Michael's stage adaption of Guy Hibbert's original screenplay FIVE MINUTES OF HEAVEN about violence and reconciliation in Northern Ireland, received its world premiere at Illusion Theater in 2022 to audience and critical acclaim. The play received its New York reading at the Irish Repertory Theater, produced by Origin Theater in Spring, 2023.
He has acted at Twin Cities Theaters including: Theatre de la Jeune Lune, Illusion Theater, Park Square, Theater in the Round, Mixed Blood and Hey City.
His film credits include: FACTOTUM, MEN OF HONOR, HALLOWEEN TOWN, OLDER THAN AMERICA and JOE SOMEBODY.
Plays
FIVE MINUTES OF HEAVEN is a story about conflict, violence and reconcilliation in Northern Ireland. It reconstructs the historical killing of 19-year-old Jim Griffin by 17-year-old Alistair Little in 1975, and a fictional meeting between Little and Griffin's brother Joe 43 years later.
Five Minutes of Heaven Sceenplay by Guy Hibbert won a Sundance World Screenwriting award in 2009, a 2010 BAFTA award and a 2010 Royal Televison Society Award. The premier stage daptation by Michael Egan.
Successes
Michael's Stage adaption of Guy Hibbert's screenplay FIVE MINUTES OF HEAVEN had a New York reading at the Irish Repertory Theater, produced by Origin Theater.
Five Minutes of Heaven at Ilusion Getting awesome reviews from audiences and critics!
- “Five Minutes of Heaven is a gripping, emotionally wrenching play being given a stellar world premiere production by Illusion Theatre…In a production that could not possibly be improved, this is a play that demands our attention.” Talkin Broadway
- “A gripping 'Five Minutes of Heaven' reckons with consequences” – Rohan Preston, Star Tribune
- "The adaptation by Michael Egan and the excellent five-person cast (including the playwright himself) beautifully and painfully bring this difficult story to life, and highlight the relevance of the historical events to the here and now." Cherry and Spoon
Illusion Theater will be staging my original adaptaion of Guy HIbbert's award winning screenplay-FIVE MINUTES OF HEAVEN this October!!! Thank you Illusion.
Tickets Available Here: https://ci.ovationtix.com/35114
Five Minutes of Heaven
$10.00 - $55.00 including fees
Five Minutes of Heaven is a play about violence and reconciliation. The first part occurs in 1975 during the “Troubles” in Northern Ireland and is based on an actual event when Alistair Little, a 17-year-old member of the Protestant Ulster Volunteer Force murdered Jim Griffin, a 19-year-old Catholic man. Griffin’s younger brother Joe, who was 11 at the time, witnessed the killing.
Little then goes to prison for 12 years and after being released becomes a speaker and facilitator for anti-violence, restorative justice, peace and reconciliation.
The second part is a fiction which takes place forty-five years later, when a TV program about reconciliation in Northern Ireland comes up with the idea to film a meeting between Alistair Little and Joe Griffin.
Illusion Theater will by featuring a zoom reading of my adaptaion Guy Hibberts Sundance Winning Sceenplay, FIVE MINUTES OF HEAVEN this Month. Sept. 26, 27th at 1:30 pm.
We have a brilliant international cast!
Check out the link: http://www.illusiontheater.org/five-minutes-of-heaven
Hope you can make it!