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One Year of “8″
“8”: Over 275 performances and Now Available in Spanish
“8″ Spotlight: Marriage Equality Play Comes to Houston
Testimony: Real Life Consequences
AFER Plaintiffs Attend Oregon Shakespeare Festival Reading of “8”
Rep. Barney Frank and Dustin Lance Black to Attend Reading of “8” in Utah
More than 200 Readings of “8” Across the Country
“8” National Spotlight: Dustin Lance Black Returns to Salinas, California
Google’s History of Support for LGBT Equality
4 Years of Married Couples in California
“8″ the Play
September 19, 2012
Today marks one year since “8” had its premiere on Broadway. In that time, Dustin Lance Black’s 90-minute play using the court testimony of the Prop. 8 trial has accomplished so much.
September 13, 2012
Not only is Dustin Lance Black’s play about marriage equality now confirmed for over 275 performances, but it will also be reach new audiences thanks to a new Spanish translation.
August 22, 2012
“8” was created on the belief that theater has the power to transform people’s minds on the issue of marriage equality. If everyone could just see what happened in that federal courtroom two years ago, minds would be opened, truth would continue to spread, and public support would build.
August 20, 2012
At the core of the 2010 Federal District Court trial of Prop. 8 was not only the expert testimony from the world’s leading authorities in history, economics, and social sciences, but also the moving stories of AFER’s plaintiffs, Paul Katami & Jeff Zarrillo and Kris Perry & Sandy Stier.
August 14, 2012
By the end of next year, over 200 actresses including Tony and Emmy-nominees Christine Lahti, Ellen Barkin and Jamie Lee Curtis, high school seniors, and theater professors will have portrayed the couple.
July 24, 2012
Dustin Lance Black will return to Utah with U.S. Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) for a reading of “8” on the second anniversary of the historic Federal District Court decision that ruled Prop. 8 unconstitutional.
July 17, 2012
As the 200th confirmed reading, Theatre B in Fargo, ND joins some of the nation’s largest regional professional theaters as well as scores of small town community theaters, churches, colleges, high schools and community groups staging “8” around the world. Learn about some of the folks producing “8.”
July 12, 2012
The message of marriage equality has spread to Salinas, California, where local theatre programs The Western Stage and 2x4 BASH are preparing for a reading of '8' the play.
July 10, 2012
Google yesterday announced its new “Legalise Love” campaign to promote LGBT equality in countries where the global company has offices. The company has a history of supporting LGBT equality, including the L.A. premiere of “8.”
June 14, 2012
Closing arguments concluded in the Prop. 8 trial two years ago Saturday. The day also marks the four-year anniversary of marriages in California. Del Martin and Phylliss Lyon became the first gay couple to legally marry in San Francisco after over 55 years together.