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Actors Collaborative Toledo presents The Mountaintop in honor of MLK, black history month

The play features actors Natalie Bostelman as Camae and Jesse Duckworth as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Credit: AP File Photo
In this 1960 file photo, Martin Luther King Jr. speaks in Atlanta.

TOLEDO, Ohio — The Actors Collaborative Toledo will present "The Mountaintop," a gripping re-imagination of events of the night before the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., on Feb. 15 and 16.

On Saturday, Feb. 15, the play will be performed at 8 p.m. and on Sunday, Feb. 16, it will be at 3 p.m. at the Trinity Episcopal Church on Adams Street. 

Tickets are $10 in advance at the ACT website and $12 at the door. 

This intimate play will be directed by Rick Clever and stars include Natalie Bostelman as Camae and Jesse Duckworth as King. 

The play will freely portray the night of 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.

Theater event in Toledo, OH by Actors Collaborative Toledo-ACT on Saturday, February 15 2020

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