Our Mission

Our mission is to make the world a better place through musical theater. As experienced teachers, we know the power of putting the right material in front of our students. Our aim is to provide teachers with top-quality, engaging musicals developed specifically for middle school performers.

Our Team

Hi! We are Christine Deignan and Jimmy Deignan. We met at Luther College as English Ed. (Christine) and Music Ed. (Jimmy) majors. Since then, we’ve collectively accrued nearly two decades of teaching experience.

Christine is a secondary English educator with experience teaching everything from 6th grade ELA to AP English! Check out her CV here. Now, she works at MKM full-time, where she writes the lyrics and runs daily operations.

Jimmy is a music educator with a specialty in choral music. He currently works in the Chicago Public Schools teaching choir. In addition to writing musical theater, he composes choral music and has been commissioned by San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus, Luther College, and Turtle Creek Chorale. His music received its Carnegie Hall debut in 2019. Check out his CV here. At MKM, he composes the music.

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