RichDrama - Blog #Rich's FilmsRichDrama - Blog #Rich's Filmshttps://www.richdrama.com/blog/tag/Rich-s-FilmsFri, 01 May 2026 04:14:50 -0700http://zoho.com/sites/<![CDATA[Jesus Freaks]]>https://www.richdrama.com/blog/post/JesusFreaksI was blessed to perform in a few scenes with Kevin and Sam Sorbo in the film  Jesus Freaks.  Also, their daughter Octavia Flynn Sorbo pl ]]>

Now Available

I was blessed to perform in a few scenes with Kevin and Sam Sorbo in the film Jesus Freaks. Also, their daughter Octavia Flynn Sorbo plays my character's daughter. 


The film is now available, and you can rent or buy it at www.JesusFreaksMovie.com. 

Here's the trailer:

We were blessed to attend two premieres.


The first was a surprise to the filmmaker's husband. Nina May created the film as a 50th anniversary gift. What a rush to be in the theatre and yell, "Surprise!!!" when he walked in! The film is roughly based on the story of their courtship. 

The second premiere was at the Museum of the Bible in downtown Washington, D.C. Braeden Sorbo, who plays the male lead, was in attendance, along with our friends from What's a Girl to Do? Cheryl Felicia Rhoads and Mell Flynn. 


Cheryl and I had another cast reunion with Cynthia McDowell, Christian Alzona, and Bellina Lambdin who performed with us in Star Spangled Adventures. Cheryl was casting director for Jesus Freaks and Star Spangled Adventures. 


We were also super blessed to see Isabella R. Lash (pictured here) at the premiere. She was a former student of mine at the MasterWorks Festival. She plays a friend and mentor of the lead in Jesus Freaks.


CBN just aired an interview with Nina about her film: 

Jesus Freaks tells an East Coast story of the Jesus People Movement of the '70s. Pray it helps fuel the current Revival rising around the world. 


Click here for my post after we filmed it.


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Jesus Revolution tells the story of the Jesus People Movement from the West Coast perspective. You can catch my articles and interviews about that film at www.RichDrama.com/blog/tag/Jesus-Revolution.

]]>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 14:56:05 -0400<![CDATA[Five Truths About The American Miracle]]>https://www.richdrama.com/blog/post/five-truths-about-the-american-miracle Here’s Joyce’s second article about The American Miracle, in which I play the attorney general ]]>

Today is its last day in theaters

Here’s Joyce’s second article about The American Miracle, in which I play the attorney general of Delaware at the Constitutional Convention of 1787: 

Timothy P. Mahoney addresses the crowd at The Kennedy Center before screening The American Miracle. Photo credit: Harry Medved, Fathom Entertainment

Lord, thank You for revealing the truth about Your role in our nation. Thank You for correcting distortions about American history. Let the record be cleared up!

The American Miracle: Our Nation Is No Accident from acclaimed filmmaker Timothy P. Mahoney (Patterns of Evidence, Thinking Man films, Heroic Pictures) is in theaters as a Fathom Events coast-to-coast on Monday, June 9 through Wednesday, June 11.

We shared five interviews from The Kennedy Center premiere in Saturday’s article. Here are the remaining interviews with Pat Boone (played Thomas Jefferson), Michael Medved (whose book was made into this film), Ben Carson, Kevin Sorbo (played Younger Thomas Jefferson), Nicole C. Mullen (who plays a slave who sued for her liberty and whose song “Freedom” closes the film), and many more:


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Here are all the interviews we did at The Kennedy Center premiere: 

If you watch the video above, eventually you’ll see all the interviews we did at The Kennedy Center, but if you don’t have time for them all here are links to take you directly to each:


Pat Boone (Played Older Thomas Jefferson)

Michael Medved (Author of the book The American Miracle)

Benjamin Franklin and James Madison (Played by Barry Stevens and Kyle Jenks, who played John Adams in the film)

Ben Carson

Colonel James Gallagher, USAF (Ret) (Revolutionary Era historian)

Nicole C. Mullen (Played Elizabeth “Member” Freeman)

Kevin and Sam Sorbo (Kevin played Younger Thomas Jefferson in the film and the teaser that follows the credits)

