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Tony Campolo's Compassion video

By Rich


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)
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Who needs a chair lift?

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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)
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Impressed

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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)
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See Splinter

By Rich

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)
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Program inserts now online

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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)
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Front Page news

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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)
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Splinter this weekend

By Rich

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)
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Emmy Award Winner

By Rich

"Get as many people in to see this as you can."
--Bobby Grayson
Emmy Award Winner
04.26.06 05:58 PM - Comment(s)
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Jimmy Sites Newspaper Coverage

By Rich

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)
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Which was better?

By Rich

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)
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So moving and beautiful

By Rich

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)
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Go!

By Rich

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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Comments on Beyond the Chariots

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If you've seen Beyond the Chariots Off-Broadway or around the world, please post a comment below.

By posting you agree that your comment can be used in other formats.

Thanks!
04.20.06 05:45 PM - Comment(s)
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Comments on The Man from Aldersgate

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If you've seen The Man from Aldersgate Off-Broadway or around the world, please post a comment below.

By posting you agree that your comment can be used in other formats.

Thanks!
04.20.06 05:43 PM - Comment(s)
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Off the blocks

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Christi-An Bennett and her family joined our church for Easter. Before they moved away she and her husband Stephen were both on the preaching line-up. One Sunday she used Eric Liddell's story as an illustration for her sermon and I was reminded that the '04 Olympics were coming up and I should get g...

04.16.06 10:28 PM - Comment(s)
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Announcement

By Rich

There are two one-man plays about Church heroes playing Off-Broadway from April 17-23. Relive the incredible adventures of 1924 Olympic Gold medal winner Eric Liddell in war-torn China. Rich Swingle's new one-man play Beyond the Chariots picks up where Chariots of Fire left off. Behold Liddell's gr...
04.12.06 03:33 PM - Comment(s)
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Well lit

By Rich

David Lander, our award-winning Broadway lighting designer, went through Beyond the Chariots scene by scene today. His ideas are incredible! If you've already seen the play it will be worth the price of admission just to see how David's lighting it!
04.12.06 03:27 AM - Comment(s)
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Authentic

By Rich

I was so very privileged to see Rich's show this past Sunday in Winona Lake. FABULOUS. As a former teacher at an international school in Taiwan, I was impressed not only by Rich's exquisite acting and creativity, but also his authentic portrayal of Chinese culture!
--Amy Keith
Winona Lake, IN
04.11.06 08:15 PM - Comment(s)
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Attendance

By Rich

I'm getting ready to perform here in Winona Lake, and I felt myself relax about who shows up. We've been so focused about filling seats Off-Broadway so that we'll break even that it's nice to just show up and perform for who ever attends. Then it occurred to me that I should ALWAYS want as many as p...

04.09.06 10:09 PM - Comment(s)
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Interview on WPEL

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Roger and I did an interview on WPEL, 96.5 FM, which will air Tuesday, April 11 at 4:05 pm. The station is in Montclair, PA, in the northeast corner, and they also have translators in Binghamton, Endicott, and Sayre. Their website is WPEL.org. If you're in the area I hope you can tune in.

Rich

Rich Sw...

04.09.06 03:14 PM - Comment(s)
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