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The Mountaintop

The Mountaintop is by American playwright Katori Hall. Its a fictional depiction of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s last night on earth set entirely in Room 306 of the Lorraine Motel on the eve of his assassination in 1968. Michael Eric Dyson, in his forward, says it best when he writes: "All roads for the Nobel-prize winning evangelist of hope led to death. King's words dripped in death, but Hall convinces us that King wasn't simply addressing his immediate circumstances, but speaking to the specter of imminent death that dogged him most of his life. By spotlighting King's last night, Hall Illumines our nights too: the time of reckoning, the time of wrestling, like Jacob in the Hebrew Bible, with powerful, wounding forces below, only to discover we were wrestling with a messenger from above."

The play premiered and officially opened on Broadway in 2011 with Samuel L. Jackson in the role of Dr. King and Angela Bassett was his co-star.

The Lancaster Production of The Mountaintop is produced by Erie Theater Company (ETCO) in association with Denman Turner Entertainment Group (DTEG.) It features the talents of surrounding area artist Leslie Pittman and Philadelphia native Eric Carter and Directed by Kellie Turner.

Parental Guidance Suggested, Strong Language