The Mountaintop
Celebrate Black History Month by seeing Katori Hall’s The Mountaintop. The Tennessee playwright is the first Black valedictorian who graduated from Craigmont High School in Memphis before earning degrees from Columbia University, Harvard University, and Julliard.
In her breakthrough play, Katori re-imagines Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s last night before his assassination. The play begins with a beautiful, mysterious maid visiting King’s room at the Lorraine Hotel. Their conversation starts as light-hearted and flirtatious but eventually progresses into a deeper discussion King’s hopes and fears regarding the fight for civil rights.
explores the Civil Rights Movement through the characters’ connection and understanding as African Americans in the 1968s. Full of symbols that give hidden meanings, the play will surely raise thought-provoking questions worth discussing.
The Mountaintop will run from February 14th to February 23rd at TPAC’s Johnson Theater. For more information, visit the Nashville Repertory Theatre.
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