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Chariots of Fire in the West End

In the run-up to the Olympics we read that Chariots of Fire would be running in cinemas all over the UK. We never saw posters for the movie while we were there with performances of my one-man play on the rest of the story, Beyond the Chariots, but we LOVED the West End production of the newly stage...

09.06.12 10:13 PM - Comment(s)

Reposting a report on Toronto and the Olympics from 2012

Rich with Ian Sadler, organist for
Chariots of Fire.

My Toronto performance of Beyond the Chariots in April was bookended by Ian Sadler playing the same pieces on the organ as he did in the Academy Award-winning film Chariots of Fire. To hear "Jerusalem" played as it had in the film, j...

08.30.12 03:57 PM - Comment(s)

Grace to the Nations

I just posted a number of photos from our travels to Puerto Rico, Transylvania and London during the Olympics: GraceToTheNations.Shutterfly.com.

We reached people from 30 nations during those two weeks!

We have more stories on this blog as well as Facebook.com/RichDrama and TheLizThatWas.Tumblr....

08.24.12 02:14 PM - Comment(s)

The Rich Young Ringmaster

This is my report to Westchester Chapel of our performances and workshops in Puerto Rico, Transylvania and London during the 2012 Olympics...

08.20.12 09:02 PM - Comment(s)

30 Nations During the Olympics!

During the Olympics we reached people from at least 30 nations:

Puerto Rico
Romania
Hungary
England
USA
Australia
Canada
Holland
Switzerland
India
Zimbabwe
Liberia
Kenya
Congo Brazzaville
Japan
Philippines
Sri Lanka
South Africa
Malawi
Nigeria
Russia
Poland
Italy
Belgium
G...

08.18.12 07:39 PM - Comment(s)

Amazing connections

We've been having a ball in Europe!
We've been posting as often as we can to http://Facebook.com/RichSwingle and our friend and colleague Liz has been posting to http://thelizthatwas.tumblr.com .
Here's a video we just posted telling some of the amazing connections the Lord has been setting up: ...

08.08.12 09:29 AM - Comment(s)

A mid-journey report

We've come to London to share my play about Eric Liddell ( ...

08.07.12 08:30 AM - Comment(s)

Total triumph in Transylvania

We had an indescribably great time in Transylvania. My shirt says, "For I am not ashamed of the Gospel, because it is the power of God that brings Salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile." (Romans 1:16 NIV) Though we're in Romania, it's written in Hungar...

08.05.12 06:52 AM - Comment(s)

Better than Jim Carrey

You're better than Jim Carrey. You can play him, but he could never play you.
--Yume Szekely Annamaria
Udvarhely
Romania

08.04.12 03:28 PM - Comment(s)

Love Does Not Boast

Pastor Joyce Swingle preaches on James 4:13-17. Communion by Pastor Linda Warren.

http://archive.org/embed/LoveDoesNotBoast_706

Rich Swingle closed the service telling about the documentary Captivated, which was screened at the MasterWorks Festival this year.

http://archive.org/embed/Captivated_91

...

07.23.12 01:53 AM - Comment(s)

Former prisoner in N. Korea shares story Wednesday night

Arts and media ministry leaders of New York City and friends,

I have a last-minute invitation for you to join MasterWorks and Mastermedia this Wednesday night.

Though I've lived in Manhattan since 1993, one month each year I direct the theatre program for The MasterWorks Festival (http://RichDrama.com...

07.10.12 07:16 PM - Comment(s)

INDIANA BASED TALENT PROGRAM BRINGS ACTORS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE TO PERFORM OFF-BROADWAY AT ‘THEATRE 315’ IN NEW YORK CITY

CONTACT

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Director, Rich Swingle, MasterWorks Theatre

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MasterWorks Festival Theatre Program Presents Pope John Paul II’s “The Jeweler’s Shop” on July 13 and 14 at 7:30pm and special industry talent sh...

06.29.12 11:31 PM - Comment(s)

Sensitivity

Thank you for such a great performance. I lost my friend who was a firefighter. Your performance and sensitivity meant the world to me that night.
--Sara Kronemann
NYC
(After Five Bells for 9/11 performed in NYC on 9/11/11)

06.03.12 09:30 PM - Comment(s)

I truly forgot where I was

"There were times when I truly forgot where I was and I would no longer be just an audience member but instead was in the scene experiencing everything that was happening in the scene."

--Lizl Kruger (after watching Beyond the Chariots)

Student

Wesleyan School

Norcross, GA

05.24.12 01:42 PM - Comment(s)

Help send Beyond the Chariots to London for the Olympics

We'll be going to London and Birmingham to perform Beyond the Chariots during the Summer Olympics. Our friend Liz Jennings will be joining us to advance translation slides as I perform my play about Olympic champion Eric Liddell. Some of Liddell's story is told in the film Chariots of Fire, ...

05.13.12 11:13 PM - Comment(s)

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I shared this excerpt from my one-man play The Acts during the Friday night banquet at our denomination's District Assembly. The theme of the weekend was "Mission Possible", based on Acts 1:8.

http://archive.org/embed/ExcerptFromTheActs

This monologue is available for download free o...

05.11.12 11:22 PM - Comment(s)

Response to Beyond the Chariots

"Better than ANIME!"

--Rachel Leung

Student, Trafalgar Castle School

Whitby, Ontario

Canada

05.11.12 10:27 AM - Comment(s)

Poured out

Thank you for pouring yourself out - on the stage and off - to our Bethel community. Your chapel presentation was so well done...and well received by our students. I hope your time with our theatre students was equally connecting. --Shawn Holtgren, PhD Vice President for Student Development Bethel C...

05.10.12 07:34 PM - Comment(s)

The Sandals of Peace

Here's my sermon on Ephesians 6:15. It contains excerpts from my one-man play The Revelation.

http://archive.org/embed/TheSandalsOfPeace

Rich mentions his sermon on Peter walking on water, Freedom from Fear of Circumstances.

Go deeper. Dr. Timothy J. Keller's series on The Armor of God includes f...

05.06.12 10:58 PM - Comment(s)

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Pastor Joyce Swingle preaches on Ephesians 6:14 and Matthew 4:1-11.

Benediction by Pastor Rachel Taylor.

http://archive.org/embed/TheBeltOfTruth_712

http://www.youtube.com/embed/IbzbcEMDgsg

The sermon is available for download free on iTunes, where you can also subscribe to our podcast. Search for ...

04.26.12 05:26 PM - Comment(s)

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