James Arnold Taylor (Played Daniel Webster)

Jana Novak (Co-author of George Washington’s God: Religion, Liberty, and the Father of Our Country)

Jane Hampton Cook (U.S. presidential historian)

George and Martha Washington (Played by Dan and Kelly Shippey)

Mary Thompson (Historian from George Washington’s home at Mt. Vernon)

Younger George Washington (Played by Ryan Williams)

William Lee (Played by Quinton Castle)

Libby Smallbone (Played Hannah Ashley)

Paul Kengor (His book was made into the movie Reagan)

Rachel Day Hughes (Played Abigail Adams)

Her Excellency Elita Kuzma Ambassador of the Republic of Latvia to the United States

Kera O’Bryon (Played Mary Ball Washington)

Gary Modlish (Played John Quincy Adams)

Barry Price (Played General William Howe)

David Callanan (Played Lieutenant Colonel John Fitzgerald)

Max Nolan (Played a doctor from Barbados)

Reenactors

Rich Swingle (Played Gunning Bedford)

Joyce Swingle’s closing prayer

From Saturday’s article:

Ralf W. Augstroze (Executive Producer and Producer)

Douglas B. Maddox (Executive Producer and Producer)

Timothy P. Mahoney (Director)

Jodie Thompson Jr (Executive Producer)

John Grooters (Screenwriter)


Here are our closing thoughts after seeing the premiere at The Kennedy Center:

After we submitted the article above, we found this marvelous music video of Nicole C. Mullen's "Freedom," which she re-released for this film:

We led Intercessors for America in praying for the film and in praying over other articles, like the "mostly peaceful" protests in LA on Headline Prayer Live: 

Here's an excerpt Intercessors for America pulled out for www.HeadlinePrayer.org:

Joyce and I are on Headline Prayer the second and fifth Tuesdays each month. To get email alerts, sign up at www.RichDrama.com/blog/post/Prayer.


               After the premiere I was blessed to tell Nicole C. Mullen about my one-man play I Dreamed I Was Free, telling a story of freedom that precedes the story of her character by two decades. 
]]>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 09:00:14 -0400<![CDATA[The American Miracle]]>https://www.richdrama.com/blog/post/the-american-miracle Joyce and I were so blessed to attend the premiere of  The American Miracle  at The Kennedy Center in Washington, ]]>

The Kennedy Center Premiere, Part 1

The first of many interviews, this was with Kyle Jenks (left) and Barry Stevens (center). Photo Credit: Harry Medved, Fathom Entertainment.

Joyce and I were so blessed to attend the premiere of The American Miracle at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Joyce's first of two articles posted today on 


Lord, thank You for The American Miracle: Our Nation Is No Accident film that corrects history and shows Your divine hand in forming this nation.


The American Miracle is alive and well!


And IFA was there to witness it.


My husband, Rich Swingle (IFA contributing writer and prayer host), and I attended the red carpet premiere of The American Miracle: Our Nation Is No Accident, a film based on the first chapters of Michael Medved’s book of the same title.

Here are the first few interviews:

The rest of the interviews and Joyce's second article will post to www.HeadlinePrayer.org on Tuesday, and we'll put them here later that day. 


The American Miracle will be in theaters coast-to-coast June 9-11. 


If you're in the New York City area, we'll be seeing it for the second time on the 10th at 7 p.m. at Apple Cinemas White Plains.


Wherever you live you can find the closest theaters to you: 

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On Tuesday, we’ll share more red carpet interviews with Michael Medved, whose book was the foundation for this film, key cast members — including Pat Boone, Nicole C. Mullen, and Kevin Sorbo — and other key contributors, plus Ben Carson, who was in attendance.

One of the interviews we'll post Tuesday is with Rachel Day Hughes who plays Abigail Adams. Photo Credit: Harry Medved, Fathom Entertainment.
]]>Sat, 07 Jun 2025 15:55:56 -0400<![CDATA[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Owner's Manual]]>https://www.richdrama.com/blog/post/a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-the-owners-manualSo this happened hours after the last episode (#2) of What's a Girl to Do? aired...]]>

Life Imitates Art

So this happened hours after the last episode (#2) of What's a Girl to Do? aired...

