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The Mountaintop

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Sunday September 1, 2024 07:30 PM EDT 09/01/2024 7:30 PM

Cost: $40-$100

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CRITIC’S PICK: The Mountaintop, Alliance Theatre - Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Katori Hall, creator of ‘P-Valley’ and ‘The Tina Turner Musical,’ ponders what might have occurred the evening before Dr. Martin Luther King’s slaying at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. Under the guise of delivering room service, an enigmatic woman named Camae gets into a deep discussion with King during which a prescient secret is gradually revealed. Hall, a Memphis native, says her play “allows us ordinary people to find the extraordinary in ourselves, bringing King out of the clouds, off a pedestal, making him flesh and bone and blood instead of a statue.” Director Tinashe Kejese-Bolden added, “It was the scars of Dr. King that made him a great leader and this reimagining of his final night with an equally complicated, yet hopeful visitor, is the urgent reminder to awaken the leader within, grab the baton for change, and run the race ahead.” - Kevin C. Madigan

From the venue:

By Katori Hall
Directed by Tinashe Kajese-Bolden

The Mountaintop is a gripping reimagining of events the night before the assassination of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Taking place on April 3, 1968, an exhausted Dr. King retires to his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis after delivering one of his most memorable speeches. When a mysterious young woman named Camae delivers room service, the two engage in humorous conversation that progresses into a soul-searching discussion about their mutual hopes and fears. When Camae reveals a secret, King is forced to confront his destiny and his legacy to his people. “Audacious and inventive - (Associated Press), the Olivier Award-winning play offers an intimate and empathetic portrait of one of history’s most consequential leaders told by one of today’s most important writers, Pulitzer Prize winner Katori Hall (The Hot Wing King). Alliance Theatre’s Jennings Hertz Artistic Director Tinashe Kajese-Bolden (The Preacher’s Wife) directs.

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At Alliance Theatre

1280 Peachtree St. N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30309
(404) 733-4650
alliancetheatre.org