I just saw one of the most wonderful films I've every seen: Cry, the Beloved Country. It is a story of grace, peace and reconciliation powerfully, tastefully, beautifully, and poetically told.

Now taking applications for the MasterWorks Festival theatre program: www.RichDrama.com/MWFTheatre....

If you're in the NYC click here for a hi-rez version of the poster, and then print it and post it where potential MasterWorks students may see it.

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Now taking applications for the MasterWorks Festival theatre program: www.RichDrama.com/MWFTheatre. Training and performances in IN, PA and N...

When my grandmother died in 1988 I mentioned to Dr. Wayne Roberts that Grandma prayed for me every day. Dr. Wayne said, "Well, Rich, Bertie and I pray for you every day." It had such a huge impact on me at that point in my life. He was never a teacher of mine in any official capacity, bu...

I first met Torry at a conference where we were both performing probably twelve years ago now, and I'm still laughing at the stories he told! He's a writer, actor, stand-up comic, and he's going to be a MasterWorks MasterClass instructor this year!

//www.youtube.com/embed/9_efGeuHiaw

He's going to...

Roger Nelson performed most of his one-man play The Confession of St. Patrick for a Sunday morning service, an excerpt from his one-man play The Man from Aldersgate at a faculty recital, and coached honors recital winners at The MasterWorks Festival. In his Journal he made the following observations...

I got to know Ellie Ellsworth on a drive from NYC to Toronto for a Christians in Theatre Arts conference in 1999. Playwright Patti Souder was also on that trip, and the three of us talked about the Lord and using theatre to awaken people's awareness of their need for Him all the way up and all the ...

Some scientists have created software that recreates the night sky at any point in history (or in the future), based on what is known about the movement of planets, stars, etc. We just watched a DVD about a fellow who recreated what the magi saw at the conception of Jesus and at their arrival in Be...

A list of Christians involved in the film making industry was published on IMDb.com, the Internet Movie Database. Several of my colleagues from the films in which I've performed and several of our MasterWorks faculty, including myself, are on the list:

Christians involved in movies

Now taking appli...

We just watched Donald James Parker's The Unexpected Bar Mitzvah, in which Joyce and I play husband and wife.

It was shown on Daystar Television Network, but you can order the DVD now.

The Dove Foundation gave it a great review: Dove Family-Approved. The review said, " This one has earned ...

Now taking applications for the MasterWorks Festival theatre program: www.RichDrama.com/MWFTheatre. Training and performances in IN, PA and NYC, including an Off-Broadway theatre!

Every year that I perform Views of the Manger I'm so blessed to start immersing myself in the Christmas story early. This year my first performance was on December 1, so I started reading through the script early in November. But rather than getting tired of the theme, the impact of what the Lord ...

I was recently interviewed on ClassicsRadio.org, and the interview will be aired January 4 at 8am, 2pm, 9pm, 11pm and January 5 at 7am, 1pm, and 7pm (Eastern Time). You can listen online at ClassicsRadio.org.

I've pasted links below to various things I mentioned in the interview...

MasterWorks Fes...

After Joyce preached on Zechariah, I preached on Elizabeth. You'll have to hear our sermons to see why she got the guy and I got the gal...

Joyce on Zechariah:
https://archive.org/embed/SJoyceElizabeth120113

Rich on Elizabeth:
https://archive.org/embed/SRichElizWONeihborTalk120813

Both preachings w...

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Daniel Knudsen had left the set of Indescribable before Joyce and I got there to play Mr. and Mrs. Fredrick Lehman, but the set was abuzz about his upcoming film, Creed of Gold.  I met Daniel when I performed in Christmas Grace. We had a great chat about the power of f...