A play about emergency rescue cops in Hell's Kitchen in the year 1974. Tough guy cops Tommy Loughlin and Billy Shaughnessy and their pals are all worried about fellow officer Ernie Morelli's behavior. Ernie lost a jumper five years ago in a building roof rescue attempt. What makes this particular rescue attempt so disturbing is that it was a young teenage boy that reminds Ernie of a very traumatic time in his young life when his best friend fell to his death from a rooftop they were playing on. His life begins to fall apart emotionally. Doris his loving wife is at wits end trying to get him to open up. His relationship with his fellow officers is troubled. Most of all, he realizes what is happening to himself but is powerless to stop it.

In a subplot, Billy is set up in a compromising situation with the beautiful and very sexy hostess of a mob owned nightclub named Cassie. Billy is married, and the pictures taken will destroy his marriage. His best friend Tommy comes to his rescue in a very powerful and violent scene that leaves the audience gasping.

Ernie's wife Doris finally confronts him in an effort to get him to talk. It is a very emotional scene as Ernie finally tells Doris of his early life. Doris begins to understand what has been destroying her beloved husband.

In a very edgy and groundbreaking way, the stage is broken up into three sections for the breathtaking closing scene. Ernie is sitting at a bar having a beer with a fellow officer named Ken. Ken gets up to go to the bathroom when a call comes in on his radio. It is code for a young male jumper. Ernie steals the call and runs out of the bar to answer it. He arrives at the rooftop to spot a thirteen-year-old abused boy about to take his own life.

Stage right, are all the officers, rescue personnel and gathering crowd. Center stage is Officer Ernie as he approaches the troubled boy. Stage left is the young boy standing at the edge of the roof. The lights flash back and forth between all three scenes as the illusion of a daring rescue is presented to the audience.

This is Ernie's salvation. If he can rescue the young boy that looks so much like his best friend that fell to his death. After riveting dialogue that reveals the boys horribly sad and troubled life with an abusive father, Ernie makes a decision that stuns the onlookers down on the ground below as they listen on the police radios. As his wife Doris listens in, along with his rescue pals Tommy and Billy, Ernie takes the young boy's hand and tells him if he jumps, Ernie will jump with him. Everyone down on the ground is shocked. However, the young boy feels that Ernie is the one who can save him and falls into his arms to the cheers of the crowd down below.

"The EDGE", is the third in Jon Montgomery's trilogy of Hell's Kitchen. The other two are the film - "The King Of 42ND Street" and the musical, "Hell's Kitchen - The Musical".

The Edge was written, directed and produced by Jon Montgomery in association with Jagger Kaye. It was performed at the Grand Theater at the Producer's Club to sold out audiences each night in March 2004. It had a spectacular cast and crew that made the production a very joyful occasion. The Edge was also filmed to DVD and is available to anyone who would like to view it by contacting Jon Montgomery on the contacts page. Reviews are accessed by clicking on the publicity button of The Edge.