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DESCRIPTION:L.A. Theatre Works Susan Albert Loewenberg\, Producing Director
 \, presents THE MOUNTAINTOP By Katori Hall. \n\nThis year\, in conjunction 
 with Michigan Tech’s Martin Luther King Jr. celebration\, and the 50th anni
 versary of the assassination of the Martin Luther King Jr.\, the Rozsa Cent
 er for the Performing Arts and Michigan Tech’s Center for Diversity and Inc
 lusion are proud to present LA Theatre Work’s brand new production of Kator
 i Hall’s play\, The Mountaintop. On the evening of April 4\, 1968\, Martin 
 Luther King Jr. was assassinated outside room 306 of The Lorraine Motel in 
 Memphis\, TN. What happened inside room 306 the night before the killing is
  a mystery. In her internationally acclaimed play\, playwright Katori Hall 
 imagines what may have transpired in the overnight hours between the legend
 ary civil rights leader and a seemingly inconsequential hotel maid.\n\nTher
 e will also be a panel discussion and Q & A with student members of Michiga
 n Tech’s National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)\, L.A. Theatre Works’ T
 he Mountaintop cast\, and staff from The Center for Diversity and Inclusion
  in the Rozsa Lobby\, with beverages and dessert served\, immediately follo
 wing the play.\n\nAccording to LA Theatre Works\, “Beginning January 12\, L
 .A. Theatre Works commemorates the anniversary with a touring production of
  the internationally acclaimed play\, The Mountaintop\, written by Katori H
 all\, directed by multiple award-winner Shirley Jo Finney and starring Gilb
 ert Glenn Brown (CBS TV’s The Inspectors\, upcoming feature film The Best o
 f Enemies) and Karen Malina White (The Cosby Show\, A Different World\, Mal
 colm and Eddie). The production will travel to 38 cities across the United 
 States.”\n\nThis performance is supported in part through funding from the 
 Arts Midwest Touring Fund\, a program of Arts Midwest\, generously supporte
 d by the National Endowment for the Arts with additional contributions from
  the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the Crane Group. Al
 so sponsored by WGGL\, Minnesota Public Radio\, and Michigan Tech’s Center 
 for Diversity and Inclusion.\n\nSee the LA Theatre Works The Mountaintop To
 ur Announcement here
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SUMMARY:The Mountaintop
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