According to Deadline, Mead Theatre’s previously announced production of FBI Lovebirds: UnderCovers has been cancelled due to threats of violence.
Phelim McAleer’s play, starring Dean Cain and Kristy Swanson, is based on texts between FBI operatives, and lovers, Peter Strzok and Lisa Page. It was written to expose “the truth” behind the Trump-Russia investigation.
After the announcement of the project, Swanson received what she called a “death threat” via Twitter, that read, “Have the Capitol Steps open, lock the doors, and set the theater on fire.”
McAleer said, in a statement, that he was informed by the manager of the Studio Theater complex, which operates the Mead Theatre, that they were withdrawing from the project due to “security concerns.”
McAleer said that he is still planning to find a venue, calling the withdrawal of the venue “censorship.”
