Rich Swingle

Rich Swingle has performed andor taught on six continents in 39 nations and in hundreds of venues mostly with a dozen oneman plays he has written or helped develop A Clear Leading Big Fish Little Worm The Revelation The Acts Alien Immigration Training Views of the Manger Five Bells for 911 Journey to the Garden Paradise Lost God of Hope Shepherds Reflect on the 23rd Psalm and Beyond the Chariots which hes performed OffBroadway at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival the largest arts festival in the world in LA Toronto Hong Kong Shangai Transylvania and in Beijing Vancouver Singapore and London while those cities hosted the Olympics Rich has lived in New York City since 1993 where hes acted in a number of productions film radio and CDROM He has been featured in 21 movies most notably the lead role of Frederich Lehman in Indescribable the lead role of Mitchell Little in Providence the featured role of Dr Bonneville in Beyond the Mask the featured role of Claud in the awardwinning A Christmas Snow the principal role of Coach Sean Ryan in For the Glory and the featured role of Sheriff Hanson in the awardwinning Pawns Move the featured role of John Gray in In His Steps the featured role of a land speculator in Alone Yet Not Alone Hollywood director Forrest Woods in The Screenwriters a quirky clerk in Christmas Grace a lead in the short film Settled the featured role of Dr Bonneville in Beyond the Mask the featured role of a land speculator in Polycarp Destroyer of Gods the featured role of a homeless man in Confessions of a Prodigal Son the featured role of a newscaster in Creed of Gold and the featured role of Nigel Livengood in Princess Cut For the complete lineup visit wwwIMDbmeRichSwingle and wwwRichDramacomFilms Rich has codirected with John Kirby acting coach on The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe DéJà Vu Count of Monte Cristo on Tartuffe and Our Town during which Rich performed the role of the Stage Manager and The Miracle Worker He worked with Patricia Mauceri Broadway Othello with James Earl Jones film Don Juan de Marco with Johnny Depp and TV One Life to Live to direct The Crucible The Jewelers Shop by Pope John Paul II Twelve Angry Jurors and Much Ado About Nothing The last three plays were performed in Theatre 315 and OffBroadway space He received his masters degree in theatre from Hunter College where he studied under Eric Bentleywho was a student of C S LewisTina Howe playwriting Patricia Sternberg sociodramaa student of sociodramas inventor Jacob L Morenoand Jerome Coopersmith screenwritingscreenwriter for An American Christmas Carol and many of the original Hawaii FiveO episodes