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January 23 - February 14, 2016 , Outcalt Theatre

The Mountaintop

written by Katori Hall
directed by Carl Cofield

Run time: 1:30, no intermission (estimate)
Advisory: Contains adult language/situations

April 3, 1968. The Lorraine Motel. Room 306. Tomorrow, it will become the scene of one of our nation’s greatest losses. But tonight, it is just another stopover motel room for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. That is until an extraordinary maid enters the scene and begins to challenge this American icon. Full of vivid theatricality, poetic language, and surprising twists, The Mountaintop delivers a portrait of the man behind the myth that is as provocative as it is beautiful.

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Ro Boddie (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.). Photo Credit: Roger Mastroianni.

From left to right: Ro Boddie (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.) and Angel Moore (Camae). Photo Credit: Roger Mastroianni.

From left to right: Ro Boddie (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.) and Angel Moore (Camae). Photo Credit: Roger Mastroianni.

From left to right: Angel Moore (Camae) and Ro Boddie (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.). Photo Credit: Roger Mastroianni.

Ro Boddie (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.). Photo Credit: Roger Mastroianni.

Angel Moore (Camae). Photo Credit: Roger Mastroianni.

From left to right: Angel Moore (Camae) and Ro Boddie (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.). Photo Credit: Roger Mastroianni.

From left to right: Ro Boddie (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.) and Angel Moore (Camae). Photo Credit: Roger Mastroianni.

From left to right: Angel Moore (Camae) and Ro Boddie (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.). Photo Credit: Roger Mastroianni.

Angel Moore (Camae). Photo Credit: Roger Mastroianni.

From left to right: Ro Boddie (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.) and Angel Moore (Camae). Photo Credit: Roger Mastroianni.

From left to right: Ro Boddie (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.) and Angel Moore (Camae). Photo Credit: Roger Mastroianni.

Artists

Ro Boddie

Ro Boddie

(Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ) recently appeared as Martin Luther King Jr. in the world premiere of Blueprints to Freedom: an Ode to Bayard Rustin at La Jolla Playhouse and Kansas City Repertory Theatre. He has worked regionally at Milwaukee Repertory Theatre (The Whipping Man), Center Stage and more(Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ) recently appeared as Martin Luther King Jr. in the world premiere of Blueprints to Freedom: an Ode to Bayard Rustin at La Jolla Playhouse and Kansas City Repertory Theatre. He has worked regionally at Milwaukee Repertory Theatre (The Whipping Man), Center Stage and Philadelphia Theatre Company (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom), Studio Theatre (Dirt), American Players Theatre (Hamlet and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead), and Forum Theatre (Angels in America). He has received two Helen Hayes nominations for Seven Guitars and Angels in America. Television credits include The Good Wife, Person of Interest and Unforgettable. He is a graduate of the University of the North Carolina School of the Arts and a proud AEA Member. roboddie.com.

Angel Moore

Angel Moore

(Camae ) hails from Cincinnati, Ohio, and is making her Cleveland Play House debut. Some of her favorite credits include A Raisin in the Sun, Intimate Apparel, A Song for Coretta, And I And Silence, Repairing A Nation, and The Mountaintop. She received her BA from Alabama State University more(Camae ) hails from Cincinnati, Ohio, and is making her Cleveland Play House debut. Some of her favorite credits include A Raisin in the Sun, Intimate Apparel, A Song for Coretta, And I And Silence, Repairing A Nation, and The Mountaintop. She received her BA from Alabama State University and her MFA from Rutgers Mason Gross School for the Arts.

Wilson Chin

(Scenic Designer ) is excited to be back at the Play House after designing The Mountaintop and Rich Girl. On Broadway, he designed the acclaimed play Next Fall and, Off-Broadway, productions at Ars Nova, Atlantic Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, Public Theater, Primary Stages, Roundabout Theatre, and Second Stage. His more(Scenic Designer ) is excited to be back at the Play House after designing The Mountaintop and Rich Girl. On Broadway, he designed the acclaimed play Next Fall and, Off-Broadway, productions at Ars Nova, Atlantic Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, Public Theater, Primary Stages, Roundabout Theatre, and Second Stage. His opera designs include Lucia di Lammermoor (Lyric Opera of Chicago); Eine Florentinische Tragodie and Gianni Schicchi (Canadian Opera Company, Dora Award winner); and I Am Harvey Milk (Avery Fisher Hall). Regionally, he has designed at the Alliance Theatre, ACT, Arena Stage, Asolo Rep, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Denver Center, Geffen Playhouse, Goodspeed Musicals, Guthrie Theater, Hartford Stage, La Jolla Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, The Old Globe, Shakespeare Theatre, Signature Theatre, Steppenwolf, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Yale Rep. Mr. Chin is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama. wilsonchin.com

