Twin Cities Pioneer Press - Recommended
"...Milligan's raw, immediate performance smoothes over minor hiccups in the script, though. It's a tricky job, making political issues feel both dramatic and specific, but Milligan pulls it off. And by the end, with Woody Guthrie songs echoing ironically in the theater, he succeeds in making us question whether this land is still made for you and me."
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How Was The Show - Recommended
"...Milligan wears the burden of his actions throughout, like the layers of jackets he never removes. He battles being overcome with frustration, anger and grief at every revelation. This is clear enough, but Milligan’s sputtering and stammering, pacing, then sitting and curling up into himself felt a little too much like a practiced device after a while. I just couldn’t believe that at some point, he wouldn’t look his (presumed) interrogator in the face and relate the details he understood to be all important. “It’s my life. The details are important. It’s all I got, man,” he says. I was distracted by the relentless restlessness, but still very much drawn into the story."
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Aisle Say Twin Cities - Highly Recommended
"...Mercy Killers is only one hour long. That is quite enough, and (for once), I mean that as the highest compliment. Milligan’s performance is so emotionally charged and raw that an hour is all that you need. It is passionate in its attempts to squeeze Joe’s grief and outrage into a self-reliant, masculine shell; the intensity of both the acting and the play’s themes packs a serious punch into a short amount of time. As the self-made man is confronted by a merciless sociocultural machine, the political message is strong and timely – but the human implications are what knock us off our feet."
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