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Former prisoner in N. Korea shares story Wednesday night

By Rich

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

By Rich

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Director, Rich Swingle, MasterWorks Theatre

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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)
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Sensitivity

By Rich

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)
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I truly forgot where I was

By Rich

"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)
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Help send Beyond the Chariots to London for the Olympics

By Rich

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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Enter your post title

By Rich

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)
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Response to Beyond the Chariots

By Rich

"Better than ANIME!"

--Rachel Leung

Student, Trafalgar Castle School

Whitby, Ontario

Canada

05.11.12 10:27 AM - Comment(s)
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Poured out

By Rich

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)
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The Sandals of Peace

By Rich

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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Enter your post title

By Rich

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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Long-Form Improv

By Rich


This year the MasterWorks Theatre production of Pope John Paul II's The Jeweler's Shop will be going to New York City for performances in an Off-Broadway theatre:  RichDrama.com/MWFTheatre2012.

The opportunity to tour to NYC created such a demand and surge in applicants that we were unable t...
04.21.12 10:52 PM - Comment(s)
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Right to Worship Prayer March

By Rich

* Please be in prayer about and attend the upcoming Right to Worship Prayer March and Concert this Sunday April 22 at 2pm starting at Cadman Plaza. Pray that the people of NY would unite together in prayer and thanksgiving and intercede for the city and the area and the nation!




"14 if my people...
04.19.12 01:00 AM - Comment(s)
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Breakfast with Jesus

By Rich

The Westchester Chapel Players shared the Resurrection Breakfast between Jesus and his disciples with our children of all ages.  We brought the youngest to the front table where VIP signs reserved their places.

Joyce followed the drama with a sermon on the corresponding passage from John 21...
04.09.12 01:00 AM - Comment(s)
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Joyce Swingle

By Rich

Joyce Swingle Color Headshot
03.24.12 04:39 PM - Comment(s)
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October Baby

By Rich

October Baby Movie is phenomenal! It was a packed theatre on Times Square that gave it a long applause when it was over. Almost everyone stayed for the interview during the credits. Kudos to Beverly Kennedy Holloway, a Masterworks Festival master class instructor, for pulling to...
03.24.12 12:34 AM - Comment(s)
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Christmas Grace

By Rich

I play a quirky clerk in Christmas Grace. It's a wonderful story of forgiveness and... well, grace. I sob the whole third act every Season.

You can see it on TV throughout the Christmas Season.

It's also available in Family Christian bookstores across the nation as well as the following online sto...
03.22.12 05:47 PM - Comment(s)
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Settled

By Rich

It was great to perform the role of Tom in this short film with my friends Josh Murray, who performed with me in  Alone Yet Not Alone, and Sandra Van Natta, who performed with me in  The Screenwriters.

"Settled" was a part of the  168 Film Project.

Josh Murray, who asked...
03.19.12 06:33 PM - Comment(s)
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MasterWorks Theatre Off-Broadway

By Rich

I've directed the theatre program at the MasterWorks Festival since 2005, and over the years we've watched the quality of our actors grow consistently and steadily as they've worked with world-class Christ-centered instructors like John Kirby (acting coach on over 20 major motion pictures including...
03.13.12 11:06 PM - Comment(s)
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The Controversy of the Cross

By Rich

Pastor Joyce Swingle points out the links between Psalm 22, the temptations of Christ in Matthew 4, and His Crucifixion in Matthew 27. She illustrates with stories from her own walk with the Lord, challenging listeners to stay on their cross, to allow the Life of Christ to flow through them.

 ...
03.12.12 12:34 AM - Comment(s)
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Get on the Love Train

By Rich

Pastor Linda Warren launches our series on The Cross by preaching on John 3. 

Call to worship by Rich Swingle.

http://www.archive.org/embed/BurdensIntoPraise_739
Here's a link to more information about the school situation:  Judge Gives NYC Churches Access to Public Schools.

 Here ...
02.26.12 10:57 PM - Comment(s)
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