McKagan Entertainment is a company that identifies compelling social themes, crafts dynamic storylines, produces original composition, and works with filmmakers to deliver memorable motion picture musicals.
“Bruce McKagan is the PIED PIPER of the music industry”
Steve Villa
former CEO
Mood Media/Muzak
MISSION: To create impactful, powerful, and purposeful musical content for the film industry.
A Seattle based company with expertise in music composition and production in every genre of music. Working for over 3-decades with hundreds of highly gifted musicians, vocalists, sound engineers, producers and playwrights from across the country, we are now ready to collaborate with like-minded creative members of the film industry to bring musical ‘dreams’ to life.
Bruce McKagan (Founder & President): Bruce is a seasoned veteran - from successful performing musician to Entertainment agent, manager and director, then VP of programming for the world’s largest foreground music company. For the last 15 years Bruce has focuses on his passion of writing and producing musicals.
Scott Seidel (CEO): Scott was most recently CEO of an international medical device company. Scott has extensive experience in conceiving and launching a number of start-ups, and in addition has been a musician, composer and arranger for many years.
Steve Marzocco (Chief Strategy Officer): Steve has been a successful Business Development leader, C-Suite Executive, Entrepreneur, Turnaround and Due Diligence Expert and Strategic /Funding Advisor for over 30 years.
Bubba Jones (Creative Director): Bubba is an Emmy, Grammy and Telly award winning music producer, sound and mix engineer.
Founder, Composer
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Strategy Officer
Creative Director
Over the past 4 decades Bruce McKagan has collaborated with hundreds of producers, musicians, vocalists, sound engineers and playwrights from across the country.
In 2011 Bruce teamed up with author, motivational speaker and playwright Dr. Kimberly P. Johnson to create and stage musicals, “All That Drama” and “No Fear For Freedom”, with celebrated performances throughout the Southeast. Bruce has written two since: “We Got Game” and “HE’S ALIVE - a rock opera”, with 3 more in development.
In 1961, a group of black Rock Hill, SC college students and activists known as the Friendship Nine, claimed their rightful place in history by challenging inequality and unfair laws. Their decision to sit-in at a ‘white only’ lunch counter helped place into motion what was soon called “Jail, No Bail”.
Many powerful moments from this civil rights event brought to life. through music, spoken word and poetry, helping to tell the story of these nine young men’s struggles and fears, captured by NO FEAR FOR FREEDOM author and musical co-creators Kimberly P. Johnson and Bruce McKagan.
Many historians believe the 1930s Pittsburgh Crawfords of the Negro League was the best baseball team to have ever taken the field. With the likes of legendary Satchel Paige,
Josh Gibson, Cool Papa Bell, Judy Johnson and Oscar Charleston, all Major League Baseball Hall of Fame members, it’s easy to see how this team captured the imagination and admiration of our national past time.
WE GOT GAME is a musical that highlights the struggles, the joys, the heartbreaks, the dreams, the prejudices, and the lifelong friendships of this historic baseball team. The Pittsburgh Crawfords played in a time of extreme segregation, openly demonstrated by the hate crimes of the Ku Klux Klan and white supremacists in the south. This was a decade
before Branch Richie and Jackie Robinson changed the landscape of baseball… and the nation.
Each scene of WE GOT GAME is a window into the passions and dreams of the Pittsburgh players. They knew they could compete against… and beat the best. They knew they belonged in the Major League.
ALL THAT DRAMA the musical is about the real-world issues teenagers experience every day. It’s a high paced, emotional rollercoaster that takes the audience through a kaleidoscope of songs about bullying, demands, anger, opportunity and hope. You will laugh, cry, cheer and sing along with a fascinating cast of characters, all playing important roles in helping Amanda and her classmates deal with all that drama.
It’s been over a half century since a rock opera first surfaced entitled ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’. A musical masterpiece that captured the hearts of hundreds of millions across the globe. But the story ends with his death on the cross.
HE’S ALIVE is a fully written and produced rock opera soundtrack that moves from the death of Jesus through his resurrection. A dynamic collection of twenty-six original compositions. Powerful songs with a storyline that bring to life the emotions of betrayal, joy, fear, hope, outrage, and elation experienced by the men and women touched by Jesus after his crucifixion.
for Business inquiries contact:
Bruce@mckaganentertainment.com
(206) 612-8765
for Media inquiries contact:
Dawn@thepresshouse.com
(646) 322-4903
