Interview After Performance at the Carnegie Hall of Kansas

I recently performed I Dreamed I Was Free at the Brown Grand Opera House, which I'm calling the Carnegie Hall of Kansas. The Brown Grand recently celebrated its 115th birthday. 

 

Former Civil War officer Colonel Napoleon Bonaparte Brown had the opera house built with inspirations from the architecture of the Ford Theatre, so just before covering Let Us Worship in Washington, D.C., we toured the Ford, where President Lincoln was shot. One of the differences is that the Brown Grand has a second balcony, whereas the Ford has one.

After performing I Dreamed I Was Free I struck up a conversation with a young man who mentioned that he's starting up a podcast, Scripture Vectors. I asked if he'd want to interview me, and so we did it right on the spot! It just posted today: Rich Swingle Interview About John Woolman and Sharing our Faith.

The day after I Dreamed I Was Free I spoke to Teens in Christ and led them in Enacted Prayer. From there we walked to a local park and I performed Big Fish Little Worm. How wonderful to have the words of Scripture amplified through Concordia, KS! The local paper even picked it up...

 

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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.

How Villains in Film Can Direct Our Prayers

Intercessors for America posted my interview with Todd Terry, who plays the main role in the hit series, Vindication: "How Villains in Film Can Direct Our Prayers." In this part of the interview he talks about his work in Running the Bases and Pursuit of Freedom.

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Today could be the last day all three of these films are in a theater near you. Check local listings.

I've done interviews with creatives from all three and an article on Lifemark: www.RichDrama.com/HeadlinePrayer.  

Lifemark Is Extended in Most Theaters

Audiences have spoken, and the one-week run of Lifemark in 1,500 theaters in 48 states has been extended in most theaters. Check www.LifemarkMovie.com to see if it will be in your local community next week. One way or the other, be sure to see it soon! 

Here's an interview I did at Content2022 Film Festival and Media Summit with Stephanie Parker, who plays Azure in the film:

Here are Alex and Stephen Kendrick celebrating the extensions and praying over the theaters: 

 

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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. 

Interview on the Synergy Network Worldwide

I was so blessed to do an interview last night with Margie Santos of Synergy Network Worldwide! 

We talked about the upcoming Christ Over Career National Kickoff on August 19 and 20, Christian Worldview Film Festival, the Great Lakes Christian Film Festival, Content22 Film Festival and Media Summit, and much more. 

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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. 

Christ Over Career on The Gate

George Flores interviewed Cameron Arnett and myself about the Christ Over Career National Kickoff, and the interview will be airing starting Sunday, August 14th as follows:

Sunday, August 14th - 8:40 am

Monday, August 15th - 9:40 pm

Tuesday, August 16th - 1:40 pm

Wednesday, August 17th - 8:40 am

Thursday, August 18th - 9:40 pm

Friday, August 19th - 1:40 pm

Saturday, August 20th - 7:40 am

When you go to TheGateRadio.org hit LISTEN NOW at the times and dates designated, and you will be able to hear the interview.  

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

Lean Not on Your Own Understanding

I was blessed to be interviewed by Alan Shires on his podcast:

Listen on most podcasting platforms. Links at https://linktr.ee/faithandfamous.

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Here are the two plays I mention in the interview...

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. 

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

Faith on Film

I did this interview with Isaac Hernandez on Parables TV from the Lincoln Memorial while we were in Washington, DC, for Prayer March 2020 and The Return. Isaac saw me portray Hudson Taylor and Lazarus at Content 19. 

Here are links to some of the things I talked about:

Plays

Sermons

Reviving the Revivalists

John Wesley

Films

The Farmer and the Belle

Mayflower II

It’s a life Worth Living

The Adventum

Performances and workshops in Japan didn't happen due to the lockdowns

Christopher Awards (not Christy Awards)

Amazing Grace

Updates

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

Interview on Arts & Entertainment with Deborah Gilbert

I was interviewed on Arts and Entertainment with Deborah Gilbert recently: 

I close by talking about my one-man play Five Bells for 9/11, which is free through tomorrow night (9/22) at www.RichDrama.com/FiveBells. 

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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.

Gemma Wenger's Hollywood

I was delighted to do this interview with Gemma Wenger at the International Christian Film and Music Festival. We talked about my work in the film 2nd Chances, which was recently released. 

Joshua Carpenter joins the interview and talks about how he recognized me, and I won't spoil the discovery of why. The world got smaller and the Kingdom bigger that night, when Joshua presented the award for Audience Choice Actor of the Year. 

 

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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.

Lamplighter Guild highlights

We had such a profoundly impacting week at the Lamplighter Guild! 

The students I was working with started with enacted prayers of actual prayer requests. Then we used sociodrama to weave those real prayers into a fictional drama. I was so proud of how we worked together to create a new work tracking a young lady from Salvation to discipleship to presenting the Gospel to a lost soul, paralleling the theme of the week, Foundations to Fulfillment: Fear-less + Faith-full. 

There were many special guests, including Eric Ludy, who challenged us to parkour with joy over the obstacles of life.  Dr. Lew Sterrett broke a wild horse and was riding her in just over an hour, during which he was connecting insights from working with wild horses to raising and discipling teens. Profound! We were also blessed by recording artist Ginny Owens. 

