Jasmine Guy On The Mountaintop

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Jasmine Guy (left) working with Demetria McKinney and Danny Johnson during a rehearsal of The Mountaintop

The Mountaintop is a play that puts its audience inside of Dr. Martin Luther King’s room at the Lorraine Motel the night before his assassination. AFter directing the show on Broadway, Kenny Leon has brought Katori Hall’s character study to his True Colors Theater Company, in a production led by director Jasmine Guy. WABE’s Lois Reitzes sat down with the director to talk about the show.

The Mountaintop is onstage at the Southwest Arts Center now through December 16th. You can find more information on Atlanta PlanIt.