The Hollywood star supports gay marriages: George Clooney will take part in Dustin Lance Black's Proposition 8 Play.
George Clooney has signed to star in the West Coast premiere of Proposition 8 play penned by Dustin Lance Black. The play chronicles the historic federal court trial overturning Proposition 8, the ballot measure that denied gay and lesbian Californians the right to marry. Gay unions were made legal for the first time in California in 2008, but state legislation Proposition 8 made same-sex marriages illegal just six months after they were declared valid.
The production, directed by Rob Reiner and written by Dustin Lance Black, will run one night only at Los Angeles’ Wilshire Ebell Theatre on March 3. Organizers described the event as an “exclusive, one-night-only fundraiser to benefit AFER.”
“It is astonishing that gay and lesbian Americans are still treated as second-class citizens. I am confident that, very soon, the laws of this nation will reflect the basic truth that gay and lesbian people—like all human beings—are born equal in dignity and rights.”-George Clooney said.
Dustin Lance Black, who won an Oscar for the Harvey Milk biopic Milk and this year’s J. Edgar as well, said:
“People need to witness what happened in the Proposition 8 trial. If for no other reason than to see inequality and discrimination unequivocally rejected in a court of law where truth and facts matter.”-the screenwriter said.
The move west follows a successful performance of the Proposition 8 play in New York in September featuring a cast including Morgan Freeman, Ellen Barkin, John Lithgow and Bradley Whitford. In the LA version, George Clooney will be joined by another all-star cast who will play the roles of the legal teams, plaintiffs and witnesses for both sides of the case, which is now on appeal.
Dustin Lance Black h8s the Proposition 8.