August Strindberg’s play Easter

I was so blessed to play Elis in an online reading of August Strindberg’s play Easter with Salvation Army's Theatre 315. It's a play we strongly considered when I was directing the theatre program at the MasterWorks Festival, but we never did it because it has such a small cast. We all had a blast with it! Joyce and I had a long, deep conversation about it afterward. 

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

Victory at the Cross!

I do a dramatic reading of Scripture for our Good Friday service at Westchester Chapel. Dr. Linda Warren leads us through the Passion of Jesus Christ through teaching and testimonies of various members of our church family: Melanie S., Rachel Taylor, Pastor Jim Warren, Pastor Randy Solomon, and Jerry C. 

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If you want to know more about starting a relationship with Jesus Christ visit www.WestchesterChapel.org/Salvation.

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Watch the new film Three Days Later at www.TSC.NYC as a part of their Good Friday (Part 1) and Resurrection Day (Part 2) services. Rich plays one of Peter's accusers.

The Shepherd's Daughter on Palm Sunday

Joyce reprised the role of the Shepherd's Daughter for Palm Sunday. She performed her original piece in the Shepherd's Cave in Bethlehem. This is a new script for Holy Week. 

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Thanks for the privilege of experiencing a well crafted and presented exposition.

--David Hagen 

Goshen, Indiana

Glad I got to see this! I really enjoyed the character and her perspective. 

--L.Y. 

CT

Unbelievable Joyce!!! But so Believable, Praise the Lord!! 

--Tamara W. 

Ossining, NY

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

Three Days Later

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. 

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.

Three Days Later will be released on Good Friday (Part One), and on Easter (Part Two) on www.TSC.NYC.

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

Resurrection: A Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On!

I got to open this morning's service at Westchester Chapel with a dramatic reading of Matthew 27:45-54. Dr. Linda Warren brings the Resurrection Day teaching from Matthew 27:45-54 and 28:1-10.

Pastor Jim Warren in his
Easter best... a few years
ago.

Have a blessed Resurrection Day, everyone!

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This service is available for download free on iTunes, where you can also subscribe to our podcast. Search for "Westchester Chapel" on the iTunes Store.

If you want to know more about starting a relationship with Jesus Christ visit www.WestchesterChapel.org/Salvation.

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I Dreamed I Was Free tells the story of Quaker abolitionist John Woolman, who spoke against slavery a century before our Civil War.

Do You Know Him?

I was so blessed to take part in this Resurrection Day celebration by Anita Cordell, who's performed in four film projects with me.

It won Best Christian Message at the Content2020 Film Festival and Media Summit. 

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I play a lead in Providence, which you can bring to your area. It's one of the four films I worked on with Anita Cordell.

Son Rise Service

I hope you're able to attend an online Resurrection Day service, if not, send me a message in the form below and I'll send you an invite to our virtual service. In the meantime I invite you to supplement it with this service at Bethany Baptist Church, where I performed for their Resurrection Day service last year.

Click the arrow below, or if you're getting this in an email, visit www.Blog.RichDrama.com (4/12).

 Worship led by David Paul Hudgens. Dance by Nicki Hudgens. On that Good Friday I performed Journey to the Garden at Bethany Baptist Church. We could join forces and do that play with a worship set and close with the dance and resurrection for your community! Scroll down to Booking Info to start a conversation.

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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. 

The Story of Christ's Passion

We put together a dramatic reading of the story of Christ's Passion taken from all four Gospels. It is illustrated with works of classic artists over a music bed by John Fornof. This was conceived and performed live for the Good Friday service at Westchester Chapel Church of the Nazarene, April 10, 2020.

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We're revising it and will repost it later.

Artwork used by permission of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access.

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Rich will teach voice acting for The Lamplighter Guild for Creative Disciplines this summer: www.LamplighterGuild.com.

Holy Thursday

I got to open our service and read Psalm 118:1-5, 19-29 and Mark 14:32-42. Pastor Randy Solomon sums up our Men's Bible Study, Steps to the Cross, and brings the study to its conclusion in the Garden of Gethsemane. 

Click the arrow below, or if you're reading this in an email you can click this link, to play the service: 

This is a gethsemane in
Israel.

This service is available for download free on iTunes, where you can also subscribe to our podcast. Search for "Westchester Chapel" on the iTunes Store.












Pastor Randy mentions how Jesus healed the leper. The series The Chosen dramatizes that story very well: 

If you want to more about starting a relationship with Jesus Christ visit www.WestchesterChapel.org/Salvation.

Photo courtesy of NicolettiPhoto.com.

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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.