PUBLISHED REVIEWS

Rush Limbaugh in Night School
"Comic genius, cagily directed by Martin Higgins." - Robert Hurwitt, San Francisco Examiner
 
"A dazzlingly funny, dead-on-the-mark skewering of 1990's media-mad America, with a cast of precisely etched fictional characters, neatly marshaled on and off a sparely furnished stage under the attentive direction of Martin Higgins." - Steven Winn, San Francisco Chronicle
 
"Director Martin Higgins steers Varon through this performance obstacle course with X-Acto knife acuity.  Its political and social satire of the highest grade." - Dennis Harvey, Bay Guardian
 
Beast of Shame
"Damningly, the script (by Higgins, who also directed) makes Reverend Green such a winning--if demented--character that the audience is swept up in his half-witted scam chatter.  The show cuts much deeper than satire." -  Curt Morgan, The Daily Review
 
"Higgins has written some superbly ridiculous lines here." - Scott Rosenberg, San Francisco Examiner
 
"The play is full of little nuggets... Higgins has a sharp sense of satirical humor." -  Bernard Wiener, San Francisco Chronicle
 
The Weber Family Christmas
Dramalogue Award - Best New Work of the Year, 1991
"The four Fratelli brothers are working at the top of their manic form with the deft assistance of director and writer Higgins.  They slaughter sacred cows, ridicule everything from the nuclear family to the story of the Nativity, and do it with style."  -  Robert Hurwitt, San Francisco Examiner
 
"Think of it as 'Miracle on 34th Street' as done by a gaggle of gifted clowns...directed with flair by Martin Higgins." - David Armstrong, San Francisco Examiner
 
"The Fratellis and Higgins have come up with something that can't help but tickle your
funnybone.  It can make you laugh for a long time after the show is over--and how often does that happen?" -  Bernard Wiener, San Francisco Chronicle
 
"Martin Higgins has lent his considerable flair for satire to shape Fratelli Bologna's zaniness into a comedic tour de force.  It's a winning combination." -  Greg Cahill, Marin Independent-Journal
 
WinterSoldier
"Winter Soldier is a terrifying melange of realism and surrealism—beyond ordinary theatrical reality. It features superb performances and marvelous visual and sound effects." - Harriet Swift, Oakland Tribune
 
"An aurally devastating assault of bombing raids and helicopter sound effects amid fitful scenes staged on an upstage barracks, downstage bunker, a cutaway Captain's office, and the exterior of a tin-roofed hut.  You cringe whenever the choppers circle or bombs start to drop overhead.  The whole building seems to tremble dangerously underfoot.  WinterSoldier is written in the same way it was conceived and designed--to match the overwhelming enormity of its subject." - Steven Winn, San Francisco Chronicle
 
Magic Boat and Palooka
"This may be the first time your kids will actually feel awe while watching a movie.  Higgins clearly remembers what a child's imagination is like." - Joanna Connor, Cleveland Plain Dealer
 
"A delightful and refreshing break from the glitzy, plotless children's films on the market today."- Jamie Starratt, Eureka Times-Standard