Welcome to my Web! Avail Director, Producer, Writer, Actor
Wedding Officiant or Host/MC - Live Events - SoCal. Travel OK.
Michael J. McKay
About Me
B.A. in English - Univ. of Notre Dame. After 4 years as U.S. Cavalry officer in Germany, I produced my first play, the West Coast premiere of a Vaclav Havel's Largo Desolato, at Fullerton College. In films, I have been a grip, an extra, a Stand-in, PA, 1st AD, screenwriter, editor, Producer and Director. My best effort so far is the beautiful family film "Lake Effects" which played for years on Hallmark (see IMDb). I have Guest-Starred on JAG, Alias, and Drake & Josh, and appeared over 150 times as a Police Officer on General Hospital and Port Charles. In 1998 I wrote and directed my first live show w Killer Entertainment. Since then I have customized thousands of shows for hundreds of corporate and private clients. Now with Artistry Matters, we are long-term members of Visit Anaheim where I served on board of Breakfast Club & EmCee'd events for 15 years. I now am a founding member shooting short films and internet projects with Filme Corpse, am a Sales Rep for Anaheim Brewery (www.AnaheimBrew.com), a Wedding Officiant with Great Officiants, (see Weddings Page), husband of 30+ years, and father of three wonderful children (now adults).
Events Through Artistry Matters
I've had the great joy for the past 30 years to be able to write 19 original plays, from the broad farce of the medieval "Resistance is Feudal," to the 1889 Showboat Mystery "Alibi Aboard," to a tribute to the golden age of radio, "WISH You Were Here," which have collectively been staged and customized thousands of times, become scores of characters in thousands of performances, and to host/Emcee hundreds of events, and to help dozens of Non-Profits including Kiwanis, Visit Anaheim, and Muzeo, raise Hundreds of Thousands of $$$ as Auctioneer.
Public and Private Shows
We have researched, customized, performed, and received RAVE reviews for shows from Intuitive Surgical, Ameriprise, Disney, Smart & Final, Abbott Vascular, Exxon, OC Sheriffs, and hundreds of other clients. Though we currently have no public show, we have had shows run for 8 years in Costa Mesa, 7 years in Long Beach, 3 years in Whittier, and 5 years at PJ's Abbey in Orange.
See www.artistrymattersentertainment.com/Client_Reviews.html