THE MOUNTAINTOP

by Katori Hall

The Mountaintop imagines what Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s last night on Earth might have been. After delivering one of his most memorable speeches, an exhausted Dr. King retires to his room at the Lorraine Motel while a storm rages outside. When he orders room service, a young maid arrives with a revelation that calls Dr. King to confront unwelcome truths. It’s a conversation about divergent paths of legacy, and how sometimes a great man is also human.