Saturday, March 26, 2016

AYAA Dream Casting: Les Miserables (It's a big one!)

So excited for this week's dream casting! I asked a bunch of different young actors from around the Valley to help me dream cast the musical voted on the AYAA Twitter polls last week as the Best Musical of All Time, Les Miserables. Les Miserables tells the story of Jean Valjean, a man during the revolutionary period in France convicted of stealing a loaf of bread. The story of Jean Valjean falls in conjunction with a group of politically-minded students responsible for the June Rebellion. It is the longest running musical on the West End.

On AYAA, I am running dreamcasting two ways:

Self-submitted: If you have a dream cast for a show, send it to me at mackenna.azyoungactors@gmail.com or via Facebook. MUST BE WITH VALLEY ACTORS, NOT BROADWAY HUMANS.
Facilitated by me: I will be reaching out to 4-5 actors/actresses periodically. (I will also be participating from time to time) I will give each of them the same show and see the diverse ways they cast the show. I will only be able to ask you if you are friends with me on my personal Facebook. Same thing, it will be with Valley actors, not people on Broadway.

Today, I present to you one of the "Facilitated by me" types of dream casting. I reached out to a bunch different young actors in the Valley (the biggest group we have done) --  Noah Delgado, Noa Gauthier, Erin Kong, Skyler Washburn, Nicholas Hambruch, Alexia Filler and Mark Munoz -- and asked them to dream cast Les Miserables. Their responses and mine are below.

Nicholas Hambruch
Jean Valjean - Brad Cashman
Javert - Alex Martinez
Fantine - Kayla McLemore
Eponine - Brittany Howk
Marius - Nathan Sheppard
Thenardier - Sam McGhee
Madm. Thenardier - Anasofia Gallegos
Cosette - Jessie Jo Pauley
Enjolras - Me (I so wish I could be a lead in this show since it means so much to me, but i feel like this role would be the most suiting for me)
Gavroche - Asher Angel
Little Cosette - Summer Beckman
Grantaire - Kale Burr

Skyler Washburn
Jean Valjean - Joshua Verne
Javert - Brett Aiken
Fantine - Kathleen Berger
Eponine - Alanna Kalbfleisch
Marius - Skyler Washburn
Cosette - Savoy Graca
Thenardier - Jesse Berger
M. Thenardier - Tracy Payne-Black
Enjolras - Nathan Sheppard
Gavroche - Josh Pike
Little Cosette - Macie Thompson

Grantaire - Brandon Smith

Erin Kong
Valjean - Adam Sowards
Javert - Erin Kong
Fantine - Brittany Howk
Eponine - Janine Colletti
Marius - Alex Kunz
Cosette - Sara Sanderson
Thenardier - Miles Plant
M. Thenardier - Anasofia Gallegos
Enjolras - Lane Northcutt
Gavroche - Chris Reah
Little Cosette - Michaela Okland

Grantaire - Michael Devery

Noa Gauthier
Jean Valjean: Julian Mendoza
Javert: Johnny Robaina
Fantine: Sarah Pansing
Eponine: Noa Gauthier (#1 dream role)
Marius: Vincent Pugliese

Thenardier: Ethan Shaker
Madame Thenardier: Sophia Drapeau
Cosette: Benny Cowans
Enjolras: Sam Primack
Gavroche: Vincent Jacovo
Little Cosette: Mackenna Jacobs
Grantaire: Devon Policci

Noah Delgado
Jean Valjean - Danny Blankemeier
Javert - Noah Delgado (One of my dream roles!)
Fantine - Jessica Sinodis
Eponine - Jessie Jo Pauley
Marius - Hayden Skaggs
Thenardier - Joey Sortino
Madame Thenardier - Macy Wood
Cosette - Benny Cowans
Enjolras - Liam Thibeault
Gavroche - Eric Lundgreen
Little Cosette - Laurynn Allen

Grantaire - Kale Burr

Alexia Filler
Javert - Mark Munoz
Fantine - Alexia Filler (goal role haha)
Eponine - Jessie Jo Pauley
Marius - Tom Muglia
Madame Thenardier - Jessica Sinodis
Cosette - Benny Cowans
Enjolras - Sam Ellefson
Gavroche - I suppose Austin Porter is a little old for the role now...but still.

Grantaire - Hayden Skaggs

Mark Munoz
Jean Valjean: Isaac Dowdle
Javert: Me (#treatyourself) or Steven Enriquez
Fantine: Jessica Sinodis
Eponine: Darian Lorain
Marius: Kale Burr
Mr. T: Joey J. Grado
Mrs. T: Macy Wood
Cosette: Benny Cowans
Enjolras: Devon Polici
Gavroche: Casey Likes
Little Cosette: Hailey Palmer

Grantaire: Anson Romney

Mackenna Goodrich
Jean Valjean: Tucker Abney
Javert: Nicholas Hambruch
Fantine: Jackie Brecker
Eponine: Me or Chloe Santos
Marius: Kale Burr
Thenardier: Joey Grado
Madame Thenardier: Jessica Sinodis
Cosette: Emma Welch
Enjolras: Vincent Pugliese
Gavroche: Asher Angel
Little Cosette: Madeline Riggs
Grantaire: Nate Dutson

Thank you everyone! There will be a normal dream casting next weekend as well as a bonus dream casting sometime this week!

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