“We’ve got some difficult days ahead. But it really doesn’t matter with me now, because I’ve been to the mountaintop…. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life…. But I’m not concerned about that now. I just want to do God’s will. And He’s allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I’ve looked over. And I’ve seen the Promised Land! I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land!”
—-Martin Luther King Jr.’s Memphis speech the day before his assassination
Death and race and dreams intersect in Palm Beach Dramaworks’ stirring, powerful production of The Mountaintop. But there’s a special element if you have seen it before and another if you only know what occurred on April 4, 1968…