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This play is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and Martin Sheen lead an all-star cast in this powerful portrait of an American civil rights struggle. In 2008, California's Proposition 8 stripped the freedom to marry away from gay and lesbian couples. Now, two of the nation's most renowned attorneys have joined forces to challenge Proposition 8 under the United States Constitution. "8" faithfully recreates the progression of the historic trial through court transcripts and interviews with the plaintiffs, as their stories are brought to life before a live audience.Recorded before a live audience at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre, Los Angeles in March of 2012.Sponsored by the American Foundation for Equal Rights and Broadway Impact.Directed by Rob ReinerProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergBrad Pitt as Chief Judge Vaughn WalkerGeorge Clooney as David BoiesMartin Sheen as Theodore B. Olson