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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)
* 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)
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)
Joyce Swingle Color Headshot
03.24.12 04:39 PM - Comment(s)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
I performed and spoke earlier this week at Annondale High School in Annondale, VA. The visit was featured in their school newspaper, The A-Blast: International Actor Rich Swingle comes to AHS.
02.23.12 09:04 PM - Comment(s)
Last year I had the privilege of competing at the CITA competition in South Carolina.  I came with my school without any big expectations for the year apart from having fun and growing as an actor.  At CITA, I found both of these things and so much more.  
I made it to finals that ...
02.06.12 07:32 PM - Comment(s)
Dear Mayor Bloomberg:

I've long been a fan. I've voted for you each time you've run. You've done so much for our great city, and for that I'm very grateful.

When I visited the 9/11 Memorial I was thrilled to see that you took such a strong leadership role in making it such a powerful tribute to o...
02.06.12 12:29 PM - Comment(s)
Pastor Joyce Swingle preaches on John 6:60-71. Opening prayer by Pastor Linda Warren.

  http://www.archive.org/embed/UnityInTheSpirit

This service is available for download free on iTunes, where you can also subscribe to our podcast. Search for "Westchester Chapel" on the iTunes Sto...
02.05.12 11:01 PM - Comment(s)
When you came to Norwalk and performed The Revelation, you moved one child so much that now he loves church and the Bible. His mother was so grateful to me that she hugged me so hard I could not breathe.
--Liz McDermott
Norwalk, CT
02.02.12 01:36 PM - Comment(s)
Rich! It was so great to meet you this past weekend at the CITA Festival in SC! My students all loved you! Your commitment to God is so evident in your performances and your interactions with the students! Cornerstone Christian School loves you!
--Michele Morgan
Elkton, Virginia
02.01.12 12:10 AM - Comment(s)
MasterWorks master class instructor Edwina Findley was just interviewed by the NAACP. She had a lot of great insights for young actors, and even mentioned MasterWorks!
01.31.12 11:08 PM - Comment(s)
I was thrilled to be a part of the Christians in Theatre Arts Secondary School Festival again this year. It was hosted by the Salvation Army's Kroc Center in Greenville, SC.

I got to adjudicate, perform and teach. I was glad it worked out for me to also sit in on the master class with  Emmy a...
01.31.12 09:18 PM - Comment(s)
We just watched The Lamp, directed by Tracy Trost, who directed me in A Christmas Snow. It is absolutely phenomenal! It stars Academy Award winner Lou Gossett Jr. and my  ACS cast mates Muse Watson and Cameron ten Napel. Great work, both of you!

It's a powerful story about how ...
01.26.12 01:30 AM - Comment(s)
Rich Swingle was my drama teacher one year at National music camp. He is a man of passion and a man of perservence. He loves what he does and he loves his life. I am not much of an actor at all, but he believed in me, in my abilities, and was an encouraging voice. When we went deeper in rehear...
01.23.12 06:58 PM - Comment(s)

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