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Next week

Last night we attended the service where I'll perform Beyond the Chariots next week. The worship was awesome and the sermon inspiring. This morning's service will be at the Singapore Expo, and the pastor said that's the one that will be posted online. Don't miss it: http://FCBC.org.Sg. My favorite q...

08.21.10 10:42 PM - Comment(s)

Five Bells for 9/11 featured

Award winning author, Joan Bauer, featured my play, Five Bells for 9/11, on her website called Teaching 9-11. It's an amazing resource page for teachers and parents.

08.18.10 04:49 PM - Comment(s)

We've touched down in Singapore

08.18.10 02:32 PM - Comment(s)

We made it to Asia

We're at Tokyo's Narita Airport, waiting for our flight for Singapore.

08.18.10 05:09 AM - Comment(s)

Skimming the top of Canada

08.18.10 03:03 AM - Comment(s)

Hit by a Mac Truck

Olivia Munn gave her life to the Lord at TAM when she was 14. Now she's 22 and prepping for full-time ministry. She preached to her former peers (though some students were older than her). Her sermon challenged them to be bold for the Lord. She said if someone said she was hit by a Mac Truck you w...

08.17.10 12:09 PM - Comment(s)

Siyonora, New York City

The next time we have a view from the ground it will be at the airport in Tokyo, exchanging for a plane bound for Singapore: http://Itinerary.RichDrama.com.

08.17.10 09:42 AM - Comment(s)

Inspired all over again!

When I was in college, over 20 years ago, Curt Cloninger, pictured here with Patricia Mauceri and myself, performed his one-man plays God Views and Red Letter Edition in our chapel at what was then George Fox College (now University). It was the first time I'd ever seen a one-man play, a...

08.16.10 11:24 PM - Comment(s)

TAM Report

Here's my report on the TAM Conservatory at Westchester Chapel.

08.16.10 05:31 PM - Comment(s)

The Struggle

The Struggle

© Copyright 2010 by The Salvation Army

By Elisa K, DeeJay R, Belén B, Megan P and Rich Swingle.

Developed through sociodrama (www.RichDrama.com/Workshops) under the direction of Rich Swingle (www.RichDrama.com) for The Territorial Arts Ministries Conservatory (www.theTAMjam.com), ...

08.15.10 10:55 AM - Comment(s)

Tableaux on Times Square, part 1

08.15.10 01:48 AM - Comment(s)

Tableaux on Times Square, video of the turn

08.15.10 01:47 AM - Comment(s)

Tableaux on Times Square, part 2

08.15.10 01:45 AM - Comment(s)

Tableaux on Times Square, part 2 close up

About a dozen groups created tableaux at the exact same instant (more or less) on Times Square. We held each contrasting image for about a minute. The reactions were inspiring. I hope we do it again in the future. A Jewish man, who had just returned from Israel was begging for us to continue.

08.15.10 01:43 AM - Comment(s)

You Lead Me

Last night's finale to the TAM Conservatory was spectacular! Phil Laeger was commissioned to write a song for us, and wow did he blow us away. After the final performance last night we danced out singing the chorus, and not long after we were all in the lobby we started in again! This morning the c...

08.15.10 01:11 AM - Comment(s)

In the city

We've arrived in New York to see West Side story and create tableaux on Times Square.

08.11.10 09:36 PM - Comment(s)

Broadway Dreams

Carol Jaudes shared her one-woman musical, Broadway Dreams last night.

I've seen it three times, but I was still laughing and weeping just as much.

In the midst of songs she's sung over the years she told the story of how she was cast in CATS on Broadway, and how, after almost a decade in the longes...

08.11.10 07:16 PM - Comment(s)

Tableaux on Times Square

Tonight at 6:20 (or so), the TAM Conservatory ( http://theTAMjam.com), where I'm teaching and directing this week, will be dividing into groups and creating contrasting tableaux on Times Square. Someone will hold up a sign and the students and faculty will create a tableau based on that word. Then ...

08.11.10 11:58 AM - Comment(s)

Already delivered

The group I'm directing at the TAM Conservatory developed our piece through sociodrama ( http://RichDrama.com/Workshops). This morning we placed our scene in a hospital. We had our bed lined up by dinner! The IV drip is en route.

08.09.10 10:51 PM - Comment(s)

Helen Keller quoted at TAM

The theme of identity has already come up in our opening meeting for TAM, and now Carol Jaudes, who was a cast member with Susie Brown in CATS on Broadway and currently leads TAM, just quoted Helen Keller. Our theme at MasterWorks was identity and our play, The Miracle Worker, told the story of Hele...

08.08.10 10:46 AM - Comment(s)

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