This epiphany after Ginny's concert was the spiritual highlight of the week for me:

Posted by Rich Swingle on Wednesday, July 21, 2021

Here's the short film created by the Filmmaking Department, taught up by Aaron Burns (Washington's Armor, Overcomer, Beyond the Mask) and Paul Anderson (working full time for the Kendrick Brothers): 

This is a recap video:

Here's an interview I did for Lamplighter's podcast, Fastened Like Nails: 

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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. 

Interview on The Gate

I was interviewed on The Gate Radio by my friend George Flores. I let him know that I'd released the scene about Pentecost from my one-man play The Acts, and he invited me to talk about that and several of my other projects as well.

It will was aired at various times between May 29 and June 1 on The Gate Radio. I got permission to post it here for those of you who missed it:



Here are links to some of the things I spoke about:

The Adventum
Beyond the Chariots
www.RichDrama.com
Five Bells for 9/11
I Dreamed I Was Free
The Revelation
Big Fish Little Worm
The Acts
www.RichDrama.com/Pentecost

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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.

Interview on Creative Arts Fellowship

This was a fun interview Joyce and I did with our friends John and Paula Kasica, who run Creative Arts Fellowship in St. Louis.

If you're reading this in an email you can watch at www.Blog.RichDrama.com (4/27).

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

Interview about Revelation the Musical on The Gate Radio

I recently got to do an interview on The Gate Radio with George Flores, who I've known since the mid-90's. We even made their front page! Here's the direct link to the full page.

Here are links to things we talked about in the interview:

Revelation the Musical
Dustin Ceithamer
Jonathon Blair
www.RichDrama.com/UpdatesNYC
www.RichDrama.com/TheRevelation
Mastermedia.com
TheHang.NYC
Melissa Mollner

If you missed it, there's one more airing Saturday at 7:40 AM.

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There are still openings for the Rocky Mountain Christian Filmmakers Camp and the Christian Artist Mentoring Project this summer, where I'll be teaching acting for film (RMCFC) and stage (CAMP).

Story Weaver

When I was performing in Escape from the Eagle's Nest and The Giant Killer for Lamplighter Theatre, I did an interview with Becky Bailey. She recently shared the interview with her Theatre Catalyst Group at Regent University.

Click the image below of either the short clip or the unedited interview, or if you're receiving this through an email visit www.Blog.RichDrama.com.

Here's the short clip she shared:


And here's the whole, unedited interview:


Here are more links to topics I mentioned:
Olympics
Bezaleel
Lamplighter Guild
Patrick Powell
John Fornof

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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.

Interview on The Gate

Last month I did some interviews, ads and station identifiers for long-time friend, George Flores, on The Gate, international internet radio! We had people listening in from all over the US, Haifa, the Ukraine, Germany and more. I did station identifiers with greetings in several different languages. Such fun!

George kindly allowed me to post it here:



Here's the schedule for the main interview:

December 10, 8:40 AM Eastern
December 11, 9:40 PM Eastern
December 12, 1:30 PM Eastern
December 13, 8:40 AM Eastern
December 14, 9:40 PM Eastern
December 15, 7:40 AM Eastern

Here are links to some of the things we talked about:

• My Grandma: www.RichDrama.com/HildaMiller
• Big Fish / Little Worm
• The Revelation
• The Acts
• A Clear Leading
• Beyond the Chariots (www.RichDrama.com/BtC)
• Full list of my plays
• Israel
• Jordan
• Russia
• Beijing
• Singapore
• London
• Full list of nations where I've performed
• Beyond the Mask
• Providence
• In His Steps
• Alone Yet Not Alone

You can listen to The Gate via their phone app or via www.IHOPEG.org/thegate.

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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.

Second Interview with Harold Hendrick

Here are links to things I spoke about in my second interview with Harold Hendrick, which will air on KSIV-AM 1320 in the St. Louis area and online at www.BottRadioNetwork.com on January 19 at 1:45pm Central:

Beyond the Chariots
Jamey Hudson Taylor, III
The Rocky Mountain Christian Filmmakers Camp
Providence
Eternity

You can hear the first interview by clicking here.

I play a lead in Providence, a modern silent film opening in theatres coast to coast starting February 12.

Registration is now open for the 2016 Rocky Mountain Christian Filmmakers Camp.

Also, we're now taking sign-ups for Rio Ready.

First Interview with Harold Hendrick

My first interview with Harold Hendricks aired January 14, 2016, on AM 1320 in St. Louis, MO. It is now online, and you can listen by clicking here.

Here are links to things I spoke about:

Performance in St. Louis
Big Fish Little Worm
Grandpa's Memorandum
Beyond the Chariots
The Rocky Mountain Christian Filmmakers Camp
Providence
Eternity

The second interview has now aired and will post to this blog soon.

I play a lead in Providence, a modern silent film opening in theatres coast to coast starting February 12.

Registration is now open for the 2016 Rocky Mountain Christian Filmmakers Camp.

Also, we're now taking sign-ups for Rio Ready.

