Alkinos Tsilimidos’ direction of The Mountaintop – Katori Hall’s telling of the last night on earth for assassinated civil rights leader Dr Martin Luther King Jr – has been nominated for three 2014 Green Room Awards. Zahra Newman has been nominated for Female Actor for her portrayal of Camae; Bert LeBonte for Male Actor for his portrayal of Dr Martin Luther King Jr; and Matt Scott, for Lighting Design in the play. The Mountaintop was one of the 12 mainstage works for the Melbourne Theatre Company.

Steve Mouzakis has also been nominated for Male Actor for his portrayal of Lophakhin in Melbourne Theatre Company’s The Cherry Orchard.

The Green Room Awards Association’s object is to award excellence in the professional performing arts in Melbourne.

The Green Room is not always painted green but is the gathering place backstage for all performers before and after they have made their entrances. The first Green Room was in London’s Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and remains a place in all theatres where some very honest judgements are given – the judgements of one’s peers.