Blog by Rich

I performed my first one-man play early in 1992. So I've now been performing them for over 21 years. That first piece was a very different version of the Jonah section of what has become Big Fish Little Worm, which I'll be performing at the Christians in Theatre Arts conference in a couple of week...

During this morning's service Joyce honored the children and children's workers of our church, Westchester Chapel. At the end of the ceremony Eva P., who runs our nursery program honored Joyce. You can hear her kind words and prayer in the service below.

The service opens with a spoken word poem ...

This morning I performed excerpts from Robert Frost's "Mountain Interval" to open Pastor Linda Warren's sermon on Matthew 7:13-14 at our home church, Westchester Chapel. Madelyn Badillo opened and shared her testimony of being called to Brazil. Musical accompaniment by Piero...

Rich Swingle led a special service, which included a review of our Living the Life: Choices sermon series. What you'll hear was preceded by small groups reviewing and reporting on their favorite passages from "The Sermon on the Mount", the text we've been covering in the series so far: Ma...

World Magazine just came out with an article on the MasterWorks Festival, "Performers with a Purpose". 

It features an interview with theatre faculty Patricia Mauceri. The featured photo in the article features actors from our theatre program: Seth G. Antes, Esh Ryans, Cody Arn, Tiffa...

Confessions of a Prodigal Son, in which I play a homeless man in LA, was written and produced by Nathan Clarkson, one of my former students. He also plays the lead role! 

Kevin Sorbo (Hurcules, God's Not Dead) plays a pastor, and another former student, Nathan's brother Joel Clar...

I'll be performing my one-man play A Clear Leading as a part of  The New York City  PRICE OF LIFE INVITATIONAL, a city-wide, campus-based, faith-inspired campaign addressing human trafficking in all its forms, spearheaded by  InterVarsity Christian Fellowshi...

Me goce mucho en el monologo que hiciste en La Catedral de la Ciudad. Que gran talento DIOS TE HA DADO. 
I very much enjoyed the monologue (La Gente que Jesús Conoció ) that you performed in La Catedral de la Ciudad. What a great talent God has given you . 
--Miriam Rivera
Puerto Rico

Dick Ryan of InterVarsity preached at the MasterWorks Festival one Sunday morning. He challenged us to consider our God-given gifts, artistic as well as spiritual. He challenged us to embrace and hone our gifts. He dipped into Exodus 31:1-11, the first time the phrase, "I have f...

Pastor Linda Warren prayed over  Joyce and I this morning: For refreshing from our full schedules at MasterWorks and for upcoming projects, including Polycarp, the film in which I'll be performing on Tuesday, and for the trip we're leading to Russia during the Winter Olympics. Joyce ...

I saw more talent in the last 45 minutes than I have in the last month in Hollywood.
-- Muse Watson
After coaching MasterWorks students