Danny's first day on set

It's been my dream and prayer that we'd be able to funnel MasterWorks theatre (www.RichDrama.com/MWF) students into professional projects. With For the Glory (www.RichDrama.com/ForTheGlory) the dream is coming true and the prayer is being answered!

When I found out about For the Glory I invited all of our students and alumni to audition. There are several of us connected to MasterWorks that have been cast:

I direct the MasterWorks theatre program, and I'm playing Coach Sean Ryan.

Danny Cornett is attending MasterWorks for the third time this summer, starting in about a month. He was cast as Robby, the life-long friend of the main character, the future Olympic--then pro--soccer player, Kurt Kuykendall (www.Blog.RichDrama.com 5/15).

Alistair Sewell is the brother of two MasterWorks theatre alum, Anna and Lydia. Though Alistair's not old enough for the program--yet--he played the role of Wally Webb in our production of Our Town last year. He's playing Young Robby.

Danny's neice, Audrey Cornett, is coming back for her second season of Masterworks. She and her younger sister Ashley (a future MasterWorks student, I hope) will be playing cheerleaders next week.

Adina Kory, who attended the theatre program in '07 and was in the MasterWorks dance program before that, will fly in from Israel for a wedding in time to be a soccer fan in the film.

Connected For the Glory

Over lunch I heard the story of how this film was green-lighted:

Chris and Nancy Rogers run CDR Communications, Inc., and they brought Donald (pictured here) and Sandra Leow over from Singapore to work on some projects. When they first got to the States, the Leows actually lived in this house where we're currently setting up for the next shot.

When it came time to buy a house they chose Kurt Kuykendahl to be their realtor. Kurt told them about his church, The King's Chapel, where Donald met Katherine and Chris Craddock, who'd been shopping their screenplay about Kurt Kuykendahl.

Action!

The camera is rolling on For the Glory

My character isn't on today's call sheet, but one of the characters mocks my character's Scouse (Liverpool) accent. I'm here to make sure we're on the same page with the dialect.

It's great to be on set day one and be there for our director's opening speech and prayer. He said that if any of the cast and crew shares his Christian faith that he wants to talk to them, but if they don't then he really wants to talk to them.

We're praying for lives to be transformed through the making and watching of For the Glory: www.RichDrama.com/ForTheGlory.

Films

If you're interested in hiring award-winning actor Rich Swingle for a film or play, visit www.RichSwingle.com.

If you're interested in seeing the films and audio dramas in which he's already performed, keep scrolling...

If you're interested in hosting one of these films and having Rich speak before and/or after about the making of the film and to dig deeper into the themes contact Rich's Stage agent.



This page is under construction. You're welcome to scroll down, but you'll get a fuller list at www.IMDb.me/RichSwingle for Rich's films and www.Wikipedia.org for audio dramas.

Click below for information on films in which Rich has performed or contributed in another way:

AVAILABLE NOW FOR LIVE STREAMING AND/OR DVD

Rich plays Olympic champion Eric Liddell as he runs his greatest race in war-torn China. 

Watch this one-man play performed at the Singapore Expo now:

www.RichDrama.com/BtC

61 min

Rich plays a science teacher imposing atheism on his class.

Watch now for free:

www.RichDrama.com/LivingWord

17 min

Rich plays Tom in this post-apocalyptic short film.

Watch it now for free:

www.RichDrama.com/Settled

Film: 17 min

Behind the Scenes: 5 min

Rich was a consultant for this short film.

You can watch it now:

www.RichDrama.com/MissionUnderground

14 min

Rich does 20 voices in six The Beginners Bible videos.




Click to see Rocky Mountain Christian Filmmakers Camp short films I've coached and/or written

Rich plays Trevor the Treasure Seeker in this series created for the children of Westchester Chapel.

Watch now for free at www.RichDrama.com/TreasureSeekers

Episodes range from 5-8 min.

