The District Theatre, 1611 2nd Ave., Rock Island, will present a reading of 8, a new play chronicling the historic trial in the federal legal challenge to California's Proposition 8.
Written by Academy-Award winning writer Dustin Lance Black, 8 will run Saturday, July 7, at 2 p.m. A portion of the proceeds from this event will benefit the American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER).
The national website for 8 is www.8theplay.com .
AFER and Broadway Impact have announced the full cast for the West Coast premiere of 8, according to a press release. The cast includes Kevin Bacon, George Clooney, Glee's Chris Colfer, George Takei, Jane Lynch, Matthew Morrison, Rob Reiner, Jamie Lee Curtis, Martin Sheen, Matt Bomer and many more. The productionpenned by Oscar-winning screenwriter and AFER founding board member Dustin Lance Blackran at Los Angeles' Wilshire Ebell Theatre March 3.
So far, there is no word of a similar production in Chicago. However, there are events planned in the Illinois cities of Urbana (July 2-3 at Station Theatre), Normal (Sept. 8) and Freeport (March 2, 2013).
Tickets are $25 each for the Rock Island production; email tristan@districttheatre.com, visit www.DistrictTheatre.com or call 309-235-1654.