This is to acknowledge Kit Culkin: The Official Site as my official website, and to sincerely thank editor Jeanette Krylowski and webmaster Erik Sivertsen for its concept, creation, design and maintenance. As someone who does not possess even the simplest knowledge of computers, and who indeed wouldn't even know how to turn one on, I am not just indebted to them both for its establishment but totally beholden, for it (quite obviously) would not exist but for their good efforts.

As to the website itself, I have provided my writings and collection of photographs for use at their sole discretion; a furnishing which I intend to continue as so requested.

They are all offered here, most hopefully, for your erudition and enjoyment, and because so many people over the years have asked.

                                                                                                  Most Sincerely,
                                                                                                  Christopher (Kit) Culkin

Christopher "Kit" Culkin spent his youth in New York City working on Broadway in theatre productions with legendary stars of the day such as Richard Burton, John Gielgud, Sir Laurence Olivier, Anthony Quinn. His brother Terry, and sisters Bonnie and Candace also worked in theatre and television with Bonnie Bedelia Culkin going on to fame in films such as "Die Hard I & II", "Presumed Innocent", "Heart Like A Wheel", "Salem's Lot" and "Gypsy Moths" to name but a few. Kit credits one person for these early successes, his mother Marian Wagner Culkin who was their manager.

Marian Wagner had graduated from the University of Chicago and later worked as an editor for Thornton Wilder and Carl Sandburg. Upon moving to New York City, she met Philip Culkin at a public relations firm where they both worked. They married, had four children and Marian later turned her creative talents to getting her children into the arts. Ballet classes, touring with the New York Opera, successes acting and dancing in Broadway productions followed and she bartered her talent as a teacher into free private school educations for each of them. Kit even attended the prestigious St. Thomas Boarding School where he was a soloist with their famous boy's choir. He would later pattern all he did for his own children after what she had done. While working on Broadway in "Hamlet" with Richard Burton in 1964 Marian Culkin died at home of cancer. It had been a long and hard death and took a toll on Kit. She had been his manager and his support and without her he soon lost his motivation. After a time he decided to leave New York and spent the next few years traveling west and it was on his way home from California in 1974 he stopped to work on a construction site in Wyoming that he met a young girl (Patricia Brentrup) from North Dakota who was working as the 'flag girl'. She had never been to a city like New York and when Kit asked her to go along she jumped at the chance.

Life was hard struggle for the couple and both worked at any and all jobs available. Their first child "Shane" was born in 1976 followed every two years by Dakota, Macaulay, Kieran, Quinn, Chris and Rory. Kit, as his mother before him had done, took a job that would include tuition breaks for all his children, this at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in the Yorkville section of the City. The family settled into a poor but happy life with mom and dad on the fold out couch and all the children sharing the one bedroom. Again, as his mother had done, Kit took all his children to perform in ballet, opera and theatre productions.

The following stories chronicle a time when young son Macaulay's quite obvious talents begin to be noticed.