Mac McConnell, an entrepreneur at heart, expanded a modest picture framing studio into three art galleries, won Small business of the year, featured in Inc Magazine, and Décor magazine as innovative management. Mac, a record setting pilot and TaeKwon-Do Black Belt, sold it all founding One Way Productions – www.way.org – writing and performing hundreds of one-man dramas, throughout the US and the Middle East. His award winning historical novels are based on his dramas. Mac's is now available with his 25 minute motivational presentation, "What Are You Working For?"
He and wife Linda, live in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
Born: Jacksonville, FL, 1945Married: Wife Linda
Resident: Ft. Lauderdale, FL 40 years
BUSINESS AND AFFILIATIONS
Founder of the Artful Framer Gallery and owner from 1974 to 1995
MIami Herald Small Business of the year 1989
Leadership Broward VII 1989
Small Business Leader of the year 1990
First Chair of The Theater Company of Plantation 1991
Past President of the Plantation Chamber of Commerce 1992
World Aviation Speed Record Holder
Black Belt TaeKwon-Do
Sold business of 21 years to form One Way Productions dedicated to Spreading Good News Dramatically.
MOTIVATIONAL
Mac's 25 minute motivational presentation, "What Are You Working For?" is available for your business, business organization, Chamber of Commerce, ministry and men's or women's groups. contact info@way.org
THEATRICAL
Narrator/Script writer for the Emmy award winning Fort Lauderdale Christmas Pageant
Actor/Author of 6 one-man dramas. Performing in U.S., Kiev, Ukraine, Scotland
Jerusalem and Greece. Awarded Best of Ft. Lauderdale for Bible Acting.
HIGHLIGHTS
1989 Winner, Miami Herald's Small Business of the Year.
1990 Tyler Moss in Crossing Delancey; -
1990 Captain Bracket in South Pacific
1990 2010 Simon Peter in Emmy Award winning Fort Lauderdale Christmas Pageant
1994 2010 Scriptwriter for Fort Lauderdale Christmas Pageant
1992 2010 Touring and performing One-man dramas
1999 2009 "Acting Nautrally" Drama Workshops
1996 Featured Dramatist at Fishnet Festival
1996 Directed “Another Kind of Love” for Wesleyan Youth Conference
1997 Directed Christmas Eve special at Coral Sky Amphitheater
1997 Patrick Henry for Reclaiming America
1997 Featured Dramatist Music in the Smokies
1998 Patrick Henry for Lift up Your Eyes Conference
2000 Patrick Henry for Concerned Women for America Conference
2000 Zacchaeus for 10th Annual Heart of Florida Women’s Conference
2001 Featured dramatist, Grand opening of The Holy Land Experience
2001 Dramatist for “The Boggs”; summer camp to 1400 youth
2001 Drama Tour in Scotland
2002 Keynote Speaker, Music Conference, CA
2002 Featured Dramatist, Kempke Music Conference
2002 Drama Workshop Leader, Coral Festival
2002 Premier of “In His Steps”
2003 In concert as dramatist with Michael Card
2003 Easter Pageant Director, Messiah Baptist, KS
2003 Debut “Last Words of St Paul”
2004 Featured Dramatist, National Retreat, Salvation Army
2005 - 2007 As St. Paul during “Footsteps of Paul” tours in Greece and Turkey
2006 Feature article in the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
2006 - 2009 Authoring historical novels, the Journeys
2007 Feature article in Today's Christian
2007 Feature article in the Miami Herald
2008 Dove Award for historical novel, Bozra, A Shepherd's Journey
2009 Mom's Choice Silver Award for historical novel, Bozra, A Shepherd's Journey
2009 Finalist, Book of The Year for historical novel, Forever Changed.
2010 Cradle to Cross Trilogy - winner of Best Anthologies and Compilations, Independent
Publishers
2010 Cradle to Cross Trilogy, Finalist, Book of the Year.
2010 One Way Productions honored with "Best of Ft. Lauderdale" for Bible Actor.
2011 Footsteps of St. Peter, The Early Years wins the Silver Seal for Book of the Year
2011 Forever Changed the book translated into Spanish
2011 Forever Changed the drama presented at CITA in San Juan
2011 Forever Changed the drama in Nicaragua with First Baptist Church Missions