James Montgomery is a veteran performer who has appeared on many stages across the country, touring in Once Upon A Mattress, Mr. Roberts, The Music Man and others. In Portland, he portrayed the brutal Frank Maurrant in Kurt Weill’s Street Scene and has sung in Portland Opera’s Turandot, Der Fliegende Hollander and Don Carlo. He has appeared in over eighty area productions at such venues as Lakewood Theatre, Broadway Rose, Mt. Hood Rep, Firehouse Theatre, Mock’s Crest and Musical Theatre Co among many others. Favorite roles include Judge Turpin in Sweeney Todd, Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, King Kaiser in My Favorite Year, Captain von Trapp in The Sound of Music, Abner Dillon in 42nd Street and Judge Coffey in Inherit the Wind. James recently played Tom Sawyer in The Boys in Autumn for American Reader’s Theatre, Mr. Laurence in Little Women, Judge Roan/Old Soldier in the acclaimed Staged production of Parade, Fogarty in Chicago and The Chairman in The Mystery of Edwin Drood. James is Creative Director for Northwest Senior Theatre.