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Sunday, January 12, 2025

"The Mountaintop": Vivid Stage Celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

 

 

A Reading in Honor of

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Co-sponsored by Vivid Stage,

Interweave and Saint John's Lutheran Church

 

Sunday, January 19,

4:30 pm

 

St. John's Lutheran Church

587 Springfield Avenue

Summit, NJ 07901

 

A gripping reimagination of events the night before the assassination of the civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On April 3, 1968, 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 a mysterious stranger arrives with some surprising news, King is forced to confront his destiny and his legacy to his people.

Katori Hall is a Pulitzer Prize and

Olivier Award-winning playwright.

 

Discussion and Refreshments will follow this 90-minute reading.

 

Free and open to the public; come enjoy the performance.

No tickets are necessary.

We invite you instead to make a good will offering to benefit

The Summit Interfaith Council Anti-Racism Committee.

ARC works to dismantle racism by bringing people together to

learn, engage, and transform.

 

Cast:

Nicole Callender

Jamil A.C. Mangan

 

Directed by:

Daria M. Sullivan

 

 

 


Vivid Stage | Oakes Center 120 Morris Avenue | Summit, NJ 07901 US