Catch tonight's episode, which will debut at 7 p.m. Eastern, and then will show again at 11 p.m. Eastern. Or if you miss it, you can watch it on demand.


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A huge thank you to all who gave on my birthday toward our upcoming missions trip to Europe! It covered an unexpected expense that arose the day before! God is SO GOOD! 

Help us cross the finish line!
]]>Sat, 01 Jun 2024 09:48:49 -0400<![CDATA[Reflect on the Word]]>https://www.richdrama.com/blog/post/reflect-on-the-wordI got to teach on 2 Timothy 2:7 for Westchester Chapel. I included a video I created of me as Evan Roberts, as if he preached on that passage at Moriah Chapel in Loughor, Wales, while reflecting on the Welsh Revival of 1904/05. It's adapted from Songs of Revival: Hungry After God Himself...]]>

The Lord Will Give You Insight into All This

I got to teach on 2 Timothy 2:7 for Westchester Chapel. I included a video I created of me as Evan Roberts, as if he preached on that passage at Moriah Chapel in Loughor, Wales, while reflecting on the Welsh Revival of 1904/05. It's adapted from Songs of Revival: Hungry After God Himself:

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Songs of Revival: Hungry After God Himself is available soon after we get back from Europe in August: www.GiveSendGo.com/ChariotsParisEdinburgh.

Book Songs of Revival: Hungry After God Himself
]]>Sun, 14 Apr 2024 17:15:54 -0400<![CDATA[The Diary of Perpetua Is Now Streaming]]>https://www.richdrama.com/blog/post/TheDiaryOfPerpetua
Last night -- on the 1,820th anniversary of Perpetua's execution --  The Diary of Perpetua was streamed, and we got to answer questions from the audience as cast and crew: 


Find out more about this wonderful project and how it's an answer to my prayer from 1991 by clicking here.

See the rest of Olympic champion Eric Liddell's Chariots of Fire story in Beyond the Chariots. Watch it online and book a live performance. 

]]>Wed, 08 Mar 2023 12:16:00 -0500<![CDATA[Horatio Spafford Introduces "It Is Well" for the Global Hymn Sing]]>https://www.richdrama.com/blog/post/ItIsWell
On Sunday over 700,000 people around the globe joined in the Global Hymn Sing, hosted by Keith and Kristyn Getty ( www.GlobalHymnSing.com). Our contribution was to portray Horatio and Anna Spafford introducing this year's hymn, "It Is Well."
I'm always looking for the fingerprints of the Lord, and this week I noticed that within 22 hours I was a part of projects from four centuries:
18th c.: Wed., 6:30 p.m.: Coached an actress on her German accent for a project I haven't gotten permission to talk about yet
20th c.: Wed., 7:30 p.m.: Portrayed a Scotsman and a Frenchman in the audio drama Titanic Waif
21st c.: Wed., 8:30ish p.m.: Played Wesley (and other characters) in a read through for What's a Girl to Do?
19th c.: Thur., 2:00 p.m.: Portrayed Horatio Spafford introducing "It Is Well." 
Jasmine reconnected with us and her roommate 
from college while in NYC.
I pointed this out to Jasmine Myers, director of The Diary of Perpetua, and she said she was editing one of my scenes during that window of time, and though it is shot as a modern piece, the story we're telling takes place in the 2nd c., so that's five centuries in one chronological day, and all of the projects point to the Lord's goodness over time! 

By the way, Jasmine was kind enough to show us a rough cut of The Diary of Perpetua as it stands now, and we're VERY excited about how it's looking! 

In 2018 Rich joined the Global Hymn Sing by portraying Eric Liddell, of Chariots of Fire, leading "Jesus Shall Reign": www.RichDrama.com/EricLiddellHymnSing. See the rest of Olympic champion Eric Liddell's Chariots of Fire story in Beyond the Chariots. Watch it online and book a live performance. 
]]>Tue, 19 Oct 2021 18:56:00 -0400<![CDATA[Three Days Later]]>https://www.richdrama.com/blog/post/ThreeDaysLater
Tonight I was at a cast and crew screening of Three Days Later, a film that tells the story of the Passion and Resurrection of the Lord in such a unique and creative way. We’re in the upper room with the disciples after the crucifixion as they battle their doubts. Those who raise hope and faith have them batted down by their friends. We hear stories that only some of the disciples had experienced, which makes them so fresh. I’m so blessed to have had the small role of one of Peter’s accusers in a flashback.

