Bio

Rich Swingle has performed in hundreds of venues in 17 nations, mostly with eight one-man plays he has written: Beyond the Chariots, A Clear Leading, Big Fish Little Worm, The Revelation, The Acts, Alien Immigration Training, Views of the Manger, and Five Bells for 9/11. Rich has acted in a number of New York City productions, film, radio, and CD-ROM. He provided the voice of Peter Cooper, the subject of a documentary by award winning Gardner Documentary Group. He did 12 voices for "Exodus" of The Audio Visual Bible including Pharaoh, Aaron, and Joshua. For the Beginners Bible video series, distributed by Sony Wonder, he did 20 roles including Jesus, Adam, and the Serpent. He recorded two projects related to the September 11th attacks: Crossing Barriers and Stage Shadows. He has performed voice-overs and on-screen roles in several commercials. He originated the roles of Simonides and Pontius Pilate in the musical Judah Ben-Hur in Singapore, and he performed five poems by George Herbert at The Kennedy Center. Rich's shorter works have shared the stage with numerous musicians including Margaret Becker, Bob Carlisle, The Martins and Fernando Ortega. He has performed and/or taught workshops in 20 colleges or universities, including Princeton. Rich directs the theatre program for The MasterWorks Festival, where world-class artists train young people from a Christian perspective to enter careers as performing artists. This summer Moliere's Tartuffe will be directed by John Kirby, acting coach for Cameron Diaz, Jim Caviezel, Narnia, Stick It, Deja Vu, and many others. For more information and to receive his itinerary, visit RichDrama.com.