A Song for Coretta

On February 6, 2006, people began lining up at dawn outside of Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church to pay their respects to the late Mrs Coretta Scott King, widow of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., whose body lay in state in the small sanctuary

By mid-morning, the crowd wound down the street and around the corner of the old red brick building

People of all ages stood patiently for hours, waiting to say goodbye

Sometimes they murmured to each other quietly. Sometimes they shared memories of Mrs King’s extraordinary life and expressed sorrow at her passing

When a cold rain began to fall at sunset, those who had thought to bring umbrellas shared them with those whose resolve was the only thing not dampened by the drizzle

At close to midnight, the crowd had dwindled to a determined few

The five fictional characters in this play are at the end of that long line

“A lovely, image-soaked testament to the civil rights icon seen through the random eyes of a handful of fictional mourners who have lined up to say goodbye to the beloved Mrs King ... brims with wit, personality and life-affirming energy” ~ Atlanta Journal-Constitution