The Mountaintop
Pearl McManus Theater at Palm Springs Woman's Club 314 S. Cahuilla Rd., Palm Springs, CA, United StatesA re-imagined depiction of Martin Luther King Jr.’s last night on earth set entirely in Room 306 of the Lorraine Motel on the eve of his assassination in 1968. After delivering his famous “I’ve been to the mountaintop speech”, King goes to the Lorraine Motel to rest. His world is spun on his axis when he meets Camae, a young, feisty, and foul-mouthed maid, who delivers his room service.