RichDrama - Blog #VirginiaRichDrama - Blog #Virginiahttps://www.richdrama.com/blog/tag/VirginiaSun, 12 Apr 2026 18:13:41 -0700http://zoho.com/sites/<![CDATA[The First Great Awakening]]>https://www.richdrama.com/blog/post/TheFirstGreatAwakening I was blessed to perform the voices for two roles in the latest Star Spangled Adventures episode. The episode explores the First Great Aw ]]>

Star Spangled Adventures

I was blessed to perform the voices for two roles in the latest Star Spangled Adventures episode. The episode explores the First Great Awakening, which was key to the securing our liberties as a nation. As the Gospel message reached across denominational lines our people came together. As they found freedom in Christ, they yearned for freedom from tyrannical rule. 


It's my earnest prayer that this little animated film will have a part in the rise of the Third Great Awakening that we're seeing as thousands gather on secular universities to worship the Lord, and hundreds at a time are baptized in fountains, pickup beds, and wherever they find water. 


I play the pastor in the opening scene droning on through the genealogies. 

Then I play George Whitefield, one of the catalysts for the First Great Awakening. In this screenshot Whitefield (right) is talking with his friend, a young Benjamin Franklin:

You can watch it for free. It's Episode 37 at LittlePatriotsLearning.com. There you can find lessons based on the First Great Awakening written for students from kindergarten through fifth grade. 


Here's a trailer:

Screenshots used by permission. 


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I was blessed to play several voices at a Virginia studio for an upcoming Star Spangled Adventures film celebrating our nation's history for our SuperCentennial.

The nomination was for the series.

We appreciate your prayers for the team as they work to finish the film. 

]]>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 11:43:19 -0500<![CDATA[Jesus Freaks]]>https://www.richdrama.com/blog/post/MakingJesusFreaksI was so blessed to perform in the upcoming film  Jesus Freaks !  It's based on events that happened in 1972, during the Jesus Movement.  I ]]>

Performed with the Sorbos

I was so blessed to perform in the upcoming film Jesus Freaks! It's based on events that happened in 1972, during the Jesus Movement. 


I play the adult son of a pastor who tries to stifle the uncontrollable work the Holy Spirit is doing in the youth of his church. My character's daughter is played by Octavia Flynn Sorbo (photo to the left), the daughter of Kevin and Sam Sorbo, who were also in the film, and their son Braeden plays one of the leads. 


The writer/director Nina May (First Lady, Daily Bread) is working on a distribution deal now. Join us in praying for as broad of an audience as possible. 


We saw a rough cut at its premiere. We're praying it will have a powerful impact on those who see it, and that it will help propel the revival that's rising on so many college and university campuses, including many secular schools. 


I was blessed that Cheryl Felicia Rhoads (left in photo to the right) and Mell Flynn (right in the photo to the right) of What's a Girl to Do? were also in our cast! Joyce and I connected with them at the premiere.  

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If you're near Rochester, NY, I hope you can join our performance of the radio drama Unlikely Wise Man. 

]]>Thu, 05 Dec 2024 11:58:10 -0500<![CDATA[Asbury Revival! Daily Updates ]]>https://www.richdrama.com/blog/post/asbury-revival-daily-updates
We're still trying to figure out when the last of the worshipers from the Asbury Outpouring left Hughes Auditorium (post a comment if you know), but we connected with two people who left at midnight after the Collegiate Day of Prayer service ended, so that seems to have been the official close. That means -- if you count the Collegiate Day of Prayer, which flowed out of the Asbury Outpouring -- February 8th's chapel at Asbury University went at least 374 hours. 

Friday the last of our contributions ran on Intercessors for America's Asbury Revival! Daily Updates. You can visit that page to see them all, but here are highlights from ours:

Friday, February 24
Rich: While driving home to New York City from Asbury University we passed through the Washington D.C. area for a family event. We prayed into the commissioning we sensed we have all been given from Asbury. On the drive down we prayed for IFA state prayer leaders as we drove through their states , so we also picked up Virginia and Delaware on the drive home:


Thursday, February 23
Rich: On Thursday, Feb. 16, a speaker at Asbury University (they are intentionally not introduced to keep the focus on the Lord) read from John 15, focusing on verse 4 (ESV): Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.


