<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><!-- generator=Zoho Sites --><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><atom:link href="https://www.richdrama.com/blog/tag/Nathan-Clarkson/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>RichDrama - Blog #Nathan Clarkson</title><description>RichDrama - Blog #Nathan Clarkson</description><link>https://www.richdrama.com/blog/tag/Nathan-Clarkson</link><lastBuildDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:39:37 -0700</lastBuildDate><generator>http://zoho.com/sites/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Mayflower II]]></title><link>https://www.richdrama.com/blog/post/MayflowerII</link><description><![CDATA[Joyce and I performed the rolls of Ferris and Danae Chapman in this outstanding film shot in and near Calgary. It's available at www.MayflowerII.com .& ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="zpcontent-container blogpost-container "><div data-element-id="elm_Ujm8uqdBQ_6wPP1nSoa8yQ" data-element-type="section" class="zpsection "><style type="text/css"></style><div class="zpcontainer-fluid zpcontainer"><div data-element-id="elm_rvxqySJHT8Ck4ojUINTRwQ" data-element-type="row" class="zprow zprow-container zpalign-items- zpjustify-content- " data-equal-column=""><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_IBganIwdQ1qzk409HYOTYg" data-element-type="column" class="zpelem-col zpcol-12 zpcol-md-12 zpcol-sm-12 zpalign-self- "><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_2fk--gwpSuCIOKQR4S1tkw" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style></style><div class="zptext zptext-align-center " data-editor="true"><div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align:left;"><a href="http://content.screencast.com/users/RichSwingle/folders/Jing/media/21598cfa-103a-4ce9-a0f1-e781d99bea18/00000606.png" style="clear:left;float:left;margin-bottom:1em;margin-right:1em;"><img border="0" class="embeddedObject" height="200" src="http://content.screencast.com/users/RichSwingle/folders/Jing/media/21598cfa-103a-4ce9-a0f1-e781d99bea18/00000606.png" width="134"></a>Joyce and I performed the rolls of Ferris and Danae Chapman in this outstanding film shot in and near Calgary. <br><br>It's available at <a href="http://www.MayflowerII.com">www.MayflowerII.com</a>.&nbsp; </div>
<div dir="ltr" style="text-align:left;"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align:left;"><p class="p1" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14.7px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;margin:0px;">Here's a recording of Greg Lammiman (writer/producer) and&nbsp;<span style="font-size:14.7px;">Dallas Lammiman (director) after the film screened at the 2021 <a href="http://www.InternationalCFF.org" target="_blank">International Christian Film and Music Festival</a>:</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14.7px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;margin:0px;"><span style="font-size:14.7px;"><br></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14.7px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;margin:0px;"><span style="font-size:14.7px;"><a href="https://rumble.com/embed/vn3lft/?pub=a50cx" target="_blank">https://rumble.com/embed/vn3lft/?pub=a50cx</a></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14.7px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;margin:0px;"><br></p><p class="p1" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14.7px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;margin:0px;">You can watch Joyce and I accept the Best Screenplay award on behalf of Greg Lammiman at the International Christian Film and Music Festival by&nbsp;<a href="https://tv.24flix.com/programs/icff-2021-main-show-awards-ceremony-26550-c8e8d2"><span class="s1" style="color:rgb(27, 66, 117);">clicking here</span></a>. It starts at 1h, 47m, 49s.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></p></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="text-align:left;"><br><a href="http://content.screencast.com/users/RichSwingle/folders/Jing/media/21961492-8d9d-4b5a-9e5b-8a4fe79ddf19/00000499.png" style="clear:right;float:right;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:1em;"><img border="0" class="embeddedObject" height="200" src="http://content.screencast.com/users/RichSwingle/folders/Jing/media/21961492-8d9d-4b5a-9e5b-8a4fe79ddf19/00000499.png" width="123"></a>This is the <a href="http://blog.richdrama.com/search/label/films%20in%20which%20we%20play%20husband%20and%20wife">fourth time we've played husband and wife</a>, and the third in 2014! <br><br><a href="http://content.screencast.com/users/RichSwingle/folders/Jing/media/2353c36e-9dde-42af-b9bf-23b850f2c46d/00000618.png" style="clear:right;float:right;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:1em;"><img border="0" class="embeddedObject" src="http://content.screencast.com/users/RichSwingle/folders/Jing/media/2353c36e-9dde-42af-b9bf-23b850f2c46d/00000618.png" width="250"></a>Our characters are the parents of a young man who turns us in for being Christians, and I actually coached Jeremiah McFarland, who plays that young man for his audition as a part of the <a href="http://www.christianfilmmakerscamp.com/">Rocky Mountain Christian Filmmakers Camp</a> in Norwood, CO in June. His sister, Hannah, also went up to play a member of our cell group, an illegal Bible study in a futuristic world where North Americans must read from a government-approved Bible and attend an official church. <br><div style="text-align:left;"></div>
