All are welcome to join us for our parish mission “A JOURNEY TO JOY” with Frank Runyeon!

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Frank Runyeon has received national acclaim for his work as a translator and performer of Biblical texts over the past 30 years. He has performed the Gospel for hundreds of thousands of people in virtually every state in America. 

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He is probably still best known, however, for his many roles on television. He starred for seven years as Steve Andropoulos on As the World Turns opposite Meg Ryan, and for four years as Fr. Michael Donnelly on the Emmy-award-winning Santa Barbara. He also appeared opposite Emma Samms on General Hospital as playboy Simon Romero. He has guest-starred in recurring roles as Brooks Tapman on L.A. LAW, as chess genius Jovan Dmytryk on Falcon Crest, and as Fr. Tom on Melrose Place.  In 2016, he was nominated for a Daytime EMMY for his guest appearance as Angel on The Young and the Restless.

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Frank starred in the feature film Sudden Death as Detective Marty Lowery. He received rave reviews on the New York stage as Hercules in Aristophanes' comedy, The Birds at the La Mama Theatre. He has also hosted his own comedy talk show on the top-rated L.A. talk-radio station, KFI, and on WCNN in Atlanta.

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Frank is a graduate of Princeton University with a degree in Religion and American Studies.  He is Catholic, and has also studied at Fuller Seminary, Yale Divinity School, and the General Theological Seminary in New York, from which he received his Master’s degree, with honors, in 1994.

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Frank has translated and adapted five other Biblical texts for one-man theatrical performance:

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• SERMON ON THE MOUNT

• AFRAID! The Gospel of Mark

• SIGNS: The Gospel of John

• THE LETTER OF JAMES, and

• The 3 1/2 Stories of Christmas, a joyful comedy, with music.

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He tours these productions around the country concurrently with LUKE.

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He is working on a book, due out next year: ESCAPE FROM HOLLYWOOD: A TV Actor’s Unlikely Journey to Faith. (For full BIO, https://www.runyeonproductions.com/bio/)

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