This Olivier-Award-winning play takes place on April 3, 1968, the eve of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who has just delivered his famous speech, “I’ve been to the Mountaintop.” In this surrealistic fantasy, a mysterious hotel maid brings Dr. King a cup of coffee and prompts him to confront his life, his past, his legacy and the plight and future of his people.
Mile Square Theatre traditionally engages thousands of people throughout the Greater Hudson County community each year through a dynamic season of new work, gently used pieces, and a robust series of education and community engagement programs performed at Mile Square Theatre’s 116-seat house.