Jane Lynch and Jamie Lee Curtis will be joining the cast of the play ‘8’ according to The Hollywood Reporter . They’ll be accompanied by Martin Sheen and a who’s-who of Hollywood’s most impressive young actors.
George Clooney is already set to star in the Dustin Lance Black play, which tells the story of the historic court challenge to California’s Proposition 8. The play will be performed for one night only, according to organizers. Tickets, one would imagine, will be like chicken teeth. Also appearing will be George Takei, Matt Bomer, Campbell Brown, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Cleve Jones, Christine Lahti, Matthew Morrison, Rory O’Malley and Yeardley Smith.
Proceeds from the play will be going exclusively to the American Foundation for Equal Rights, and AFER board president Chad Griffin had this to say:
“This play will continue to show Americans – one by one – that prejudice and fear cannot stand up to truth and justice. Try as they might, the anti-marriage proponents of Proposition 8 cannot hide their discriminatory arguments from the American people. Until every citizen can equally enjoy the freedom to marry, AFER will continue to fight in the courts of law and the court of public opinion – and we will win.”
Clooney, the main draw of the play after his Golden Globes success, will play plaintiffs’ lead co-counsel David Boies, while Sheen will fill the boots of co-counsel and Theodore B. Olson. Lynch will play the villain of the piece, opponent of marriage equality Maggie Gallagher, co-founder and former chairman of the National Organization for Marriage.
The play is scheduled to be performed on March 3 at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles – with a capacity for only 1,300 audience members, this is going to be a particularly hot ticket.
