Michael O’Hagan1941 - 2017Itiswithgreatsadnessthatweannouncethepassingof Michael during November 2017.Michael was the co-founder of the Miami Radio Players.MichaelO’HaganwasborninDublin,Ireland.Hetrained attheBirminghamTheatreSchoolinEnglandandhas hadalongandbusycareerspanning40yearsasa professionalactor,director,scriptwriterandteacher.He startedinrepertorytheatreinBirminghamandScotland andthenmovedtoLondonwherehehasappearedat suchtheatresastheNational,inPeterGill’s"The Murderers",theYoungVicinCorialanus,theWhitehallin Chekhov’sThreeSisters,theBushinnumerousplays, andBillyRoche’saward-winningtrilogyTheWexford TrilogyattheTricycleinLondonandtheAbbeyTheatre, Dublin.HealsoappearedattheTricycle,London,inthe highlyacclaimed“JohnBull’sOtherIsland”,andin “BloodySunday”,directedbyNickKent,whichwonthe LawrenceOlivier Award.Heappearedatthe ArcolaTheatre,London,inthenewtranslationofLorca’s “WhenFiveYearsPass”andattheShakespeareGlobePlayhouse,Londonin“Othello”.and“Romeo and Juliet” . InAmericahehasappearedinJoeyTillinger’sproductionof"Paddywack"attheLongWharf,New HavenandinthepremiereofNewEnglandattheSouthCoastRep.,CostaMesa,forwhichhe receivedaDramalogueAward,theninhisown‘PickofTheWeek’productionofPinter’s"TheDumb Waiter" together with Derrick O’Connor, at the Write Act Theatre, Los Angeles.HeappearedinBrianFriel’s"DancingAtLughnasa"atTheRubiconTheatre,Ventura,followedby another‘PickoftheWeek’withSusanClarkatLA’sMatrixTheaterinDavidPayne’shit,"TheBody"by NickClarke.HethenappearedinBillyRoche’s“PoorBeastintheRain”intheSalemKTheatre seasonattheMatrix,aseriesofthreeWestCoastpremieres,sponsoredbyRajenandNinaKilachand andproducedandrunbyhim,withhiswife,actressPamelaSalem.HeappearedinBillyRoche’s production"LayMeDownSoftly",atTheWexfordArtsCentre,Dublin,andtheTricycleTheatre, London.MostrecentlyheappearedinSalemKTheatre'sproductionof"TheDumbWaiter"alongside Richard Haylor at The Gleason Room, Miami Beach, directed by Patrick Dromgoole. FilmgoerswillknowhimfromArnoldSchwarzenegger’s"EndofDays",theOscarwinningfilm"Gods andMonsters","Speed2","HBO’sHavana’s"NocturnewithAndyGarcia,"DeadManonCampus", Clint Eastwood’s "Midnight in The Garden of Good and Evil", "Restoration" and "The Lodger".HislonglistoftelevisionrolesincludeTheVisitor,Nightman,JohnnyHarrisinEastenders,Coronation Street, Darling Buds of May, Startrek Enterprise and the mini series for Hallmark, Marco Polo.MichaellivedmostlyinMiamiBeach,withhiswifePamela,withwhomheproducedadocumentaryfilm forHarlechTelevisionontheIndianKiteflyingfestivalMakarSankranticalledFishinTheSky.Healso co-wrotearadioserial"Shoreside"withPamela,fortheirradiogroupMiamiRadioPlayers, www.miami-radio-players.comMajority of above text taken from: www.michaelohagan.netSite by: Lauri Booth