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PHOTOS: Performance of Traveling Marriage Equality Play "8" at Theatre Three

Dustin Lance Black's play "8" recounts the Prop. 8 trial in California.

On Tuesday presented Dustin Lance Black’s Prop. 8 play “8." The play makes a case for marriage equality and featured local performers under the direction of Theatre Three's Executive Artistic Director Jeffrey Sanzel.

According to a Huffington Post story, earlier this year, the traveling Prop. 8 play was performed at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles with a star-heavy cast, including Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Kevin Bacon, Jamie Lee Curtis, Martin Sheen, John C. Reilly and others.

Director Rob Reiner said the livestream attracted 200,000 viewers, according to the AP. You can watch the star studded cast showing of "8" on YouTube here.

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For anyone who missed the performance at Theatre Three, Bob Kelly, the self titled Impromptu Street Photographer and part time Port Jefferson village resident, was there capturing the moment with his .

Kelly also send along a review of the play:

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"I had the opportunity to photograph a reading of '8 the Play' by Dustin Lance Black, last night at Theatre Three. The house was near full and the reading was powerful. The reading is of the transcript from the closing arguments of Perry vs. Schwarzenegger, the case that declared Proposition 8 banning gay marriage, in California as being unconstitutional.

"The cast, all volunteers, included Linda May, Steve McCoy and Dylan Whelan, all who have performed in Theatre Three.

"I saw '' on Friday, also great, affirming my feeling that Theatre Three is excellent. I hope to attend , perhaps photograph, more plays at Theatre Three in the future."

Click through the images in the gallery to see Kelly's photos of the production of "8" by Theatre Three.


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