A Black woman in a maid's uniform sits on a motel room bed at left, with the receiver of a black rotary phone held to her ear. Sitting on the bed next to her and learning toward her is a Black man (playing Dr. Martin Luther King) in dark trousers and a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up.

Some believe that those who suspect death is near can often feel it approaching, and in Invictus Theatre’s rendition of Katori Hall’s The Mountaintop, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. senses his end is coming.  This fictional and subversive play, directed by Aaron Reese Boseman, imagines the evening after King (Mikha’el Amin) has delivered his “I’ve […]

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