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Here's this summer's faculty devotion at MasterWorks, followed by links to things I mentioned.

It's divided into a sections, which should play one after the next. On some browsers you may need to hit the forward button to get the next one started. I'm posting it this way so you can see the videos ...
10.10.14 11:19 PM - Comment(s)
The movie Indescribable IS "indescribable!" What more can I say?
--Susan
10.10.14 02:21 PM - Comment(s)
It was fun seeing my name in the trailers if only as a donor. So glad I contributed to Love Covers All! It's a beautiful film written and directed by Kyle Prohaska, who worked on post production for Christmas Grace.

It's about a young man trying to get home... in many ways: Most pressing is his d...
10.07.14 11:00 PM - Comment(s)
This Sunday I'll be performing in the Newmark Theatre in downtown Portland, Oregon, as a part of the Twin Rocks Friends Camp event " Into the Spotlight."

I served as a camp counselor at Twin Rocks in 1988, and I'll be performing excerpts from my one-man play Big Fish Little Worm: Gideon...
10.07.14 09:56 PM - Comment(s)
The Song is inspired by the Song of Solomon but soon turns to Ecclesiastes. Scripture from both of Solomon's Books serves as a narrative as this modern telling of Solomon's life. That narrative is beautiful at times, poignant at others.

Jed King is a musician trying to find his own voice and p...
10.04.14 09:02 PM - Comment(s)

"I don't play those kind of games! There's the door!" Gold. If you hit that peak performance even a few times in your career it's a happy thing. You were radiating the part so perfectly you caused an honest performance in your scene partner, too. I could watch that short moment multiple ti...
10.02.14 05:57 PM - Comment(s)
Your performance of Koschei in Firebird set the mood for the entire ballet with exquisite brilliance. It was
breathtaking.
--Bonnie Ringleb
Director, Dance Program
MasterWorks Festival

Thank you, Rich Swingle. Brilliant work!!!
--Charmaine Hunter
Choreographer of the 2014 MasterWorks production of the ...
10.02.14 04:07 PM - Comment(s)
Stage directions: Enter, sit, pour tea, stand, exit.

That's about it. But in the 90 minutes it takes to execute that simple blocking our attention did not waver for a second.

Of course it didn't hurt that the script was based on the writings of C.S. Lewis, one of the most brilliant minds of any g...
09.20.14 10:00 PM - Comment(s)
Pastor Joyce Swingle preaches on Romans 11:16-24. Opening by Bill H. Prayer and announcements by Pastor Linda Warren. This is the second part of this section addressing the importance of Judaism in Christianity. You can also listen to the first part here:  Romans 11:7-15.

https://archive.org/e...
09.14.14 08:24 PM - Comment(s)
Here are some of the things that were said anonymously by our MasterWorks theatre students on their exit questionnaires:

"It was MAGNIFICENT!"

"MasterWorks has blessed me beyond what I dreamed possible. This is a beautifully annointed place, and I'm so glad to have been able to att...
09.11.14 06:40 PM - Comment(s)
Several months ago I was coaching a gentleman who helped install 3,000 of these flags in Battery Park on the 10th anniversary of 9/11. The red and blue rows on each flag are made up of all the names of those who were killed on 9/11. When he heard about my play, Five Bells for 9/11,  he gav...
09.11.14 01:26 PM - Comment(s)
I have three friends that performed in the unique and intriguing docudrama  Let the Lion Roar: Jenn Gotzon, Jeff Rose and Jason Burkey. Here is what they have to say about the project...









Soon taking applications for the MasterWorks Festival theatre program: www.RichDrama.com/MWFTheatre. Train...
09.09.14 04:10 PM - Comment(s)
I had a blast teaching and actor coaching at The Rocky Mountain Christian Filmmakers Camp last summer, and I'm looking forward to returning next year! They've put together a promo that includes a shot from my cameo in the short film we created that week.

09.09.14 02:19 PM - Comment(s)
You did a GREAT job in Beyond the Mask!!! Just watched it and - wow! Kids will love this film! Kudos to you in your role! You were absolutely in your element.
--Torry Martin
Actor, Comedian, Writer, Teacher
09.08.14 10:31 PM - Comment(s)
I am so thankful that you came to call us to remember the Journey to the Garden ... and all that our Lord accomplished for us in His great love. It was a wonderful evening. The chairman of the Elders left me a message last night that he had never been in a service that had impacted him so powerfully...
09.08.14 09:31 PM - Comment(s)
Pastor Joyce Swingle preached on Romans 11:7-15. There was a technical error that corrupted the recording, so she preached it again for online listeners.

https://archive.org/embed/SJoyceBlessingsOfIsrael090714

Here are links to things she mentioned, not all of which came up in the second recording:...
09.07.14 05:44 PM - Comment(s)
I was sobbing, touched in the deep places of my soul by The Identical. It's a brilliant picture of the search for identity that can only be found in the Lord, inspired by the stillborn twin brother of Elvis Presley. It's a look at what might have happened if that twin was raised by another family....
09.06.14 10:40 PM - Comment(s)
We've been praying for a friend in a Private Message who is going through a very dark time right now. I was blown away when she asked us for prayer requests! It prompted me to write the following: I was in high school when my Grandma Miller said the Lord told her to get her things in order. I had N...
09.05.14 01:34 AM - Comment(s)
Pastor Joyce Swingle teaches on Romans 10:16-11:6 with illustrations from Isaiah 53, Isaiah 65 and the story of Elijah.

On a Westchester Chapel trip
to Israel Rich Swingle
performed "Prophet of Fear,"
the story of Elijah atop
Mt. Carmel
https://archive.org/embed/SJoyceTheGospelOfGrace...
08.31.14 10:53 PM - Comment(s)
Critics are blasting When the Game Stands Tall, and Rotten Tomatoes' summary says it is filled with "threadbare inspirational sports drama clichés." Whoever wrote that totally didn't get the film or intentionally wanted to subvert it. This film flies in the face of convention. It's outs...
08.31.14 01:29 AM - Comment(s)

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