Many of you prayed that the forecasted rain would be stopped, but the Lord answered through creative staging: They used a covered alley! Cast, crew and equipment stayed dry, but the rain fell so consistently in the background that it became another character in the story of Peter’s depression.


Times Square Church played Part 1 on Good Friday and Part 2 on Resurrection Day, but you can watch the whole film below...

March 1, 2021

A prayer of my heart from about 1994 was answered last night. 

When I was a boy Mom read The Cross and the Switchblade to us. If you're not familiar with that title, it tells the story of how David Wilkerson felt called by the Lord to leave his rural surroundings and go to New York City to minister among gang members. It was quite dramatic and captured my imagination. 

When the Lord called me from my rural setting to New York City in 1993, shortly after discovering that David Wilkerson had founded Times Square Church I attended one of their services. I walked into the Mark Hellinger Theatre, the Broadway theatre where they meet, and I prayed that one day I'd get to be a part of one of their productions. 
Last night I performed in their post-apocalyptic Passion project, Three Days Later. I play Xavier, the third person to accuse Peter of knowing the Lord. 


I give the Lord the glory for answering this prayer so many decades later... but right on time.

Keep scrolling for my thoughts that night from the Times Square Church stage...


  I released “Pentecost: Beyond the Imagination,” a scene from my one-man play, The Acts, at www.RichDrama.com/Pentecost.


]]>Sun, 28 Mar 2021 02:59:00 -0400<![CDATA[Washington's Armor]]>https://www.richdrama.com/blog/post/WashingtonsArmor
I got to I got to perform in the upcoming series of three films Washington's Armor and I was also their dialect coach. 

The films show the many ways young George Washington's life was preserved, and how he had a sense that the Lord was protecting him for something important. 

The Journey is available on Vimeo.  

Washington’s Armor: The Journey will begin streaming on Epoch TV on demand, starting at 11 p.m. Central on February 21. You can watch a  behind-the-scenes documentary there now for free.

I played a cook who sings to his pigs and helped all 32 speaking actors work on nine accents: Received pronunciation, Scouse (Liverpool), French, French Canadian, Dutch, Delaware Native (Lanape), and three variations of Early American accents. 

The most challenging was the Delaware Native accent, because people who spoke it exclusively before learning English have not been alive for two or three generations. I found a talking dictionary and chart of letters that helped.

Click below to watch the trailer and interview, or if you're receiving this in an email, visit www.RichDrama.com/WashingtonsArmor.


Here's a great interview with our producer/director, Tammy Lane:


Here's a behind the scenes video put together by my friend Dean Mountford: https://www.youtube.com/embed/1e7LQIWgfKk

I Dreamed I Was Free tells the story of Quaker abolitionist John Woolman, who spoke against slavery a century before our Civil War, around the same time of the Young George Washington's adventures.


]]>Fri, 26 Feb 2021 16:55:00 -0500<![CDATA[2nd Chances]]>https://www.richdrama.com/blog/post/2ndChances
2nd Chances is now available on Amazon and Tubi.
I got to perform in what is now my favorite movie!

This article gives you the basics: LOCAL BROTHERS TAP NATIONAL TALENT FOR FAITH-BASED FILM PROJECT
What a joy to work with these young servants of the Lord! 

I love it because it's such a powerful picture of how the Lord can transform a life, even one broken by pain, guilt and loss. No one is beyond the Lord's reach.

Here's the trailer...

Moments before the photo to the right was taken, Joshua K. Carpenter said I looked familiar to him. Then he pulled out his phone and showed me the poster at the top of this post. He'd been weighing in on it because his distribution company was working with Steadfast Pictures to release the film.


So it was tremendously cool when Joshua presented the Audience Choice Actor of the Year Award, opened the envelope and read my name! 

God is up to wonderful things with 2nd Chances!!!
I play a lead in Providence, which I like to call a feature-length music video.
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