Works and Performance
SHE SINGS ME HOME
SHE SINGS ME HOME
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Artemis Montague
Additional Music by Angela Ortiz and Chris Bulle-Goyri
As Montague's flagship musical, this show is a modern queer-, trans-, and Black-led love story that takes place in a mental health institution’s under-21 ward. Musically, it was in the Black American musical tradition.
It was part of the Page to Stage Festival at the Kennedy Center in November 2020. The musical then had a successful concert at NYC's own The Green Room 42 on February 6, 2023, as well as a full workshop at Round House Theatre in Bethesda, MD as part of their 2nd Annual National Capital New Play Festival from May 1-6, 2023. It was awarded a 2024 MAP Fund Grant and will have a developmental reading in February 2025.
OTHER WORKS IN-DEVELOPMENT:
RHAPSODY IN SUNFLOWER YELLOW
This Black-, trans-, and queer-led musical shows the breakdown on the protagonist – “Arti” - as they seek to write a musical about celebrated painter Vincent van Gogh but struggle with their own demons. “Arti” talks to “Vincent” as a friend, as a god, and as a figment of their own despair. It talks about artistic struggles with wanting notoriety, legitimacy, and personal agency; trauma of all kinds; and problems with love, friendship, and mental health. It uses more of traditional musical theatre styles but is still rooted in jazz, blues, gospel, rock, R&B, and soul music.
HOW BABY AND THE ANCESTORS ATTEMPTED A REVOLUTION
This piece has Black, transgender, and queer characters and centers around the protagonist - Baby - who seeks to take over Cook County Jail as part of a political action. However, ancestors Marsha P. Johnson, Dr. Reverend Prathia Hall, and Audre Lorde have other plans. This show will use musical genres rooted in gospel and R&B. They developed the piece further as a MacDowell Fellow in July 2024.
INTERVENTION OF THE Nth KIND
This stage play show is still in its infancy, but it's about immortals coming from the sky and killing serial rapists and sexual abusers, confronting the audience about rape culture, accountability, science vs faith, and the need for justice before anyone dies.
Performance
"friend", as written and performed by Artemis Montague at 54 Below as a Finalist for the 2022 Write Out Loud Contest in September 2022