Carl Cofield

Carl Cofield

(Director ) is a New York-based director and actor. He directed the award-winning world premiere of One Night In Miami (Huffington Post best of L.A. 2013, N.A.A.C.P., L.A. Drama Critics Circle and others) for Rogue Machine Theatre and the Denver Center Theatre, for which he received the Los Angeles more(Director ) is a New York-based director and actor. He directed the award-winning world premiere of One Night In Miami (Huffington Post best of L.A. 2013, N.A.A.C.P., L.A. Drama Critics Circle and others) for Rogue Machine Theatre and the Denver Center Theatre, for which he received the Los Angeles N.A.A.C.P award for Best Director. NYC directing credits include: the 50th anniversary of Dutchman (Classical Theatre of Harlem/National Black Theatre); The Tempest and Macbeth (Classical Theatre of Harlem/Dimona Theatre); Better Than Yellow (48 Hours In Harlem); The Seven (Connelly Theatre); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (NYU); and The Tuskegee Airman Project (CUNY York College). He assisted Molly Smith in the world premiere of Camp David at Arena Stage. He directed the reading of Camp David for President and First Lady Carter at the Carter Center retreat in Vail, Colorado. He also assisted Kent Gash on Langston In Harlem at Urban Stages. As an actor, his work has been seen at The Manhattan Theater Club (Ruined), Berkeley Rep, Alliance, Arena Stage, The Shakespeare Theater, Intiman, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Milwaukee Rep, Alabama Shakespeare, McCarter Theatre, The Acting Company, The Studio Theatre and many others. Teaching: New York University and The New School Education: M.F.A. Columbia. carlcofield.com.

Alan C. Edwards

(Lighting Designer ) selected light and/or set design credits include: The Royale, The Mountaintop (Cleveland Play House). Regional: Chad Deity (Asolo Rep, Miami New Drama); Lights Out: Nat King Cole (People’s Light); Stagger Lee (Dallas Theater Center); Henry IV p2, Fingersmith (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Twisted Melodies (Centerstage Baltimore); Proud more(Lighting Designer ) selected light and/or set design credits include: The Royale, The Mountaintop (Cleveland Play House). Regional: Chad Deity (Asolo Rep, Miami New Drama); Lights Out: Nat King Cole (People’s Light); Stagger Lee (Dallas Theater Center); Henry IV p2, Fingersmith (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Twisted Melodies (Centerstage Baltimore); Proud To Present (The Guthrie); Sweeney Todd (Connecticut Repertory Theatre); Detroit '67 (Chautauqua Institute); The Piano Lesson, A Delicate Balance (Yale Rep); Hedwig & the Angry Inch (Yale Cabaret); Maria de Buenos Aires (Mill City Opera); Acis & Galatea (Madison Opera); Carmen (Tri-Cities Opera). Off-Broadway in New York: Harry Clarke (Vineyard) [Lucille Lortel Award]; Kill Move Paradise [Drama Desk Nom.], Crowndation, Carnaval (National Black Theatre); The First Noel, Antigone, Macbeth, The Tempest, Dutchman (Classical Theatre of Harlem). Broadway: Assoc. LD to Jennifer Tipton: The Testament of Mary. He received his MFA in design from the Yale School of Drama. alancedwards.com

