High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! 8 (or 8 the Play) is an American play that portrays the legal argument and witness testimony of the Perry v. Schwarzenegger trial, which led to the overturn of California`s Proposition 8. It was created by Dustin Lance Black in light of the federal court system`s refusal to allow release of video recordings from the trial and to give the public a true account of what transpired in the courtroom.