AUDITIONS FOR 8
When: Saturday August 27, 2022 @ 12 pm
Sunday August 28, 2022 @ 6 pm
Where: The Candy Bank
201 Carroll St. Mandevill, LA 70448
8 is a recreation of the closing arguments of the actual trial Perry v. Schwarzenegger. This trial was the one that overthrew California’s Proposition 8 amendment that placed a ban on gay marriage and nullified any current homosexual marriages. When this trial occurred, it gained national attention, but the courts would not let the trial be aired on public television. Dustin Lance Black took the transcripts of the trial, as well as actual commercials that were aired on television at the time, to recreate exactly what went on in that courtroom when peoples’ rights to marriage were restored.
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Auditions will consist of a cold read from the script. All actors are volunteer positions. Those wanting to do research can click here for a copy of the script to read in advance. Please arrive 30 minutes prior to fill out audition forms.
THE CHARACTERS
All roles are open
THE COURT
VAUGHN R. WALKER
Judge
originally played by Brad Pitt
THEODORE OLSON
Lawyer for Plaintiffs
originally played by Martin Sheen
DAVID BOIES
Lawyer for Plaintiffs
originally played by George Clooney
CHARLES J. COOPER
Lawyer for Defense
originally played by Kevin Bacon
THE PLAINTIFFS
KRIS PERRY
Married to Sandy Steir and mother of Spencer and Elliot Perry
originally played by Christine Lahti
SANDY STIER
Married to Kris Perry and mother to Spencer and Elliot Perry
originally played by Jamie Lee Curtis
SPENCER PERRY
Son of Plantiffs
originally played by Bridger Zadina
ELLIOT PERRY
Son of Plaintiffs
originally played by Jansen Panettiere
JEFF ZARRILLO
Married to Paul Katami
originally played by Matt Bomer
PAUL KATAMI
Married to Jeff Zarrillo
originally played by Matthew Morrison
WITNESSES FOR THE PLAINTIFFS
DR. GREGORY M. HEREK
Nature of Homosexuality/Â Sexual Orientation
originally played by Rory O’Malley
DR. ILAN MEYER
Minority Stress/Â Stigma Impacts/Â Discrimination
originally played by Jesse Tyler Ferguson
DR. GARY SEGURA
Gays and Lesbians in the Nation's Political Process
originally played by James Pickens, Jr.
RYAN KENDALL
Forced by parents to undergo "Conversion Therapy"
originally played by Chris Colfer
WITNESSES FOR THE DEFENSE
DAVID BLANKENHORN
Marriage and Sexual Relationship between Men and Women
originally played by John C. Reilly
WILLIAM TAM
Opinion that Same-sex Marriage leads to Sexual Crimes
originally played by George Takei
OTHER CHARACTERS
EVAN WOLFSON
Founder of Freedom to Marry
originally played by Cleve Jones
MAGGIE GALLAGHER
Opponent of Same-sex Marriage
originally played by Jane Lynch
JOURNALIST
Narrator
originally played by Campbell Brown