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Inter-Mission, a networking group for theatre and film artists in Hollywood just reported the following:

"THE NATIVITY STORY became the first feature film ever to premiere at the Vatican. Held at the Vatican's Aulo Paolo VI, the premiere was attended by 7000 invited guests of the Vatican."

S...

11.30.06 03:50 PM - Comment(s)
This was our first de-icing. We're waiting for our second...and waiting...

Glad I don't have a performance tonight!
11.30.06 03:34 PM - Comment(s)

...Tulsa, OK! It snowed over frozen ice, so I went to bed praying for a way to get it off. I awoke to find that a woman had defrosted my lock thinking it was her car. She was thinking that lock was REALLY frozen! In further answer to my prayer she had a really cool ice scraper I used on both our rig...

11.30.06 02:48 PM - Comment(s)
I'm honored to be a part of my 14th women's event. I get to play the High Priest this Saturday.

To make reservations call 914.287.7620 or send an email.

11.17.06 02:56 PM - Comment(s)

New Line Cinema is releasing The Nativity Story on December 1.

Click here for the trailer. The main website is TheNativityStory.com.

They've run the script past numerous historians and theologians for accuracy, and it's filmed in Matera, where The Passion of the Christ was filmed and Morocco, where ...
11.16.06 03:24 PM - Comment(s)

I had the priviledge of performing Beyond the Chariots to open for Lee Rouson, a retired running back for the Cleveland Browns. Before that he played for the NY Giants in two SuperBowls.

Wayne Keller, on the left, directed the camp. He and Lee both shared in very transparent ways how God has worked ...

11.12.06 05:11 PM - Comment(s)
A student of mine recently interviewed me for a speech she's giving on Compassion at her college. I thought I'd post the interview:

How did you hear about Compassion International and when did you begin working with them?
I was teaching and performing for the Gospel Music Association's Seminar in ...
11.10.06 06:08 AM - Comment(s)
Torchlighters will be distributing a cartoon about Eric Liddell in 2007.
11.01.06 06:11 PM - Comment(s)
British Chancellor Gordon Brown has written a book titled, Courage of Heroes, and one of the heroes he describes is Eric Liddell.

ThisIsLondon.UK.CO says, "Mr Brown is the clear favourite to take over the leadership and is currently embarking on a campaign to promote himself as a Prime Mi...
10.27.06 06:17 AM - Comment(s)
Leilani Wells of the Christian Performing Artists Fellowship, hosts of the MasterWorks Festival, is writing an article about my work.  She asked a followup question which I thought I would post: "How did you become interested in Eric Liddell's story?"

Eric Liddell's story was actu...
10.26.06 05:13 PM - Comment(s)

I just finished a run of three performances as the first show in the first subscription service for Morningstar Productions in Milwaukee. Alan Atwood, who tours with his own 1-man shows, is the artistic director of the company.

One of the highlights for me was receiving copies of a couple of letters ...

10.23.06 07:49 PM - Comment(s)

Joyce received enough response on the survey below. Thanks to those who helped.

10.19.06 10:37 AM - Comment(s)
Joyce resigned from Business Week Magazine and is working full-time on a masters in counseling. Appreciate your prayers as my one-man plays are now our sole source of income.

She's taking a class on statistics right now and she has been given an assignment of surveying iPod users. If you have one...
10.15.06 09:32 PM - Comment(s)
Every Tuesday iTunes puts up at least one free song. This week if you scroll to the bottom of their main page under Free Downloads there's a song called "Our God Reigns" by Brandon Heath. Encourage iTunes to give away more of them by clicking below...

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10.12.06 03:06 PM - Comment(s)
One of the characters in my play Five Bells for 9/11 was recently featured in an article on the front page of the Metro Section in the New York Times: Brief Journey for an Icon of the Attack on New York.

Father Brian Jordan is one of three characters the play follows. The priest makes his way on foo...
10.11.06 07:36 PM - Comment(s)


Joyce and I got to see a 25-minute preview of One Night with the King on Times Square last month.

Tommy Tenney, pictured here, wrote the book Hadassah: One Night with the Kingupon which the screenplay is based. Ultimately it's based on the book of Esther.

Peter O'Tool and Omar Sharif give great came...
10.11.06 01:28 AM - Comment(s)

My mom's cousins (left to right) Bev, Bonnie, and Ruth are visiting NYC on the fifth anniversary of the Oregon loves New York trip, just a month after 9/11/01. Ruth was on that trip and fell in love with the city, even during its season of mourning. So she brought her sisters along on this trip....

10.09.06 05:02 PM - Comment(s)

My friend, Alan Harrell, got there by playing cello for the Cleveland Symphony, and of course he puts in a lot of practice. :-)

He's performed last night for Carnegie Hall's first televised performance of the season. It will be aired on the 11th.

Alan is on the MasterWorks faculty, and it's his heart ...

10.05.06 05:04 PM - Comment(s)

Rich Swingle
@ the Helen Hayes Theatre
240 W 44th St, Ste 7
New York, NY 10036

10.02.06 06:41 PM - Comment(s)

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