RichDrama - Blog #TeensRichDrama - Blog #Teenshttps://www.richdrama.com/blog/tag/TeensFri, 19 Jun 2026 02:25:02 -0700http://zoho.com/sites/<![CDATA[Freedom: William Bradford and the American Pilgrims]]>https://www.richdrama.com/blog/post/freedom-william-bradford-and-american
A blessed Thanksgiving, everyone! 

Brinkman Adventures has made both volumes of their audio drama, Freedom: William Bradford and the American Pilgrims available. 

We love that they show how clearly the Pilgrims were motivated by the desire to worship the Lord according to Scripture and not the dictates of men, how they dedicated America to the spreading of the Gospel, and how they address the concerns of those trying to tear down our history, showing how flawed people did the best they could under extraordinary circumstances. 

I asked the director, Ian Bultman, to explain how he got the idea for the project, and he wrote:
We started this after meeting some Christians who run the Jenny Interpretive Center while visiting Plymouth. They planted the idea to do an episode as 2020 was the 400th anniversary. Because Jenny was a ministry, I saw them as missionaries to American and felt they fit our format perfectly.  Soon I realized this wasn't about the Jenny, it was about Bradford and the Pilgrims. The story hits on so many things we are dealing with today in America. Freedom of conscience and freedom to practice our faith unhindered by government; race relations; how to deal with a society that treats us unjustly; suffering for/with Christ; loving our enemies; a pandemic. In hindsight I really see God's hand leading us to this project three years ago before everything that's happened in the US.  I see this as a reminder to America of it's roots and heritage. A warning to those who wish to go back to tyranny. And a reminder to the church how to live in troubling times.   Freedom was going to be two or three episodes. As I studied and wrote, it kept growing. At one point I was stressing over the length and sensed the Lord say 'tell the story and don't worry about how many episodes it will take. So at that point I did just that. There was only one 3 minute portion I wasn't able to tell due to space (we'll be including it on CD as an easter egg bonus track).  
Here's his prayer:
Lord, as the intercessors across this country listen, encourage their hearts and faith through the faith and actions of these Pilgrim Fathers who now stand among the cloud of witnesses.   May each listening be reminded that they too are pilgrims, strangers in a foreign land, serving as ambassadors for You with the Good News that each may be reconciled to you through the blood of Jesus.  Help us find ways to get this story circulated across the country this year and may it ultimately be pleasing to you and bring glory to Your name. In your Son's name, amen

In Part 1 I play the roles of Charles Deane (introduced at 8:27 in Disc 1, track 1) and Richard Clyfton (introduced at 2:01 in Disc 1, track 2).

In Part 2 I play Samoset and an unnamed Native American.


I wrote about this and two other Pilgrim projects I've worked on for  www.HeadlinePrayer.org: " Pilgrims Past, Future… and Present."
  

 In Mayflower II we play a couple in the not-so-distant future who host an illegal Bible study that uses Scripture that's been deleted from the government-approved version. Rich's character is an engineer working on the Mayflower II, a spacecraft built to take believers to Mars, the only place left for religious freedom... or is it? 

]]>Fri, 19 Nov 2021 20:05:00 -0500<![CDATA[Searching for Peace]]>https://www.richdrama.com/blog/post/searching-for-peace
This short film from this summer's  Rocky Mountain Christian Filmmakers Camp was posted in late August. 


You can  book a live performance of Rich Swingle's The Revelation: www.RichDrama.com/TheRevelation. 


]]>Wed, 06 Oct 2021 19:49:00 -0400<![CDATA[Alone in the Fog]]>https://www.richdrama.com/blog/post/alone-in-fog
One of the films we produced this summer at the Rocky Mountain Christian Filmmakers Camp was just posted:


We'll post a more lighthearted one soon, so watch for that. Also, we'll open registration sometime next month, so watch your inbox for the announcement. Last year the acting side filled up the same day we opened registration. 

I play a lead in  Providence, which  you can bring to your area.

]]>Tue, 05 Oct 2021 14:43:00 -0400<![CDATA[The Screenwriters]]>https://www.richdrama.com/blog/post/TheScreenwriters
I'm excited to have played the Hollywood director Forrest "Woodsy" Woods in this fun 1940's film about a couple of writers who are locked in a room and can't come out until the script is done... at 8am the next morning.

It debuted to a packed room with about 50 people standing at the Christian Worldview Film Festival in San Antonio, March 2015. It received the Audience Choice Award Runner Up. 

Jason Burkey plays one of the writers. He played the lead role in For the Glory in which I played his soccer coach.

Jenn Gotzon plays the ingenue, and Jim McKeny is my character's producer. Jenn and Jim both performed in Alone Yet Not Alone with me, as did several of the behind-the-scenes folks, including executive producer George Escobar and casting director Rebekah Cook, who played our daughter in Indescribable.

               You can watch the film, and me order a coffee at a local shop in character:               

I got to report on this overwhelmingly positive experience at Westchester Chapel:



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