The Mountaintop
written by Katori Hall; directed by Roger Guenveur Smith, 1959-; produced by Susan Loewenberg; performed by Aja King and Larry Powell (Los Angeles, CA: L.A. Theatre Works, 2016), 1 hour 5 mins
Details
- Abstract / Summary
- On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated outside of his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. What happened inside room 306 on the evening of April 3 is the subject of Katori Hall’s The Mountaintop. Hours after King’s final speech, punctuated by his immortal line, “I’ve been to the mountaintop,” the celebrated Reverend forms an unlikely friendship with a motel maid as they talk into the early hours of what will be his final day.Directed by Roger Guenveur Smith. An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance featuring:Aja Naomi King as CamaeLarry Powell as Dr. Martin Luther KingRecorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at The James Bridges Theater, UCLA, in May of 2016.
- Field of Interest
- Theatre
- Copyright Message
- Copyright © 2016 L.A. Theatre Works
- Director
- Roger Guenveur Smith, 1959-
- Content Type
- Spoken word recording
- Duration
- 1 hour 5 mins
- Warning: Contains explicit content
- No
- Format
- Audio
- Sub Genre
- Drama
- Label
- L.A. Theatre Works
- Performer
- Aja King, Larry Powell
- Playwright
- Katori Hall
- Producer
- Susan Loewenberg
- Publisher
- L.A. Theatre Works
- Place Published / Released
- Los Angeles, CA
- Date Recorded
- 2016-05-19
- Release Date
- 2016
- Setting
- Room 306 of the Lorraine Motel, April 3, 1968
- Subject
- Theatre, Drama, Music & Performing Arts, Literature & Language, American Theater, Drama, Teatro Norte-Americano, Teatro Norteamericano, Drama, Camae, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- Teatro Norte-Americano, Teatro Norteamericano, Drama