Katori Hall

(Playwright ) is a playwright/performer from Memphis, TN. Hall’s plays include: The Mountaintop (2010 Olivier Award for Best New Play), which ran on Broadway at the Bernard Jacobs Theatre starring Angela Bassett and Samuel L. Jackson, Hurt Village (2011 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, Signature Theatre), Children of Killers more(Playwright ) is a playwright/performer from Memphis, TN. Hall’s plays include: The Mountaintop (2010 Olivier Award for Best New Play), which ran on Broadway at the Bernard Jacobs Theatre starring Angela Bassett and Samuel L. Jackson, Hurt Village (2011 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, Signature Theatre), Children of Killers (National Theatre, UK and Castillo Theatre, NYC), Hoodoo Love (Cherry Lane Theatre), Remembrance (Women’s Project), Saturday Night/Sunday Morning, WHADDABLOODCLOT!!! (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Our Lady of Kibeho (Signature Theatre) and Pussy Valley (Mixed Blood). Her awards include the Lark Play Development Center Playwrights of New York (PoNY) Fellowship, the Arena Stage American Voices New Play Residency, the Kate Neal Kinley Fellowship, two Lecomte du Nouy Prizes from Lincoln Center, the Fellowship of Southern Writers Bryan Family Award in Drama, a NYFA Fellowship, the Lorraine Hansberry Playwriting Award, the Columbia University John Jay Award for Distinguished Professional Achievement, the Otto Rene Castillo Award for Political Theatre, and the Otis Guernsey New Voices Playwriting Award. Hall’s journalism has appeared in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, UK’s The Guardian, Essence and The Commercial Appeal, including contributing reporting for Newsweek. The Mountaintop and Katori Hall: Plays One are published by Methuen Drama. Hall is an alumna of the Lark Playwrights’ Workshop, where she developed The Mountaintop and Our Lady of Kibeho, and a graduate of Columbia University, the A.R.T. at Harvard University, and the Juilliard School. She is a proud member of the Ron Brown Scholar Program, the Coca-Cola Scholar Program, the Dramatists Guild, Writers Guild of America East and the Fellowship of Southern Writers. She is currently a member of the Residency Five at Signature Theatre Company in New York City. Katori will make her directing debut with a film adaptation of Hurt Village which received its world premiere at Signature in 2012.

Tom Humes

(Stage Manager ) returns for his sixth season as a resident member of the stage management staff at Cleveland Play House. Selected area stage management credits include Memphis, Rock of Ages, Godspell, The Frogs, Smokey Joe's Café, Avenue Q, Pippin, and Oliver! (Cain Park); Le Nozze di Figaro more(Stage Manager ) returns for his sixth season as a resident member of the stage management staff at Cleveland Play House. Selected area stage management credits include Memphis, Rock of Ages, Godspell, The Frogs, Smokey Joe's Café, Avenue Q, Pippin, and Oliver! (Cain Park); Le Nozze di Figaro and Cosi Fan Tutte (The Cleveland Orchestra); Tosca, La Boheme, and Lucia Di Lammermoor (Opera Cleveland); Caroline, or Change (Dobama Theatre and Karamu House); and History Boys (Beck Center for the Arts). He is a proud member of both Actors' Equity Association and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE). He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre with a minor in Mathematics from Bowling Green State University.

Elisheba Ittoop

(Sound Designer ) wrote the original music for Yentl at Cleveland Play House. Her designs and music have been seen and heardat The Kennedy Center, Signature Theatre, Women’s Project, National Gallery of Art, Soho Rep, Triad Stage, Woolly Mammoth, Arena Stage, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Trinity Repertory, LaMaMa, more(Sound Designer ) wrote the original music for Yentl at Cleveland Play House. Her designs and music have been seen and heardat The Kennedy Center, Signature Theatre, Women’s Project, National Gallery of Art, Soho Rep, Triad Stage, Woolly Mammoth, Arena Stage, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Trinity Repertory, LaMaMa, 59E59, Children’s Theatre of Charlotte, Bonnaroo Music Festival and the Center for Puppetry Arts. Elisheba was a resident sound designer at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center for the 2010 and 2011 National Playwrights conferences, recipient of the Kenan Fellowship at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and winner of the 2008 USITT Rising Star Award. Education: NYU, North Carolina School of the Arts. elishebaittoop.com.

