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I had a 16 year Broadway run!

On October 17, 1999, I quit my office lease at The Lamb's Theatre, the largest Off-Broadway house at the time, and crossed Times Square (from 130 W 44th to 240 W 44th) to sublet the office of John Forbes at the Helen Hayes Theatre, the smallest Broadway house.

Durin...
05.20.16 02:27 AM - Comment(s)
I got to open and close this morning's service at Westchester ChapelPastor Jim Warren preaches on Exodus 32 with illustrations from Acts 7:51-53 and John 15:1-11, and cartoon illustrations pictured here.  Pastor Rachel Taylor prays and shares announcements.

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05.15.16 08:15 PM - Comment(s)
This morning our church, Westchester Chapel, closed out a three part series-within-a- series on Abraham, so I posted a sketch on the Abraham story I helped developed through sociodrama by at the Grace Brethren Church of Winona Lake, Indiana, in 2012:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/3qim6bJLbyA?rel=0

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05.01.16 10:58 PM - Comment(s)
Due to an unfortunate recording error I got to summarize the end of a sermon on my favorite passage in the Old Testament,  Genesis 15, a passage on which I have a short 1-man play, " The Covenant Keeper."  Pastor Jim Warren preaches most of the sermon with supporting illus...
04.24.16 09:44 PM - Comment(s)
I had a great time at the screening of The Screenwriters at the alma mater of our director, Peter Forbes, and screenwriter, Elizabeth Stinnette. I was honored to join them and producer David Cook in a Q/A after the show, and we all had a blast at the afterparty. I had to leave early though. The scre...
04.22.16 07:12 PM - Comment(s)
I closed this morning's service with a story from my recent trip to Seattle. Here's my post about the Divine appointments between Beijing and Phoenix, Oregon: What Are the Chances?

Pastor Rachel Taylor preaches on Genesis 12:1-9, with an illustration from Hebrews 11:8. The service opened with Angie...
04.17.16 07:35 PM - Comment(s)
I performed the role of a driver and got to serve as the acting coach in One Day, a short film written and directed by Gwendelynn Martindale, who was a student at the Rocky Mountain Christian Filmmakers Camp, where I teach and coach each summer.

You can  stream it here.

https://player.vimeo.c...
04.16.16 04:12 PM - Comment(s)
Had a fabulous time performing a monologue from Hamlet, my 1-man piece based on Les Misérables, and sociodramas based on parallels the students observed. We talked a terrorist into dismantling his bomb, empowered someone to talk his friends through a rough situation, and helped someone avoid drugs. ...
04.15.16 11:42 PM - Comment(s)
We had a great time at the advance screening of Rather to Be Chosen. Cast and crew came to NYC from Detroit, Providence, Long Island, and the after party went longer than the film!

Here's the report I sent out to New Yorkers on our list. If you you're in the NYC area and the report isn't in y...
04.08.16 10:41 PM - Comment(s)
I wrote the following article for Graceworks' April 2016  Big Bold News:

Don't we often struggle to find just the right words to say when we're trying to communicate with someone? But, real communication goes so far beyond saying the "right words."

In 2008, I was performing in Beijin...
04.05.16 08:22 PM - Comment(s)
This morning at Westchester Chapel  Pastor Jim Warren preached on Genesis 6 and 7. Unfortunately there was a recording error. Thankfully Joyce took detailed notes and below you can hear her authorized summary of the sermon using some of her own illustrations.  Pastor Linda Warr...
04.04.16 01:23 AM - Comment(s)
I was thrilled to present the awards for Best Animated film at The Christian Worldview Film Festival, with another animated friend, John Fornof, who introduced my performance of Beyond the Chariots the night before:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/O6dADI1Gj2E?rel=0
John directed me in The Dragon and th...
03.28.16 11:48 PM - Comment(s)
Rich and Joyce Swingle on the
Sea of Galilee in 2011.
Joyce wrote the drama, "Easter in Emmaus," which we performed together this morning at Westchester Chapel.   Dr. Linda Warren opened the service and led in prayer and worship. Testimonies are by Jerry and Jan C, Eva P., Linda Warren...
03.28.16 12:59 AM - Comment(s)
I LOVED the Broadway production of Fiddler on the Roof

The only way it was "modernized" (usually done by adding expletives, etc.) was a brilliant envelope: They had action at the beginning and end which compels us to consider sharing the burden of those under oppression. For the Jewi...
03.26.16 08:23 PM - Comment(s)
I was so blessed by the Christian Worldview Film Festival and Guild this year!!!

You can click through to my notes on Facebook for lectures by Phillip Telfer, Brett VarvelChad BurnsBobby Downes, Stephen Kendrick ( Making God's DecisionsGuild closebrunch), Rich ...
03.23.16 07:42 PM - Comment(s)
Next week I'll be teaching at the Christian Worldview Film Festival Guild, and what follows is my notes for my class on Monday: 

The Art and Science of Online Auditions
by Rich Swingle

 

There are no ready formulas for acting; it is an art, not a science. The actors' tal...
03.12.16 01:11 AM - Comment(s)
I was cast as the lead in A Matter of Perspective, a short film which will be shot in Southern Oregon, where I was raised.

I'll be teaching next week at the Christian Worldview Film Festival Guild, and on Monday my class will be "The Art and Science of Online Auditions." Since 2010 I've ...
03.11.16 06:00 PM - Comment(s)
I've been interviewed twice on The Dove, which broadcasts from Southern Oregon, where I grew up. Here I've posted an interview I did after our trip to Puerto Rico, Romania and London during the 2012 Olympics. After that I posted a music video by a young woman we worked with at the Arts Camp in Roma...
03.08.16 04:05 PM - Comment(s)
Our Bible study at Westchester Chapel has been going through a fascinating exploration of how the design elements in the Tabernacle, which was given directly from the Lord, speak to us as Christians today. We typically don't record these lessons, but Eva P., the woman who taught the lesson this mor...
03.06.16 10:57 PM - Comment(s)
Here's a three-part interview I did with Christian Trailers:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLJ-tk-TaVFjKFLj_2lT_MVcHn475rzqTU

I play a lead in Providence, a modern silent film opening in theatres coast to coast starting February 12.

Registration is now open for the 2016 Rocky Mount...
03.03.16 03:09 PM - Comment(s)

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