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Last year my brother, Bob, and his wife, Shannon, came to NYC for a book fair (see May 05 in Archives). This year the fair was held in Washington, DC, so I arranged some performances in the area (including one at my nephew, Charlie's school. He's Joyce's sister Amy's son.)

Bob and I were able to get...

05.23.06 02:26 PM - Comment(s)
My friend, Chuck Neighbors, is coming to NYC.

He's offering an acting workshop and performing his one-man play, In His Steps at Theatre 315, where Roger and I had our Fire Off-Broadway run. On June 3.

Also on that date, at 7pm, our church, Westchester Chapel will be offering an arts night. I'll be p...
05.17.06 04:17 PM - Comment(s)

In Pittsburg I was thrilled to have an audience member request a copy of the prayer I led people to pray after Beyond the Chariots if they wanted to invite the Lord into their lives. I sent him to the link on the right side of RichDrama.com called "My Passion" after telling the person the...

05.17.06 02:14 PM - Comment(s)

I've been performing and teaching in Pittsburgh in what has been a very exciting week! I got to present in two public schools, for the Acting Up Club (a delightful kids group led by some gals that came to NYC to see BTC Off-Bway...oh, and one of their sons, who preaches on our district.), this morni...

05.14.06 02:37 AM - Comment(s)

Roger and I had a great Off-Broadway run. I'll post a more detailed report soon.

05.06.06 08:33 PM - Comment(s)
Our pastoral team had our small group meeting right down the street from an Extreme Makeover: Home Edition project. Paulie, one of the designers, took a moment with our pastors' kids: (left to right) Jesse, Anna and Rebekah.
05.06.06 04:27 PM - Comment(s)

I just stumbled upon a video of Tony Campolo with his newest Compassion sponsor child. I watched the video being filmed on my trip to Honduras. Click here to see the video.
05.05.06 03:05 PM - Comment(s)

Friends of my parents took this picture of them flying over Mt. Ashland in Southern Oregon. I grew up skiing there, but I never saw it from this angle!

To get the full effect you have to click on the picture or here.
05.05.06 02:02 AM - Comment(s)
Rich – I was impressed with your work as an actor and producer for Beyond the Chariots.  May God continue to bless your work in every way.
--Max McLean
Actor
(MaxMcLean.com)
05.04.06 02:54 PM - Comment(s)

The cast of Splinter asked Max McLean and I to give them feedback. They were great. They were tight and passionate, and I told them to each count it as a successful audition to MasterWorks (MasterWorksFestival.org).

Tonight is sold out, but there may be tickets left for closing night tomorrow, and th...

04.29.06 10:04 PM - Comment(s)
The program inserts for our Off-Broadway run are now online.  Dr. Jim H Taylor, III, graciously penned these as "a labor of love."  Go to  http://www.weihsien-paintings.org/JamesTaylor/indexFrame.htm.  In the left column scroll to the bottom.  His foreword to the ...
04.27.06 08:49 PM - Comment(s)
Phil Snyder, who did the horse whinny (on MP3) for Roger's play during our Off-Broadway run, just made the front page of the Los Angeles Daily News: " The Man of a Million Voices."  It was his wife, Karen, that developed the artwork for our run, and she's also mentioned in the articl...
04.27.06 04:12 PM - Comment(s)
Joyce and I are looking forward to seeing the next play at Theatre 315: Splinter (for tickets click here)I've heard great things about it.  Here's a note from the creator, Christian Gonzalez:

We performed it at 315 last year and this year have presented it 6 times at Valley For...

04.27.06 03:48 PM - Comment(s)
"Get as many people in to see this as you can."
--Bobby Grayson
Emmy Award Winner
04.26.06 05:58 PM - Comment(s)
Jimmy Sites, who will be one of our Master Class Instructors at MasterWorks just sent the following encouraging note:

Begin forwarded message:

Last week was a good week for the ministry of Spiritual Outdoor Adventures. We were covered by the press in newspapers in Toronto, Louisville, Birnming...
04.25.06 06:28 PM - Comment(s)
I can't decide which was better, the acting or the writing.
--Robert Fresco
Academy Award-winning film maker
04.24.06 01:34 AM - Comment(s)

Dear Rich and Joyce,
May the Lord bless you for blessing us with "Beyond the Chariots."

It was so moving and beautiful. I sensed the Holy Spirit as Eric sang, "Be Still My Soul." I just loved all the energy and robust good humor that went into "Though Your Sins Be as Scarlet.....

04.23.06 05:25 PM - Comment(s)
Only four shows left in our Off-Broadway run, Fire Off-Broadway.

On Saturday Mary Previte will be speaking after Beyond the Chariots. A former assembly woman for the State of New Jersey, she's the great-granddaughter of Hudson Taylor, and she was with Eric Liddell in the concentration camp featured...
04.21.06 09:08 PM - Comment(s)
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04.20.06 05:45 PM - Comment(s)
If you've seen The Man from Aldersgate Off-Broadway or around the world, please post a comment below.

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04.20.06 05:43 PM - Comment(s)

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