Interview for the Christian Worldview Film Festival

I was recently interviewed for a Christian Worldview Film Festival podcast. You can click here to hear it. It's Episode 10.

Here are links to some of the things I mentioned in the interview:

• The interview was conducted by Phillip Telfer and Rhett Simkins for the Christian Worldview Film Festival. Phillip is the founder of Media Talk 101.
• Phillip reveals some very exciting news about The Screenwriters.
• Alone Yet Not Alone
• Indescribable
• Providence
• When talking about an early production I meant to say 4th grade Ricky, not 4-year-old Ricky.
• Ron Mulkey
• Good News Club
• Ken Redford
• Performances in 28 Nations
• Olympics
• Puerto Rico
• Romania
• London
• Dr. Alma Villegas (scroll down)
• Professors at Hunter College
• Bev Holloway
• A Christmas Snow
• My undergraduate school was George Fox University
• I went to seminary at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
• Mac Nelson
• John Kirby
• Rocky Mountain Christian Filmmakers Camp
• Actor’s Co-Op
• Patricia Mauceri
• Treasure Seekers
• One-man play about John Woolman, who spoke against slavery 100 years before the Civil War: A Clear Leading
• You can find Bible reading schedules on the YouVersion app for iPhone and Android.
• Jimmy Sites: Spiritual Outdoor Adventures
• Cindy Dupree
• Kathy Trocolli
• YouVersion celebration of 200M downloads
• Romans 12:2
• www.GraceworksInc.com
• The written story of getting into Manhattan Plaza
• Jenn Gotzon
• Gary Bosek
• Jeff Rose
• The Messengers Box
• Lifestone Velocity
• Daniel Knudsen
• Jim Goodwin
• Rather to Be Chosen
• The Dragon and the Raven
• John Fornof
• John Rhys-Davies
• Helen George
• Mayflower II
• The Grace Card
• A JOURNAL OF THE LIFE, GOSPEL LABOURS, AND CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCES OF THAT FAITHFUL MINISTER OF JESUS CHRIST, JOHN WOOLMAN
• I can be reached through www.RichDrama.com.

A couple of days after this interview I realized it's an extremely intelligent position to stand against vulgarity in Christian-made films. God was smart enough to speak the world into existence, and He's the One who said, "You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain," (Exodus 20:7) and inspired his disciple Matthew to say, "I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.” (Matthew 12:36-37) Screenwriters (or directors who add vulgarity) carry a deeper responsibility than the man on the street because they're demanding that the actors who speak carelessly--and any they inspire to do so--bring condemnation on their heads.

The Lord also inspired his beloved disciple to say, "Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever." (1 John 2)

Vulgarity is typically used when there is an end to creativity.  The vulgarity is a nonspecific response to something beyond a person's immediate solution. If God has asked us to refrain, surely we can press into the Creator for more creative solutions.

Register for the 2016 Rocky Mountain Christian Filmmakers Camp.

Also, we're now taking sign-ups for Rio Ready.

Interviewed by a Nigerian

With Lori Towns in Providence.
More behind-the-scenes photos.

Israel Eziedo of Nigeria interviewed some cast members of Providence for Gospel Movies: Juli Tapken, who plays my character's love interest, and Irene Santiago, who plays her mother.

Here's my interview...

GM: What was your role in the movie?

RICH: In Providence I play Mitchell Little. Actually I play the adult version of the character. A...

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Providence opens in select AMC Theatres starting February 12. Be sure to let producers know you'd like it in your city.

Sign Up to get the announcement when registration opens for the 2016 Rocky Mountain Christian Filmmakers Camp.

Also, we're now taking sign-ups for Rio Ready.

Interviews on The Dove

Last week I was interviewed for radio and television on The Dove, and it just posted:



I talked about our work in Russia during the Winter Olympics, the MasterWorks Festival and Alone Yet Not Alone, the film in theaters right now in which I play a land speculator.

I mentioned the resurrection theme in Shakespeare's plays, and according to Sean Benson it can be found in fourteen, as he explains in Shakespearian Resurrection: The Art of Almost Raising the Dead.

Bruce Broughton and Dennis Spiegel were nominated for "Best Song" at the Oscars for "Alone Yet Not Alone," before it was rescinded. You can hear the song and find out more at www.RichDrama.com/AloneYetNotAlone.

Here's my previous interview on the show...


Here are links I've mentioned in other interviews:

MasterWorks Festival
MasterWorks Festival Theatre Program
Report from Last Year's MasterWorks Festival Theatre Program
Freud's Last Session (for performances in LA with Judd Hersch and Tom Cavanaugh)
Freud's Last Session (for performance rights through Samuel French)
Beverly Holloway (casting director that has spoken at MasterWorks)
Joyce Swingle
Nazarene position on ordination of women
Redeemer Presbyterian Church
Times Square Church
Hillsong NYC
Mastermedia (LA/NYC)
Nations Where I've Performed
Our Performing Arts Troupe for the Sochi Winter Olympics
Christians in Theatre Arts
Eric Metaxas' Testimony
Our Adventures During past Olympics
My Films
My Plays