George Clooney To Star In Marriage Equality Play

George Clooney is set to star in 8, a play written Dustin Lance Black and adapted from actual transcripts of of the Proposition 8 trial for marriage equality in California.

Clooney told The Hollywood Reporter "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."

Rob Reiner will direct the one night only production March 3 at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles. The L.A. production will also serve as a benefit for the American Foundation For Equal Rights. Other cast members will be announced soon.

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