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<div align="center"><font size="4"><b>Theatre 8:15 </b></font><br>
<b><font size="3">is proud to present</font></b><br>
<b><font size="3"><font size="6">8 The Play</font></font></b><br>
<b><font size="3">by Dustin Lance Black</font></b><br>
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<b><font size="3">A one night only staged reading</font></b><br>
<b><font size="3">Saturday, July 14th </font></b><br>
<b><font size="3">8:15 pm</font></b><br>
<b><font size="3">Theatre 8:15</font></b><br>
<b><font size="3">4740 Massillon Road</font></b><br>
<b><font size="3">Green, Oh 44232</font></b><br>
<b><font size="3">$5.00</font></b><br>
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<font size="2"><b>All proceeds to benefit The </b></font><font color="black" face="arial" size="2"><font color="black" face="arial"><b><font face="Arial"><strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin">American Foundation for Equal Rights to help with the fight for marriage equality for all.</span></strong></font></b></font></font><br>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><font face="Arial"><strong>“8</strong></font></span></i><span style=""><font face="Arial"><strong>” is an unprecedented account of the Federal District Court
trial in <em><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin">Perry
v. Schwarzenegger</span></em> (now<em><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin">
Perry v. Brown</span></em>), the case filed by</strong></font></span></font></b><font color="black" face="arial" size="2"><b><font face="Arial" size="3"><strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"> American Foundation for Equal Rights</span></strong></font></b></font><b><font size="3"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><font face="Arial"><strong> to overturn Proposition 8,
which stripped gay and lesbian Californians of the fundamental freedom to
marry.<br>
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</strong></font></span></font><font face="Arial" size="3"><strong> <span style="">“People
need to witness what happened in the Proposition 8 trial, if for no other reason
than to see inequality and discrimination unequivocally rejected in a court of
law where truth and facts matter,” said </span></strong></font></b><font color="black" face="arial" size="2"><b><font size="3"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><font face="Arial"><strong>AFER</strong></font></span></font></b></font><b><font face="Arial" size="3"><strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"> Founding Board Member Dustin Lance
Black. “The goal of <i>‘8’</i> is to show the world that marriage equality is a
basic constitutional right. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The facts
are on our side and truth always finds the light. AFER and Broadway Impact are
doing all we can to help speed that process along.”</span></strong></font><font face="Arial" size="3"><strong><span style=""> <br>
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<div style="line-height: normal;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><b><font size="3"><span style=""><font face="Arial"><strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin">The
story for </span><em><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">“8”</span></em><span style=""> is
framed by the trial’s historic closing arguments in June 2010, and features the
best arguments and testimony from both sides. Scenes include flashbacks to some
of the more jaw-dropping moments of trial, such as the admission by the
Proposition 8 supporters’ star witness, David Blankenhorn, that “we would be
more American on the day we permitted same-sex marriage than we were on the day
before.”</span></strong></font></span></font></b></div>
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<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><font size="3"><b><span style=""><font face="Arial"><strong><span style="">The performance will be </span></strong></font></span></b></font><font face="Arial" size="3"><strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin">will be followed by a talkback where cast and audience members can discuss the
issues presented in the <i>Perry v. Schwarzenegger</i> trial.</span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> </span></strong></font></div>
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