The Mountaintop

Anthony Bean Community Theater 11/1/2013 - 11/24/2013 (schedule)

Producer: Anthony Bean Community Theater

Category: Drama · Community · Regional Premiere · Professional

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THE MOUNTAINTOP
November 1-3, 8-10, 15-17 & 22-24
Anthony Bean Community Theater
1333 South Carrollton Ave.
862-PLAY (7529)
www.anthonybeantheater.com
Tickets: $20.00 - $18.00

Show times and performances are November 1-24. Friday and Saturday at 8:00 pm, & Sunday matinee at 3:00 pm. (**Special Note: On Sunday, November 3. Showtime will be at 8:00pm ONLY**) Tickets are $20.00 for adults, $18.00 for students and seniors, and are available by calling the Box Office at (504) 862-7529. (Box Office hours are Thursday - Saturday, 6pm - 8pm and two hours before performances.) You can also purchase in advance online: www.anthonybeantheater.com

DISCLAIMER: This production contains mature language, smoking and special effects including haze, fog and strobe lights.
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“THE MOUNTAINTOP," winner of the 2010 Olivier Award for Best New Play, starring Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett, now stars the theater's Artistic Director, Anthony Bean, as Dr. King with Monica R. Harris as the mysterious motel maid in its New Orleans Regional Premiere!

The Mountaintop’s “soul-stirring” (Variety) storytelling fuses theatricality with spirituality to reach a summit that will leave audiences breathless.

SYNOPSIS
Taking place on April 3, 1968, THE MOUNTAINTOP is a gripping re-imagining of events the night before the assassination of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Having just delivered his magnificent oration “I’ve been to the Mountaintop,” at Mason Temple in support of the Sanitation Workers’ Strike, he. returns to Room 306 at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. Unexpectedly, a feisty young maid comes to his door with coffee. They forge an unlikely relationship that ventures into the political and personal, compelling him to confront his destiny and the fate of the nation on the eve of one of the most critical moments in American History.

PRODUCTION TEAM
Director: Harold X. Evans
Scenic Design: John Grimsley
Lighting Design: Vic Woodward
Costume Design: Wanda (Ms. B) Bryant

ACTORS
Anthony Bean (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) is the Founder and Artistic Director of ABCT. To him portraying, Dr. King is the opportunity of his dramatic life. ” Dr. King is an iconic hero. Portraying such a character is the ultimate challenge for an actor. But this play is so powerful and says so much about the hopes and fears of our current time, it has to be done at ABCT, and I relish the opportunity to bring a side of Dr. King that is often overlooked.”

Monica R. Harris (Camae) is a graduate of Loyola University Department of Theatre Arts & Dance with a broad background in stage and cinema. She is honored to portray Camae. “I am absolutely head-over-heels in love with the language and imagery Hall so expertly created for this piece, and I cannot wait to bring her story to life for New Orleans audiences."

A WORD FROM THE PLAYWRIGHT, KATORI HALL
“This isn’t the ‘I Have a Dream’ King. This is a more radical King. This is King, the man; not the myth. I want people to see that this extraordinary man – who is actually quite ordinary – achieved something so great that he actually created a fundamental shift in how we, as a people, interact with each other. That’s a beautiful thing. And I want people in the audience to be like, ‘If this man – who is so much a human being – can achieve such great things, then I, as this complicated human being, can create great things too.’”

Total performances: 12

Cast

	Anthony Bean	.... Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. *
	Monica R. Harris	.... Camae *

*=featured role

Staff

Harold X. Evans	....	Director
Vic Woodward	....	Lighting Designer
Wanda Bryant	....	Costume Designer

Record created by: MonicaRHarris

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