When | Tuesday, March 31, 2015, 7:30 PM |
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Location | Calvary Chapel |
Contact | Nila Osline at 562-903-4806 or nila.osline@biola.du |
Admission | FREE |
PLEASE NOTE VENUE CHANGE FROM SUTHERLAND AUDITORIUM TO CALVARY CHAPEL
Beyond the Chariots Performance
Starrring Rich Swindel
Beyond the Chariots is the continued story of 1924 Scottish Olympic runner Eric Liddell in his greatest race, as a missionary in war-torn China.
Swingle as Lidell
Eric Henry Liddell was a Scottish athlete, rugby union international player, and Christian missionary, who was forced to choose between his religious beliefs and competing in an Olympic race. After refusing to run in the heats on a Sunday, for his favoured distance, men's 100 metres, Liddell could still compete in the men's 400 metres at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, which he won. Liddell's Olympic training and racing, and the religious convictions that influenced him, are depicted in the Oscar-winning 1981 film Chariots of Fire, in which he is portrayed by fellow Scot Ian Charleson.
Rich Swingle is an American film actor, screenwriter and stage actor. He also directs the theatre program for the MasterWorks Festival and is a Freedom Finder for Graceworks Inc. After growing up on a farm in Medford, Oregon, he went on to study at George Fox University, Gordon–Conwell Theological Seminary and Hunter College, ultimately receiving a master's degree from the latter. He has appeared in numerous films, including A Christmas Snow, Indescribable, Alone Yet Not Alone and Christmas Grace, and he is well known for his one-man theatre acts.
Rich Swingle has performed on five continents, 27 nations and in hundreds of venues with his one-man plays and workshops . The dynamic nature of his work can fill as little as ten minutes in a larger presentation or as much as a full week of workshops. He has performed at churches, colleges, retreats, camps, prisons, a military base, theatres from Off-Broadway to The Kennedy Center, film, radio, and CD-ROM. For the Beginners Bible video series, distributed by Sony Wonder, he did 20 roles including Jesus, Adam, and the Serpent. He has performed voice-overs and on-screen roles in several commercials and 14 movies. He has performed and/or taught workshops in over 40 colleges or universities, including Namseoul University, Korea, Memphis University, and Princeton.
Rich's work has not only a dramatic appeal, but is spiritually nourishing, and that's quite a powerful combination. Theatre has the ability to lift peoples' consciousness and dramatically impact our lives. The theatre pieces that Rich creates and into which he breathes life so lovingly and with such dedication, ascend to these essential heights.
—Kimberly Vaughn, Tony-nominated producer of Broadway's Swinging on a Star and Marlene, critically acclaimed director, performer and teacher