The Mountaintop

TAGS: Theater History Live

Thru Sun 09/22/2024

The Mountain Top is an Olivier Award-winning play that "pulses with a new sense of urgency" (Entertainment Weekly). Written by Pulitzer Prize winner Katori Hall (The Hot Wing King), the play offers a gripping and imaginative reimagining of the night before Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. Set on April 3, 1968, at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, the play portrays an exhausted Dr. King retiring to his room after delivering one of his most memorable speeches. A young woman named Camae, who mysteriously delivers room service, engages him in a humorous conversation that evolves into a profound discussion about their shared hopes and fears. When Camae reveals a startling secret, Dr. King is compelled to confront his destiny and the legacy he will leave behind. Described as "audacious [and] inventive" (Associated Press), The Mountain Top is directed by Alliance Theatre's Jennings Hertz Artistic Director Tinashe Kajese-Bolden (The Preacher’s Wife).

Dates and Times:
Friday, August 30, 2024 7:30PM
Saturday, August 31, 2024 7:30PM
Sunday, September 1, 2024 2:00PM
Sunday, September 1, 2024 7:30PM
Wednesday, September 4, 2024 7:30PM
Thursday, September 5, 2024 7:30PM
Saturday, September 7, 2024 2:00PM
Saturday, September 7, 2024 7:30PM
Sunday, September 8, 2024 2:00PM
Sunday, September 8, 2024 7:30PM
Tuesday, September 10, 2024 7:30PM
Thursday, September 12, 2024 7:30PM
Friday, September 13, 2024 7:30PM
Saturday, September 14, 2024 2:00PM
Saturday, September 14, 2024 7:30PM
Sunday, September 15, 2024 2:00PM
Sunday, September 15, 2024 7:30PM
Wednesday, September 18, 2024 7:30PM
Thursday, September 19, 2024 7:30PM
Friday, September 20, 2024 7:30PM
Saturday, September 21, 2024 2:00PM
Saturday, September 21, 2024 7:30PM
Sunday, September 22, 2024 2:00PM