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Our mission is love.

Opera and music theater thrive because of the creative efforts of queer and transgender/gender-nonconforming artists, writers, composers, musicians, designers, directors, and technical professionals. At Jupiter, they take center stage.

Founded in Februrary 2023, we are not a production company but a score incubator: We solicit, develop, workshop, and demonstrate new scores created by our network of composers and writers.

Meet Our Members & Friends

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Jude O'Dell

Librettist

Jude acts as Jupiter's primary administrator. He also writes libretti, lyrics, and show books. He is writing this web page, right now. He is tired and too humble to toot his own horn but hopes you enjoy Jupiter's stories and songs.

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Composer

Rudolph's music has been commissioned, performed, and/or recorded by New Moon Opera, Chicago Fringe Opera, Fresh Squeezed Opera, Chicago Gay Men's Chorus, and Interlochen Arts Academy Chorale.

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Performer: Bass

Acclaimed for his expressive, powerful voice, wide range, and nuanced versatility, along with an authentic and engaging stage presence, Fry enjoys a diverse career as singer, actor, narrator, and recording artist.

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Composer

With over a decade of experience in theater music, Jiwon has cultivated a deep passion for tonal music and rhythm-driven compositions across a variety of genres. Jiwon’s love for the stage is matched only by her belief in the transformative power of storytelling through music, thriving in the collaborative energy of working with musicians, actors, dancers, and playwrights.

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Librettist & Performer: Tenor

Jules lives in New York, where they are currently pursuing a Master of Music degree in Voice Performance at Brooklyn College and establishing their opera production company. They sing with the Empire City Men's Chorus and St. Michael's Episcopal Church on the Upper West Side.

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Vocal Coach & Performer: Pianist

Jennifer is a pianist and vocal coach in the Chicago area and has recently completed her second year in the Chicago Opera Theater/Chicago College of the Performing Arts at Roosevelt University Professional Diploma and Young Artist Program. In 2024 and 2025, she joined Chicago Summer Opera as pianist and coach.

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Composer

Jodi writes text-based, character-driven music fueled by her extensive background as a vocal coach and song-specialist collaborative pianist. Her compositions have been performed across the United States and internationally and featured on National Public Radio. Ms. Goble is Full Teaching Professor in Voice at Iowa State University.

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Composer

Lovett worked as a freelance composer, based in Cambridge, UK, specializing in chamber-music, electroacoustic music, opera, music-theatre and music for theatre and film. Lovett forged an especially strong collaboration with London-based ensemble, The Electric Voice Theatre, composing three operas for them between 2005 and 2009. Lovett joined the Department of Music at Princeton University as a Professional Specialist in 2009.

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Composer

Vince received his first public premiere in 2011 on the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. Later that year, he was named 2011-2012 William H. Lively Student Composer in Residence with the Irving Symphony in Irving, Texas. A finalist in the 2015 ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Awards, he completed his Masters in Music Composition at Southern Methodist University. 

COMPANIES WE WORK WITH

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Production Company

Opera Arlington commissioned and is producing the premiere of upcoming Jupiter project Wings, a song cycle by EG Rudolph.

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Production & Development

Through corporate encouragement and strategic investment, Really Spicy Opera (home of the Aria Institute) has helped Jupiter and its members since our inception.

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Production Company

Paradox Opera commissioned and performed a Jupiter piece for their Autonomous project protesting the end of universal abortion rights in the U.S.

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The Scores You've Been Waiting For

For years, the arts administrators, performers, and audience members we talk to have expressed the desire for more and better LGBTQ+ stories. These shows are made to measure to address those needs: Strong characters who struggle through challenges but ultimately thrive, love and family stories that end happily, transitioning narratives that see the experience of becoming oneself through authentic eyes.

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A Diverse Community of Artistic Excellence

Through slow growth and relationship-building, we have become a star-studded team of highly skilled and educated experts. Our members belong to every national professional organization with a stake in stagecraft, and we are proud to be both diverse and world-class artists.

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Join Our Team

The core of Jupiter is composed of librettists, composers, role-originating singers, and world-premiere-seeking directors.

If you're secretly convinced you're an A-house talent but nobody else knows it yet, you're probably at a great stage to chat with us.

See what we're working on
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Want to Audition?

We wish we were the kind of company that can easily and immediately hire every young performer in the world. But we're in our growth era.

Stay in touch, support us on your socials, harass your friends to donate, and hopefully we'll be able to open-call for singers and instrumentalists soon.

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