Company XIV to Present the World Premiere of Judge Me Paris

Company XIV, in association with Morningside Opera and SIREN Baroque, is set to present the world premiere of Judge Me Paris, to run May 17-27 at the 303 Bond Street Theatre. The production will be directed and choreographed by Austin McCormick.

Judge Me Paris, which features a libretto by William Congreve with additional text by Jeff Takacs, centers on the first-ever beauty contest. It includes excerpts from John Eccles and John Weldon’s Baroque opera The Judgment of Paris.

The cast includes Brett Umlauf (Pallas), Amber Youell (Juno), Brittany Palmer (Venus), Sean Gannon (Paris), Jeff Takacs (Zeus), as wel as Marisol Cabrera, Laura Careless, Katrina Cunningham, Ashley Handel, and Cailan Orn.

The deign team includes Zane Pihlstrom (set design), Gina Scherr (lighting design), Olivera Gajic (costume design), and Corey Tatarczuk (projection design).

For more information and tickets to Judge Me Paris, click here.