In 1955, two women were arrested on Montgomery buses for violating segregation law. One went on to be called the Mother of the Civil Rights movement, her name taught to every American schoolchild as a symbol of the best of us. The other was largely forgotten. With its blues– and rock–infused score, MONTGOMERY: AN AMERICAN MUSICAL puts you on the ground at the birth of the civil rights movement. When 15-year-old Claudette Colvin is arrested on a bus, Montgomery’s civil rights leaders are breaking down her door, intent on using her case as the catalyst for a city-wide bus boycott. But is Claudette too young, poor, and dark-skinned to unite the community in protest? When the mild-mannered, light-skinned Rosa Parks is arrested, the boycott is on, and Claudette is all but forgotten – until a new court case gives her one more chance to make history. Theatre Now New York presents this Encores-style developmental workshop intended to give the writers an opportunity to hear the work with performers, explore the musical in rehearsal, and learn from an audience prior to its next stage of development.