John J. O'Hagan, MFA
Temporary Lecturer

208-885-6903
johagan@uidaho.edu

We are thrilled to have John with us once again, temporarily teaching for spring semester our Introduction to Theatre, Theatre Basics and Directing courses. 

John earned his BFA (1997) and his MFA (2005) in Acting from the University of Idaho. Beginning Fall 2008 he will be Assistant Professor of Acting at University of Wyoming. 

John has spent the past few years at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival where he played the following roles: Antonio (Waiter 1), Ensemble in On the Razzle, Adrian, in The Tempest,  Lord, Shepherd in The Winter's Tale, Marquis, Gascon Guard in Cyrano de Bergerac, and Hamlet, in They All Want to Play Hamlet for the OSF School Visit Program.

Other theatres: Michael Majeski in Valparaiso, Einstein in Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Boise Contemporary Theatre); Bobby Gould in Speed-the-Plow (Independent Theatre Project); Josh/Joey in Conversations with My Father (Portland Repertory Theatre); Matt in The Marriage of Bette and Boo (Artists Repertory Theatre); Phil in Boy's Life (Portland Actors Conservatory); Carl in The Baltimore Waltz (Triangle Productions, Portland); Ronnie in The House of Blue Leaves, David in Threads (Laughing Horse Summer Theatre); Max in Lend Me a Tenor (Wyoming Summer Theatre); The Complete Works of Shakespeare, The Underpants, Hush: An Interview with America, The Rivals (Idaho Repertory Theatre); Wit, Macbeth (title role), Moby Dick, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Three Sisters, Tracers, The Adding Machine (University of Idaho).

Awards: 2006 Rex Rabold Fellow; 1990 Irene Ryan Award nominee and finalist; 1993, 2003 Irene Ryan Award nominee; Mayor's Award "Excellence in the Arts", Boise, ID.