7:00 PM
Adult performers
Auditioners only need to attend one evening.
The Landers Theatre — Fourth Floor Rehearsal Studio
311 East Walnut Street
Springfield, Missouri
CALLBACKS
Wednesday, July 15, 2026, at 6:00 PM
Callbacks will be held by invitation. Additional information and materials will be provided to those requested to attend.
The Landers Theatre — Fourth Floor Rehearsal Studio
311 East Walnut Street
Springfield, Missouri
CREATIVE TEAM
LES MISÉRABLES will be directed by Rick Dines, choreographed by Gretchen Teague, and music directed by Danielle Hardin.
WHAT TO PREPARE
Please prepare a one-minute vocal selection in a style appropriate to the production. Bring clearly marked sheet music in the correct key for the provided accompanist.
Additional vocal selections, readings, or movement may be requested during auditions or callbacks.
REHEARSALS
Rehearsals begin Sunday, July 19, 2026, and will generally be held Sunday through Thursday evenings from 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM.
Minimal conflicts may be accommodated, but availability for the majority of the rehearsal process is required. All performers must be available for all technical rehearsals and performances. A complete list of conflicts must be provided at auditions.
PERFORMANCES
- Thursday, September 10, 2026; 7:30 PM — Preview Performance
- Friday, September 11, 2026; 7:30 PM
- Saturday, September 12, 2026; 7:30 PM
- Sunday, September 13, 2026; 2:00 PM
- Thursday, September 17, 2026; 7:30 PM
- Friday, September 18, 2026; 7:30 PM
- Saturday, September 19, 2026; 7:30 PM
- Sunday, September 20, 2026; 2:00 PM
- Thursday, September 24, 2026; 7:30 PM
- Friday, September 25, 2026; 7:30 PM
- Saturday, September 26, 2026; 7:30 PM
- Sunday, September 27, 2026; 2:00 PM
CASTING
All roles are available. Springfield Little Theatre welcomes performers of all ethnicities, identities, backgrounds, and body types to audition.
Unless otherwise noted, listed ages describe the approximate age of the character and not necessarily the age of the performer.
AVAILABLE ROLES
JEAN VALJEAN
Character age: 35–50
Vocal range: High lyric baritenor, G♯2–B4
A poor peasant who rises from imprisonment to a life of affluence and generosity. Valjean possesses great strength, nobility, compassion, and dignity.
JAVERT
Character age: 35–50
Vocal range: Baritone, F2–G4
An imposing police inspector who relentlessly pursues Valjean. Javert must possess natural gravitas with the ability to be expressive, commanding, and dynamic.
FANTINE
Character age: 20–30
Vocal range: Mezzo-soprano, F3–E♭5
A poor but beautiful factory worker struggling to support her young daughter. Although ultimately defeated by her circumstances, Fantine is strong, determined, and a survivor.
THÉNARDIER
Character age: 40–60
Vocal range: Baritone, C2–G4
A strong character role. A crooked innkeeper who later becomes a petty, amoral thief. Greedy, irreverent, boorish, vulgar, and entirely out for himself.
MADAME THÉNARDIER
Character age: 30–50
Vocal range: Mezzo-belter, G♯3–D5
A tough, coarse, and vulgar woman determined to con her way out of poverty. She is a doting mother to Eponine but neglectful of her other children.
COSETTE
Character age: 18–25
Vocal range: Lyric soprano, B♭3–C6
Fantine’s daughter, raised by Valjean. Beautiful, elegant, compassionate, and vulnerable, with an understanding of the world’s darkness shaped by her difficult childhood.
EPONINE
Character age: 18–25
Vocal range: Mezzo-belter, F3–E5
The daughter of the Thénardiers, though she shares none of their cruelty or selfishness. Brave, resourceful, and emotionally open, she wears her heart on her sleeve.
ENJOLRAS
Character age: 20–30
Vocal range: High baritenor, A2–G4
A very strong singer. Handsome, charismatic, and commanding, Enjolras is the leader of the student revolutionary movement.
MARIUS
Character age: 18–25
Vocal range: High baritenor, A2–A♭4
A member of the revolutionary student movement. Raised in an affluent household but disowned because of his political convictions, Marius is attractive, romantic, sensitive, and idealistic.
GAVROCHE
Character age: 12–14; ideally under five feet tall
Vocal range: Unchanged voice, B3–G5
A young street urchin left to survive by his intelligence and wit on the streets of Paris. The son of the Thénardiers, he resents his parents and lives independently.
THE BISHOP OF DIGNE
Character age: 60+
Vocal range: Baritone, A2–E4
A compassionate religious leader who sees beyond Valjean’s past and recognizes the great man he could become. In this production, the Bishop will not play additional roles but will appear throughout the story as a guiding presence for Valjean.
YOUNG COSETTE
Character age: 8–12; under five feet tall
Vocal range: Mezzo-soprano, A3–C5
Fantine’s daughter, who has endured hardship and child labor at the hands of the Thénardiers. Sympathetic, innocent, and resilient.
Two young actresses will be cast to alternate nightly between Young Cosette and Young Eponine.
YOUNG EPONINE
Character age: 8–12; under five feet tall
Non-singing and non-speaking role
The pampered and spoiled daughter of the Thénardiers who bullies Young Cosette.
Two young actresses will be cast to alternate nightly between Young Cosette and Young Eponine.
MEMBERS OF THE ABC SOCIETY
Courfeyrac, Combeferre, Feuilly, Joly, Grantaire, Lesgles, and Jean Prouvaire
Character ages: 16–30
Members of a secret society of students and workers who become leaders of the revolution under Enjolras. These performers will also portray a variety of additional roles throughout the production.
THÉNARDIER’S GANG
Montparnasse, Babet, Brujon, and Claquesous
Character ages: 30–60
Dangerous and threatening members of Thénardier’s gang of thieves. These performers will also portray additional characters throughout the production, including the Foreman, Bamatbois, and Fauchelevant.
FEMALE ENSEMBLE
Character ages: 18–55
Performers will portray a variety of roles throughout the production, including factory workers, women of the streets, a wigmaker, an innkeeper’s wife, nuns, wedding guests, and others.
Additional ensemble performers will portray the people of Montreuil-sur-Mer and Paris, students, workers, inn patrons, wedding guests, revolutionaries, and other featured roles throughout the production.
Thank you so very much to everyone who auditioned for Springfield Little Theatre’s Youthfest Talent Showcase 2026. We are grateful to you for supporting our scholarship fund with your entry, and we commend you for your preparation and bravery. Acts were selected via the cumulation of the scores awarded by each member of the panel, evaluating technique, stage presence, and overall impression. If you were not cast, you will receive an e-mail of gratitude for your investment in the audition process, and with recommendations to support your efforts as a growing artist.
