Richard abanes biography
- Richard Abanes is an American playwright, composer, lyricist, author, singer, and actor.
- Richard Abanes is an American playwright, composer, lyricist, author, singer, and actor.
- Richard Abanes is a freelance journalist and investigative reporter specializing in cults, the occult, world religions, and new religious movements.
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This is the first interview in the Challies Dot Com Summer Interview Series. The series will feature interviews with authors, musicians and other Christian personalities.
The first interview in this series is with Richard Abanes. Richard is known around these parts as author of the newly-released book Rick Warren and the Purpose That Drives Him and as a regular defender of Warren and his teachings within the comments section within this site. This is the first part of the interview in which we get to know Richard. Part two deals more specifically with Rick Warren and will be posted tomorrow.
Who is Richard Abanes? Tell us a little bit about yourself – who you are, what you do, and how we might know about you?
Well, first and foremost, I am a Christian. Everything follows that fact with regard to my identity. In other words, I do not see myself as a writer per se, or as an apologist, or as a musician. I certainly DO those things, but it is not who/what I am. I follow Christ and find my identity in him—no matter what I am doing. I say this because I have seen too many C
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Richard Abanes
American writer and actor
Richard Abanes (; born October 13, 1961) is an American playwright, composer, lyricist, author, singer, and actor. He has had a life of diverse accomplishments in each of these fields.
Career
Abanes began his first career as a professional singer, dancer, and actor (with Screen Actors Guild and Actors' Equity Association) in local theater (Rockford, Illinois) at the age of thirteen. He began doing semi-professional theater within a year, and during his high school years he was featured in many productions throughout Northern Illinois including West Side Story, Fiddler on the Roof, and You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. He also became a featured dancer in the Rockford Dance Company, while simultaneously studying dance in Chicago with professional companies such as The Hubbard Street Dancers and Joel Hall Studios.[1]
Abanes subsequently moved to New York, where he landed a role in the "International" and "Bus & Truck" companies of the hit BroadwaymusicalA Chorus Line. Soon afterwards, Abanes was given a
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