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Broadway Impact

Testimony: Real Life Consequences
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.
“8” National Spotlight: Dustin Lance Black Returns to Salinas, California
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.
The Impact of Taking “8” Across the Country
The play “8” began as an idea—an idea that through theater, hearts could be changed, minds could be awakened and new activists could be born.