Theatrical Thursday: Thanks again!
August 29, 2024
Our volunteers are amazing; so many things coming up!
This week executive director, Jamie Ulmer needs his coffee to kick in a little faster. Despite that, we showcase the new location of our Volunteer Hall of Fame, recap last week's volunteer celebration, and preview upcoming shows and education opportunities!
Every Thursday we go live on Facebook and talk about what's happening at Theatre Lawrence, go behind the scenes of shows, explore parts of the building you may not see, and talk to the extraordinary people who make our programs happen. We will now also post these videos in the News section of our website every week, just in case you can't find the videos on Facebook, or don't use social media.
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“THE MOUNTAINTOP” MEMPHIS TRIP SERIES: LORRAINE HOTEL The National Civil Rights Museum is a complex of museums and historic buildings built around the former Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. In 2016, the museum was honored by becoming an affiliate museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Civil rights movement leader Martin Luther King Jr. stayed in Room 306 of the Lorraine Motel in early April 1968, while working to organize protests around the ongoing Memphis sanitation strike. While standing on the balcony outside his room on the evening of April 4, King was suddenly shot once through the neck by an unseen assassin's sniper's bullet. King fell to the ground, bleeding from his head and neck. He was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital, but the wound was fatal. He died at the hospital an hour after the shooting.
Why The Mountaintop matters now: a powerful look at Dr. King’s humanity, the voices of the civil rights movement, and a journey that shaped this production.
A heartfelt thank you and bravo to everyone who auditioned! It was an utter joy to watch every single one of you, and extremely challenging to settle on just one cast from a pool of such tremendous talent. -Maeghan Bishop-Brienzo