In this short film Rich plays the role of a father who has lost touch with his daughter. Joyce served on crew and played the wife of Rich's character offscreen in a sociodrama to help their 22nd screen child prepare for an emotional scene.

Filmed in January 2018.

www.RichDrama.com/There

COMING SOON

Rich is playing Charles, who interviews the lead character throughout the film about his life, which is very much worth living.

Filmed in May 2018.

www.RichDrama.com/ItsALifeWorthLiving

Also visit www.IMDb.me/RichSwingle and Christian Film Database.

Photos from A Christmas Snow

I just discovered some photos of me from the filming of A Christmas Snow on their website.  They are under "Additional Cast" on their Media: Pictures page.

Dedicated

After dedicating our film to the Lord, Pastor Bill Jesche preached on Philippians 4:10-23. He told his own story of life as a young actor, and how he had realized that he'd placed performing at the center of his life. When he wasn't cast in a play it devastated him. He challenged everyone in the film (and most in the church will be!) to do it all for the Lord.

A casual match with a pro

In For the Glory Danny Cornett, a MasterWorks theatre student, is playing Robby, the friend of Kurt Kuykendall, pictured here between us. Alistair Sewell, who performed in last year's MasterWorks production of Our Town will be playing Young Robby.

The film tells how Kurt got to play soccer for the Olympics. He went on to play pro for two US teams and three teams in England.

After our cast dinner Danny and I went to watch Kurt play a game. His team was made of members of The King's Chapel, the church that is producing For the Glory. It included Kurt's wife, at least one of their kids, and our screenwriters. They beat the other team soundly. I lost track of the score, but it was approaching 10 to zero.

Cast dinner

Yum!

A session with an Olympian

The film For the Glory (www.RichDrama.com/ForTheGlory) tells the story of Olympic soccer player Kurt Kuykendall. Over lunch he joined us, so I grabbed him to get some pointers for playing a soccer coach. He had lots of great observations!

Celebrating cast birthdays

The Table Reading

I just arrived for the table reading of For the Glory.

I've performed at The King's Chapel
A few times, but always when they were renting a school auditorium. It's great to see their current home.

This is turning out to be much more than a table read. Our director, Donald Leow, has us on our feet and working through some blocking

Heading down to DC

I'm on my way to the table reading of For the Glory, an upcoming film in which I'll play the role of Coach Sean Ryan: RichDrama.com/ForTheGlory.


We just crossed the Delaware Memorial Bridge.

For the 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.


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.

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




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

Christian Movie Connect Episode 48 – Chris Rogers | Christian Movie Connect

christianmovieconnect.com

Chris Rogers is a veteran of media and communications with his work spanning over 25 years. As the founder of CDR Communications, Chris has created projects for 20thCentury Fox, Eastman Kodak, the American Foreign Policy Council, the U.S. Department of Defense and many more. He is also the produce...

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.

Jackson House performance

At this Cinco de Mayo celebration at Jackson House, a retirement community where my grandma (pictured here) lives in Talent, Oregon, the staff asked if I'd perform a sketch. Instead I came back the next day and gave them a whole play! I was already planning on performing Beyond the Chariots on Mother's Day, so I performed it for them with the Mother's Day scenes.

Performed on Mother's Day

In my performance on Mother's Day I added a couple of scenes that had a Mother's Day theme to them. It was great to have my own mom there.

Mother's Day performance

I'm performing Beyond the Chariots this Sunday in my home town of Phoenix, OR, and I've added a couple of scenes that have a Mother's Day theme in them.

The pastor of the host church just happened to be lunching with the lead elder of the Beijing International Christian Fellowship in Angelo's Pizzeria at the same time I was having lunch there for the first time in years. I often had lunches there when I was in high school. He had hosted my performance at his church during the 2008 Olympics! The local pastor and I thought we should definitely follow that kind of a lead. You can read more about that encounter here: What Are the Chances?