Print The day before Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, he gave a prescient speech at a Memphis church promising the congregation that civil rights progress would come one day, even if he wouldn’t live to see it himself. It’s known as “The Mountaintop” speech, and it’s the inspiration for Katori Hall’s 2009 play of the same name, which is now streaming in a locally filmed new production that plays weekends through May 16. “The Mountaintop” was co-produced by three local companies — American History Theater, The Roustabouts Theatre Co. and Teenage Youth Performing Arts Theatre Co. (TYPA).