Terrence Montgomery is a theatre director, actor, acting coach and teacher in NYC. He has worked as a director, lighting designer, stage technician, stage manager and actor in productions for Music Theater of Wichita, the Goodman Theater in Chicago, in NYC at The Public Theater, Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall and Zankel Hall, at BMCC and Dance Theater Workshop, as well as in theatres in Denmark, Scotland, Russia, Poland, Georgia and Romania. His passion for his craft dates back to his grandmother Elizabeth Montgomery, of the Tony and Olivier award-winning Motley Design Group, who created costumes and sets for many productions in films, in London’s West End, and in NYC on Broadway and at the Metropolitan Opera.
Mr. Montgomery has directed many plays including: Don Juan, The Dining Room, Waiting for Godot, Scenes and Revelations, Camino Real, Alphabetical Order, Twelfth Night, Six Characters in Search of an Author, The Imaginary Invalid, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Comedy of Errors, The Pregnant Pause, The Proposal, The Servant of Two Masters, Antigone, Aria Da Capo, The Bald Soprano, The Laramie Project, Out of the Frying Pan, and Is He Dead? Musicals include: Godspell, Once Upon a Mattress, Side by Side by Sondheim, Working, Three Penny Opera, The Boy Friend, Jacques Brel…, The Fantasticks, Leader of the Pack, Grease, Damn Yankees, Checkmate, Pippin, Legally Blonde the Musical, Wonderful Town, Fiddler on the Roof, and Love’s Labours Lost the Musical.
In addition to these familiar shows, Mr. Montgomery collaborated with Adrian Sahlean, internationally noted Romanian translator of the poem Luceafarul by Mihai Eminescu, on an original dance/theater piece performed at Theater Row Studios in 2005 and in 2008 at the West Side Y, and with Ellis Wood, award-winning founder and choreographer of the modern dance company Wood Dance. He directed the original play, The Problem With English, a modern New York play in the true tradition of farce; he both created and directed The Way, an original play based on verses of the Tao Te Ching; and he wrote the book for an original musical, Away We Go! In 2005, Mr. Montgomery took a group of high school students with whom he co-created the original satire ADHDU - Ed on Meds, and won an honorable mention from Amnesty International at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Mr. Montgomery’s work with students emphasizes original work and the importance of the creative freedom and contribution of young artists.
Unique traits: A life in the theater has allowed me to work in many capacities as designer, director, actor, producer, theater teacher and writer.
Life Sucks
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Death of a Vacuum
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The Silent Lynx
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Actor After years of soulless killing, Nikola wants out of his brutal world of assassins and a second chance at life. His boss, Harvey Green, won't allow this so Nikola is forced to go to war against him. Along the way, Nikola falls in love with Lillian, a homeless girl, who also is looking for a second chance. When Lillian is caught and used as bait to lure Nikola, he must revert back to his killer instincts to free her. Written by Nina Worthen
To Sing Among the Branches
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Batman: Patient Zero
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The Perfect Murder
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Come Down Molly
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Actor In this expressionist odyssey exploring the lonely side of entering adulthood, struggling new mother Molly (Eléonore Hendricks) joins her old high school group of guy friends at a secluded mountain home. Amidst tears, laughter, and mushrooms, they connect with nature, one another, and themselves.
Waterless
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Actor A young man becomes afflicted with a disease so rare that there is no record of it anywhere in world history. He is allergic to water. When a special secret research division of the U.S. Government gets wind of this, they aggressively offer to take this man "under their wing" for an indefinite period of time until a cure is found. As he resides comfortably for a number of years in a heavily secured facility with Level 4 visitation privileges, a question soon arises. Are the intentions of the government to help him...or themselves?
Inseparable
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Night Has Settled
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Actor In 1983, Oliver Nicholas, at thirteen, is well-poised to enter the precocious teenage world of first-sex, vodka and possible-love in New York City when he is traumatized by the stroke of his housekeeper (and only true maternal figure), a sixty-five-year-old Chilean woman named Aida. What was supposed to be an exhilarating and somewhat fearful rite of passage - diving into the exciting, fast-paced world of first experiences - quickly becomes skewed by an incomprehensible depression, and a house of interior horrors. Surrounded by women - his untraditional, Spanish, photographer mother (more interested in the role of confidante than mother) his sister, a comedic, door-slamming tormentor, marked by her parent's divorce; and Aida, his silver-haired emotional focal point on the verge of death in Lenox Hill Hospital - Oliver struggles to maintain his role as "man of the house" and his sanity. With his best friends, Valerio, a chain-smoking, nunchucking, grandiose artist; and Nick, a cynical,... Written by SC
Correcting. Perplexing. Patrick.
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SMS Poet
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Actor Stranded at a train station on a wintry New England evening, a young woman is contacted by a mysterious man via SMS. While she waits for her train, the young woman finds herself slowly captivated by the alluring text messages of her secret admirer. Written by Anonymous
Reunion 108
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Actor Two generations of professional baseball players return for a reunion game at one of their minor league stops en route to the big leagues. Unbeknownst to them, the owner of the club, on his way to a month of rustic living in the high Asian elevations, and desiring a connection to home, arranges an inducement to get the players to reveal novel anecdotes from their past 'on and off the field' baseball lives. The only apparent commonality between the two groups is their success on the ball field, each team providing the locals with the only two minor league championships for the small town nestled in the valley of the Allegheny Mountains. Written by Carms Productions
Sonic
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Actor On the distant planet of Mobius, all is peaceful. However, the days of the planet's peace are numbered when a man named Julian Kintobor, who now goes by Robotnik, declares himself ruler. Three months later, Robotnik has taken full control of Mobius. But although he thinks he has destroyed all animal life in the uncharted land of the South Island, one still remains, and that is Sonic the Hedgehog. Sick of the evil doctor's dark rule, he sets off, determined to restore freedom to his planet. Written by Alan Peterson
Awake
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Actor A young woman with a mysterious sleep condition is dragged into a hallucinatory journey to confront the past.
Molly
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Actor Out of work and newly homeless, Molly turns to the older brother she hasn't spoken to in years, hoping that he has forgiven her.
419
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Actor When a struggling New York actor loses everything in a scam based in South Africa, his two best friends take him to Cape Town to find the scammer with the help of a smooth-talking local. The search begins well, but soon takes a dark turn.
A Separate Peace
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Actor Gene and Finny are best friends and roommates, attending a prep boarding school in New England in 1942. Finny, a natural athlete, is charming and popular, while Gene is a very serious top student at the school. However, when Gene becomes convinced that Finny is trying to sabotage his grades in an attempt to beat him at school, a rift forms between them that only deepens with time. The result of this divide is a tragedy that changes all the boys at the school, and shocks them out of their last innocent days of adolescence. Written by Anonymous
Celebrity Ghost Stories
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Actor Celebrities talk about paranormal experiences that they've had.
The Muscovite
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