By 
ONE NIGHT ONLY!
Date: September 21, 2012
Time: 8:00 PM
Location: The Ernest Borgnine Theatre, Long Beach, CA 
Price: $20.00 (open seating)




On election day 2008, Proposition 8 re-wrote the California state constitution to ban marriage for gay and lesbian citizens. In response, two couples, Sandy Stier & Kristin Perry and Jeff Zarrillo & Paul Katami, filed suit against Proposition 8 in Federal Court. Representing them were Ted Olson and David Boies, most famous for representing the opposing sides in Bush v. Gore.

Olson and Boies argued in favor of broadcasting the trial live, and Republican-appointed Chief Judge Vaughn Walker agreed. But the opponents of marriage equality filed an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States, which blocked plans to broadcast the proceedings. Thus, the nation has been denied access to the live testimony of Sandy & Kristin and Jeff & Paul … until today.

What followed were twelve days of testimony in January of 2010, drawing crowds that spilled into overflow rooms, as well as many millions more who followed every moment online.

These are the words, the witnesses, the testimony and the trial that the proponents of Proposition 8 fought so hard to keep from public view.

The play begins on June 16, 2010, at the closing arguments of Perry v. Schwarzenegger

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In association with Broadway Producer, Michael Butler present a one-night-only staged reading of American Foundation for Equal Rights & Broadway Impact’s new play by Oscar winner Dustin Lance Black.
After the performance, please stay and join the cast and a few guests of honor for a 20-45 minute discussion about the play. Joining us will be Prop 8 plaintiffs Paul Katami and Jeff Zarrillo, director Charlie Gage (INSPIRED: The Voices Against Prop 8), and Porter Gilberg (Administrative Director for The Center Long Beach).