Artemis Montague is a Black mixed genderqueer composer - lyricist - librettist - producer - singer - activist - DEIA(IA) and development consultant, currently based in DC/MD but with ties to NYC.
They have 2 musicals in development: SHE SINGS ME HOME and HOW BABY AND THE ANCESTORS STARTED A REVOLUTION.
With SHE SINGS ME HOME, they have produced concerts at The Green Room 42 and workshops at places like Round House Theatre in Bethesda, MD and the REACH at the Kennedy Center. They won a 2024 MAP Fund Grant to fund a developmental reading at Caveat in NYC. SHE SINGS ME HOME was also a Semi-Finalist for the 2025 Eugene O’Neill National Musical Theatre Conference.
With HOW BABY AND THE ANCESTORS STARTED A REVOLUTION, they wrote the original draft as a MacDowell Artist Fellow in July 2024 and did a complete rewrite based on producer feedback in July 2025. They are currently arranging the music with Jenna Cox-Hadley.
Montague was a Finalist for the 2022 Write Out Loud Contest for their song, “friend”, received an AudioFemme Agenda Grant in May 2023 to record an EP of original music, and was honored with a National Disability Theatre Grant in 2023. They were a participating Lyricist in the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop in 2022.
Montague has released 2 blues/gospel rock songs: "could you (i'm yours)", and "gets none”. They plan on releasing more music as they build their audience.
A Development and Community Engagement Professional, they are also the DEIAIA (DEI with Accessibility, Intersectionality, and Accountability added) Board Chair for TEMPO (Trans Expansive Music Professional Organization, working towards (trans)gender justice and equity on the music side of theatre. Having received an undergraduate degree in Women's and Gender Studies, they have dedicated much of their time to arts advocacy and social justice, bringing that energy to DEIAIA consulting.
They are currently seeking professional representation, producing opportunities as well as top-lining & co-songwriting collaborations with multi-genre-influenced beatmakers.