In 1964, a white man walks into a public restroom in a Washington, DC park looking for sex. The next man who enters is a black man. The Seat Next to the King is a fictional exploration of two very real men who sat next to some of the most powerful men in America. Bayard Rustin, a friend to Martin Luther King Jr. and the organizer of the March on Washington, and Walter Jenkins, top aide and friend to President Lyndon Johnson.
The Seat Next to the King was first produced in the 2017 Toronto Fringe Festival to high critical acclaim and
subsequently remounted at the Theatre Centre in Sept 2017.
WARNING: STRONG LANGUAGE
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