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The Mountaintop presented by Front Porch Arts Collective

Friday, October 10, 2025 at 7:30PM

Modern Theatre

525 Washington Street

Boston, MA 02111

The Front Porch Arts Collective presents:

THE MOUNTAINTOP

Written by Katori Hall

Directed by Maurice Emmanuel Parent

A gripping reimagination of events the night before the assassination of the civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On 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.

“Even before the first flash of lightning—and there will be plenty of that before evening’s end—an ominous electricity crackles through the opening moments of THE MOUNTAINTOP.”
—The New York Times

“[THE MOUNTAINTOP] crackles with theatricality and a humanity more moving than sainthood.”
—Newsday (NY)

“…as audacious as it is inventive…[a] thrilling, wild, provocative flight of magical realism…Hall keeps her audience guessing…This is playwriting without a net, a defiant poke in the eye of all historical conventions and political correctness…The King that is left after Hall’s humanization project is somehow more real and urgent and whole.”
—Associated Press

September 19 - October 12

Thursdays & Fridays at 7:30pm
Saturdays at 2pm & 7:30pm
Sundays at 2pm

Suffolk University's Modern Theatre

525 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111

This event is open to the public. Tickets are required:

$50 Priority Seating (four center rows in front of the stage, downstairs)
$40 General Admission
$15 Student
$5 Card to Culture (WIC, EBT, and ConnectorCare cardholder)

Walk-up tickets will be available to purchase at the Modern Theatre box office on the day of each performance, subject to availability.

If you have any questions or if you need assistance purchasing tickets, please email boxoffice@suffolk.edu .

Community Performance - Sunday, 9/28

The Front Porch Arts Collective invites you to a special community performance of The Mountaintop by Katori Hall, directed by Maurice Emmanuel Parent. This event is intended as a space of reflection and connection for self-identifying members of Africa’s global diaspora—individuals who identify as descendants of Africans dispersed throughout the world.

This event centers the Black community, offering a space to experience and engage with the work in the company of fellow members of the diaspora, including a pre-show reception. While the afternoon is designed with this community in mind, allies and non-Black audience members will not be turned away.

The pre-show reception will begin at 1:15pm and will be held in the Modern Theatre lobby. The performance will begin at 2:00pm.

RSVP: If you would like to attend the reception, please purchase a ticket for the Sunday, 9/28 2:00pm matinee performance and check in at the box office when you arrive at the Modern Theatre. You must have a ticket to the 2:00pm performance on 9/28 in order to attend the pre-show reception.

Please see below for important information to note before your visit to the Modern Theatre:

SEATING: This event has General Admission seating. All seats are first-come, first-served.
PRIORITY SEATING: If you purchased a Priority Seating ticket, all seats in the Priority Seating section are also first-come, first-served.

ARRIVAL: The Modern Theatre lobby and box office will open one hour before each performance's start time.

If a performance is sold out and there is a waitlist, unclaimed tickets will be released to the waitlist ten minutes before the performance's scheduled start time. Please arrive at least 15 minutes before your performance's start time and check in at the box office to avoid losing your tickets to the waitlist.

RUNNING LATE? Late seating will be permitted during appropriate breaks in the performance, at the Front of House Manager’s discretion. Please arrive on time, at least 15 minutes before your performance's start time.

PARKING AND TRANSPORTATION: Parking and transportation recommendations can be found here.

ACCESSIBILITY: We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodation for all events. Please email boxoffice@suffolk.edu to make a reasonable accommodation request.

- The Modern Theatre is wheelchair and mobility aid accessible.

- ADA and companion seating is available for all events.

- The Modern Theatre has an ADA accessible and gender-neutral restroom.

As you await your performance, we invite you to visit www.moderntheatre.com

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Priority Seating (Front Four Rows, Downstairs Center)

Priority Seating (Front Four Rows, Downstairs Center) [$50.00]:

General Admission

General Admission [$40.00]:

Student [$15.00]:

Card to Culture [$5.00]:

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