Lex Liang

(Costume Designer ) is delighted to be back at CPH where he previously designed Shakespeare in Love (SD/CD), Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville (CD), The Three Musketeers (CD), The Little Foxes (SD/CD) and many others. Int’l/Nat’l Tours/NYC/Off-B’way: 100+ productions, including Judy Gold’s Yes, I Can Say That! currently playing at Primary more(Costume Designer ) is delighted to be back at CPH where he previously designed Shakespeare in Love (SD/CD), Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville (CD), The Three Musketeers (CD), The Little Foxes (SD/CD) and many others. Int’l/Nat’l Tours/NYC/Off-B’way: 100+ productions, including Judy Gold’s Yes, I Can Say That! currently playing at Primary Stages, directed by BD Wong. Other recent work includes the world premieres of Emma, Mr. Holland’s Opus, The Tattooed Lady, and May We All. Other Regional: Actor’s Theatre Louisville, Alliance Theatre, Asolo, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Dallas Theatre Center, Denver Center, Geva, Guthrie, La Jolla, Long Wharf, Paper Mill Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, Playmaker’s Rep, Portland Center Stage, St. Louis Rep, Syracuse Stage, Woolly Mammoth, ... Lex is the founder and principal of LDC Design Associates, the experiential event design and production company in NYC. Recent projects/clients include Absolut Vodka, Operation Smile, Johnson & Johnson, Ubuntu Pathways, Invesco, The Tony Awards Gala, NYFW, NYWFF, William Hill, and others. www.LexLiang.com @Lex92

Hannah Montgomery

(Production Assistant ) was most recently the stage manager for CPH’s University Hospitals Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital Classroom Matinee: A Touring Program. Previous local credits include Why I Had to Dance and Unexpected Journeys (assistant stage manager, a co-production between Playhouse Square and Oberlin College); Run Kingsbury Run more(Production Assistant ) was most recently the stage manager for CPH’s University Hospitals Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital Classroom Matinee: A Touring Program. Previous local credits include Why I Had to Dance and Unexpected Journeys (assistant stage manager, a co-production between Playhouse Square and Oberlin College); Run Kingsbury Run (stage manager, Ensemble Theatre); Dessa Rose (production stage manager, Oberlin College); A Christmas Carol (stage manager, Lorain Palace Theater); and the 2014 seasonof the Oberlin Summer Theater Festival (production stage manager).

Dan Scully

(Projections Designer ) is a Brooklyn-based projection and lighting designer whose work explores the intersection of visual art, technology and storytelling. Previously at CPH: The Life of Galileo and The Mountaintop. Other projects include Rocky (Broadway); If/Then (national tour); Jedermann (Salzburger Festpiele); Untitled America (Alvin Ailey/ADT); Rudolph the Red more(Projections Designer ) is a Brooklyn-based projection and lighting designer whose work explores the intersection of visual art, technology and storytelling. Previously at CPH: The Life of Galileo and The Mountaintop. Other projects include Rocky (Broadway); If/Then (national tour); Jedermann (Salzburger Festpiele); Untitled America (Alvin Ailey/ADT); Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (NY Pops); The Orchestra Moves! (Carnegie Hall); When the Wolves Came In, Watershed (Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion); Seven Last Words (Lincoln Center Chamber Orchestra Society); Lake Lucille Chekov Project. Regional: La Jolla Playhouse, A.R.T., Trinity Rep., Cleveland Play House, Asolo Rep. MFA – NYU.

Wigs and Whiskers

(Wig Design ) owned and operated by Mary Schilling-Martin and Caitie Martin; provides wig, hair and specialty makeup services to performing arts organizations and educational institutions around the country. Their motto is: “To hair is human, to wig divine.” Local credits include Cleveland Play House, Great Lakes Theater, Dobama more(Wig Design ) owned and operated by Mary Schilling-Martin and Caitie Martin; provides wig, hair and specialty makeup services to performing arts organizations and educational institutions around the country. Their motto is: “To hair is human, to wig divine.” Local credits include Cleveland Play House, Great Lakes Theater, Dobama Theatre, Case Western Reserve University, Baldwin Wallace University, and Cleveland Opera Theatre. Regional credits include The Goodman Theatre, Old Globe Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Great Lakes Theater, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, Marriott Theatre, San Diego Repertory Theatre, Arizona Theatre Company, Victory Gardens, Theatre at the Center, American Theatre Company, Chicago Theatre for Young Audiences, Lyric Opera Works, Northwestern University, Roosevelt University in Chicago, University of California at San Diego, San Diego State University, and Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines.

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