<br> Nathan Clarkson played a government official. He was an acting student of mine in 2005, the first year I directed the theatre program. I performed in his film <a href="http://www.richdrama.com/ConfessionsOfAProdigalSon">Confessions of a Prodigal Son</a>, starring Kevin Sorbo, almost exactly a year earlier than <i>Mayflower II</i>. <br><br> Here's Joyce's report on the project to our home church, <a href="http://www.westchesterchapel.org/">Westchester Chapel</a>: <br><br><a href="https://archive.org/embed/MayflowerIIReport" target="_blank">https://archive.org/embed/MayflowerIIReport</a><br></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align:left;"> I wrote about this and two other Pilgrim projects I've worked on for <a href="http://www.HeadlinePrayer.org">www.HeadlinePrayer.org</a>: &quot; <a href="https://ifapray.org/blog/pilgrims-past-future-and-present/" target="_blank">Pilgrims Past, Future… and Present</a>.&quot; </div>
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<div style="text-align:left;"> In&nbsp; <a href="http://www.RichDrama.com/Freedom" target="_blank"><i>Freedom: William Bradford and the American Pilgrims</i></a>&nbsp;I play several voices, including Richard Clyfton, the first pastor of the Pilgrims when they separated from the Church of England to avoid government control.&nbsp; </div>
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<span style="background-color:white;color:rgb(55, 64, 78);font-family:&quot;lucida grande&quot;, &quot;tahoma&quot;, &quot;verdana&quot;, &quot;arial&quot;, sans-serif;font-size:12.7273px;line-height:17.9972px;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2822280/">Confessions of a Prodigal Son</a></span><span style="background-color:white;color:rgb(55, 64, 78);font-family:&quot;lucida grande&quot;, &quot;tahoma&quot;, &quot;verdana&quot;, &quot;arial&quot;, sans-serif;font-size:12.7273px;line-height:17.9972px;">, in which I play a homeless man in LA,&nbsp;was written and produced by&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3598225/?ref_=nv_sr_1">Nathan Clarkson</a><span style="background-color:white;color:rgb(55, 64, 78);font-family:&quot;lucida grande&quot;, &quot;tahoma&quot;, &quot;verdana&quot;, &quot;arial&quot;, sans-serif;font-size:12.7273px;line-height:17.9972px;">, one of my former students</span><span style="background-color:white;color:rgb(55, 64, 78);font-family:&quot;lucida grande&quot;, &quot;tahoma&quot;, &quot;verdana&quot;, &quot;arial&quot;, sans-serif;font-size:12.7273px;line-height:17.9972px;">. He also plays the lead role!&nbsp;</span><br/><br/><span style="background-color:white;color:rgb(55, 64, 78);font-family:&quot;lucida grande&quot;, &quot;tahoma&quot;, &quot;verdana&quot;, &quot;arial&quot;, sans-serif;font-size:12.7273px;line-height:17.9972px;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001757/?ref_=tt_cl_t3">Kevin Sorbo</a> (<i>Hurcules, God's Not Dead</i></span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color:white;color:rgb(55, 64, 78);display:inline;font-family:&quot;lucida grande&quot;, &quot;tahoma&quot;, &quot;verdana&quot;, &quot;arial&quot;, sans-serif;font-size:12.7273px;line-height:17.9972px;">) plays a pastor, and another former student, Nathan's brother&nbsp;<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5742906/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1" style="color:rgb(59, 89, 152);cursor:pointer;text-decoration:none;">Joel Clarkson</a>, is the composer. Go Clarksons! Also, Nathan wrote a song for the closing credits.</span><br/><br/><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float:right;margin-left:1em;text-align:right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/services/mediarender/THISLIFE/001089509830/media/113930480533/medium/1529723875/enhance" style="clear:right;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/services/mediarender/THISLIFE/001089509830/media/113930480533/medium/1529723875/enhance" width="200"/></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align:center;">With Nathan Clarkson and Azel James,<br/> who plays the friend of Nathan's<br/> character.</td></tr></tbody></table> I fed the homeless once a week for about four years, so I have some personal stories that helped my prep. One guy owned a trucking business, but he got hooked on crack and lost the business, his family and his home. Another was drunk every time I saw him. I think that was his normal. I also did my <a href="http://richdrama.com/NewsBlog/2006/06/sociodrama-resources.html">masters thesis</a> at a drug and alcohol recovery center. They were all sober, but they had lots of stories. They all touched me deeply, so I hope my portrayal is respectful. <br/><br/><span style="background-color:white;color:rgb(55, 64, 78);font-family:&quot;lucida grande&quot;, &quot;tahoma&quot;, &quot;verdana&quot;, &quot;arial&quot;, sans-serif;font-size:12.7273px;">It is available on DVD and on Amazon Prime.</span><br/><br/><a href="//www.youtube.com/embed/GXpevoqpY2w?rel=0" target="_blank">//www.youtube.com/embed/GXpevoqpY2w?rel=0</a><br/><br/><a href="//www.youtube.com/embed/k8OfsPpe3sk" target="_blank">//www.youtube.com/embed/k8OfsPpe3sk</a><br/><br/><i>Christians may want to know:</i><br/><i>*College students drinking and doing drugs</i><br/><i>*Mention of <a href="http://praisemoves.com/about-praisemoves/why-a-christian-alternative-to-yoga/yoga-postures-are-offerings-to-hindu-gods/">yoga</a></i><br/><i>*Vandalism</i><br/><i>*Mention of hooking up and implication of pre-marital sex</i><br/><i>*Some uses of &quot;gosh&quot; could be mistaken for taking the Lord's name in vain</i><br/><i><br/></i> These elements are a a part of telling how <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2B15%3A11-32">the prodigal son</a> &quot; <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2B15%3A13&amp;version=ESVUK">...squandered his property in reckless living.</a>&quot; <br/><br/> Check out my other films at&nbsp; <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3061096/"><img border="0" class="embeddedObject" src="http://content.screencast.com/users/RichSwingle/folders/Jing/media/11d9a522-bf8e-4b9c-955a-8d6973f030df/00000839.png" width="25"/></a>. </div></div></div>
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