Michael is Tangent Theatre's Artistic Director and co-founder, and a co-founder of the NEWvember New Plays Festival. Tangent acting credits include lead roles in Constellations, Lobby Hero, Circle Mirror Transformation, The Vandal, The Good Father, Doubt, Waiting for Godot, wanderers, the NEWvember festivals and many pub-readings. He directed Sight Unseen and The Zoo Story, as well as select readings and NEWvember plays for Tangent. Acting credits elsewhere in the region include Good People, Circle Mirror Transformation, God of Carnage, Looped, The Dangers of Electric Lighting, , Transatlantic Tales (AboutFACE Ireland),The Quiet Execution of Frank L. Teal (Storyhorse Documentary Theater) and the American Premiere of Edward Albee's Three Tall Women.