As the United States celebrate 250 years of freedom\u2026what happens if that freedom disappears?
In a near-future America where nationalism and religion have fused into a weapon of political control, Reverend Isaiah Proffit dares to speak out. When he refuses to turn his church into a mouthpiece for the state, he is arrested and charged with treason by an authoritarian regime determined to silence dissent.<\/p>\n
As AI-controlled justice, televised propaganda, and public fear tighten around him, Isaiah faces an impossible choice: save himself \u2014 or stand by the truth, no matter the cost.<\/p>\n
Explosive, provocative, and frighteningly plausible, The Cross and the Saber is a gripping new political thriller about faith, freedom, and the terrifying danger of a nation where questioning authority becomes a crime.<\/p>\n
Opening July 2\u201319 during America\u2019s 250th anniversary celebration, this powerful production asks one urgent question:<\/p>\n
What happens when patriotism becomes religion \u2014 and dissent becomes treason?<\/p>\n
Directed by Owen Robertson<\/p>\n
Performance Dates and Times:<\/p>\n
Thursday, July 9, Friday, July 10 and Saturday, July 11 at 8 p.m.; Sunday, July 12 at 3 p.m.
\nThursday, July 16, Friday, July 17 and Saturday, July 18 at 8 p.m.; Sunday, July 19 at 3 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the United States celebrate 250 years of freedom\u2026what happens if that freedom disappears?In a near-future America where…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":334021,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-334020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}