Haunted by the sister lost in his youth,
a police inspector desperately searches for a kidnapped child,
before his rigid obsession with justice damns his soul.
Listen to the demo tracks
JAVERT is currently in development, having been conceived, written, and composed by father-daughter team Brad Gelfand and Morgan Gelfand, based on Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. JAVERT has been developed through the ShowLAB Catalyst Cohort and is actively seeking developmental partners to see this piece through to the stage.
About the Story
-
Post-Revolutionary Paris (1795-1832). A city in moral decay and simmering rebellion.
-
A self-aware theatrical subversion. While Javert’s grief is deadly serious, the musical actively winks at the tropes of 19th-century melodrama, challenging the labels of theatrical "heroes" and "villains."
-
JAVERT reframes the fugitive Valjean as a kidnapper and the child Cosette as a surrogate for his lost younger sister, in a desperate attempt to redeem his life's greatest failure.
-
The story is nudged along by Azelma, “the overlooked Thenardier”, a fourth-wall-breaking teenager who guides the narrative as Javert grapples with his predetermined fate, forcing him to fight not just Valjean, but the very "Canon" itself.
About the Show
-
Minimum cast size: twelve (12), including a consolidated youth track. Scalable and can accommodate large cast environments like universities and community theaters.
Principals:
Inspector Javert (tenor), Leo/Marius (tenor), Annette (soprano) Valjean (bass), Azelma (alto)
-
Sweeping orchestral strings appropriate to the romantic 19th century setting, with contemporary accents. Listen to our demo tracks here: ________
-
Total run time (est.) 2.5 hours in two acts, with an intermission.
JAVERT is an original musical retelling of Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables.
The 1862 novel Les Misérables is over 1,200 pages long. Of these, just a single page is devoted to the backstory of its chief antagonist, Inspector Javert.
JAVERT reimagines Hugo's world, granting this beloved Inspector the one thing his world denied him: mercy.
TOUR Dates
SUN, MAY 15
Bank Name
CENTER
Phoenix, AZ
8PM
TUE, MAY 17
CAR NAME ARENA
Ontario, CA
10PM
THU, MAY 19
Historic Theatre
San Francisco, CA
9PM
SUN, JUN 2
Classic Ballroom
Salt Late City, UT
8PM
LATEST SINGLE
BELOW
THE LIGHT