I have to point out that those empty seats were about to be filled! There were hundreds in the line waiting to get in. 

Also, I found out later, the anonymous speaker was Zach Meerkreebs, who preached in the service on February 8. After he was done with that one he texted his wife: "“Latest stinker. I’ll be home soon.” Three hundred and seventy four hours later the University felt they had to close that service to get back to being a university.

Tuesday, Feburary 21
Joyce: My first day, Tuesday, February 14, at the Asbury Outpouring, I spent less than a minute in Hughes Auditorium, the main venue for the worship services. Even so, the presence of the Lord was so tangible, I burst into tears.

Saturday, February 18
Rich: My favorite moment at Asbury University — and actually a favorite moment of my life — was early Tuesday morning, Valentine’s Day. I woke up and saw that it was 2:44 a.m. I remembered that Jeannine Brabon said she first experienced the Shekinah Glory fall at 3 a.m. on October 3, 1969, four months before the 185-hour revival. I wanted to be fresh for Tuesday’s Headline Prayer Live, so I asked the Lord if I should go. I just burst into tears remembering how I sensed Him say: ‘You need my permission?’


Friday, February 17
Joyce: Yesterday Rich Swingle, IFA contributing writer and prayer leader, spoke with a man who had been a classmate of Jeannine Brabon, who was instrumental in the 1970 Asbury revival. The man made an interesting comment about the differences between the two outpourings: The 1970 revival was marked by testimony, usually focused on repentance, and then with worship: this current outpouring seems to be marked by worship, followed by testimony of repentance, healing, and deliverance.

Thursday, February 16
Joyce: “Viral is not revival.” Joyce Swingle reports from on-site at Asbury University: We spoke to two professors. One mentioned that he realized he had assigned a group project for a Friday deadline and he thought it would be difficult for the students to get together to do the work. He queried his class and realized they were keeping up with the schoolwork. He also mentioned he and several of the professors were finding that the outpouring was not keeping students from their classes. Fewer were cutting than the professors expected. Seems this outpouring is not making the students indolent but industrious!

Tuesday, February 14
Rich (My original article): Chapel on February 8 at Asbury University went long…and as I write it’s still going! In 1970, a chapel service in the same Hughes Auditorium went 185 hours. Ever since I heard about it circa 1987, I’ve been praying — as many of you have — for another revival to break out! I believe revival is breaking out.

Praying Our Way to Asbury
Rich (this was a separate article): On our way to Asbury University for Tuesday’s Headline Prayer Live, we decided to pray over each state we drove through on the 11-hour drive from New York City. We also prayed for each of the state prayer leaders. It ends with us walking into Hughes Auditorium, where the revival went for 185 hours in 1970. This outpouring has been going over 150 hours as I write, and there’s a line stretching down the road to get in!


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

]]>Mon, 27 Feb 2023 00:09:00 -0500<![CDATA[For the Glory]]>https://www.richdrama.com/blog/post/for-glory


I played the role of Coach Sean Ryan in the film For the Glory. You can order a copy at ForTheGloryTheMovie.com or on digital download on Wallmart.com.

We also had several actors from the MasterWorks Theatre Program taking part, including Danny Cornett, who played the best friend of the protagonist.

http://player.vimeo.com/video/13656874
For The Glory teaser from For The Glory on Vimeo.

Here's an interview with Kurt Kuykendall, who's story is featured in the film. I play Kurt's college soccer coach, Sean Ryan. There's also a scene from the film in this clip.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/5lNbtPCHYk8

People had great things to say about it after it was screened at the Gideon Film Festival...

http://www.youtube.com/embed/dWI_oNYJs2g


Here's a great interview with producer, Chris Rogers. He starts talking about the film just after 6 minutes into this interview. 


More of my films are coming out soon. Be sure you're getting updates so you won't miss the announcements: RichDrama.com/Updates.

For more on the film visit ForTheGloryTheMovie.com.
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