In some ways, Katori Hall has come a long way from her hometown of Memphis, Tennessee. But she’s stayed true to her roots.
While Hall’s plays are performed on Broadway, Memphis remains her focus. Her works include the Broadway hit The Mountaintop, a fictional exploration of Martin Luther King’s last night, and more recently the gritty drama Hurt Village, about a family being relocated from a dilapidated housing project on the verge of demolition.