by Katori Hall (Author)
April 3, 1968. Room 306, the Lorraine Motel, Memphis. The smell of cigarettes and coffee hangs thick in the air as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. winds down from a day of preaching and marching. An intimate look into the quieter moments of King's life, The Mountaintop chips away at the myth of the great man to expose his fears about his family, his country, and the ever-looming threat of a violent death. Set during the height of America's Civil Rights Movement, Katori Hall's sharp and powerful play confronts the legend and his legacy. Are we really free or do we live in a world of false liberation?
Author Biography
Katori Hall is is a recent graduate of the Juilliard School's Lila Acheson Wallace playwriting program. Her plays include "Hoodoo Love," which was produced Off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theatre, and "The Mountaintop, " which was recently produced to great acclaim at London's Theatre 503 and transferred to the Trafalgar Studios in London's West End and won Best New Play at the 2010 Olivier Awards. Other plays include "Remembrance," "Hurt Village, Saturday Night/Sunday Morning, "and "The Hope Well.""" ""Other awards include the 2009-10 Lark Play Development Playwrights of New York (PONY) Fellowship, Kate Neal Kinley Fellowship, two Lecompte du Nouy Prizes from Lincoln Center, Fellowship of Southern Writers Bryan Family Award in Drama, NYFA Fellowship, Van Lier Fellowship from the Public Theatre and the Lorraine Hansberry Playwriting Award.
Number of Pages: 46
Dimensions: 0.1 x 8 x 5 IN
Publication Date: May 13, 2026
