Cisco Montgomery

My plays have been seen at Actors Theatre of Louisville, Kentucky Center for the Arts, Aronoff Center in Cincinnati, the National Black Theater Festival in Winston-Salem, NC and include: BOOMERANG, a tribe of 20-somethings celebrating a friend’s birthday in Berkley, Cal., 1969, smoke pot, get naked, and hold a séance in a hapless romp that reassess the costs and benefits of a turbulent decade. A bracing glimpse at the appeal of charismatic troublemakers and the importance of skepticism in times of disruptive change. JOCKEY JIM, an old black stable hand haunted by ghosts of his past as a Kentucky Derby-winning rider uses superior horsemanship to reclaim a forgotten legacy. THE MAGNIFICENT STEPHEN, a celebrated slave guide at Mammoth Cave in the 1850s miscalculates the limits of his fame in a tragic bid for the freedom promised in his late master’s will. MURDER THE DEVIL, an Al Qaeda reject slips through Homeland Security on a bloodthirsty mission, recruits a treacherous street gang but learns too late who is zooming who. Racial animosities surface and heated debates over killing in the name of God as the fate of a hostage hangs in the balance. BOOTY OF THE YEAR, a powerful story of love, revenge and sibling rivalry involving two sisters who are professional wrestlers. Avaricious fight promoter sponsoring nationwide search for America’s most fabulous derriere manipulates the women into fighting for it in a grudge match. Will love between the sisters prevail or have they become the heartless divas they portray in the ring? KIN UNDER THE SKIN, a farce about reparations for American slavery, in courtroom setting overseen by a rambunctious judge with vaudevillian flair. DOUBLE V, a crusading black newsman during World War II helps persuade President Harry Truman to desegregate the military.