He left Cuba for the United States on October 27, 1956, and graduated from Hunter College in Manhattan with a bachelor's degree in theater and film.
The Spanish version featured Alabau as La Estrella and Graciela Mas as La Monja, and the English version featured Candy Darling as the whore and Hortensia Colorado as the nun.
[3] In June 1973, Martín directed Teatro Duo in his play Francesco: The Life and Times of the Cencis.
The work-in-progress production featured music by Cuban composer Enrique Ubieta and performances by Martín, Alabau, Hortensia Colorado, and Graciela Mas, among others.
[4] In addition to his directing, Martín is best known as the playwright of Rita and Bessie, Swallows, and Union City Thanksgiving, the latter of which was published in a Cuban theatre anthology by the Department of Cultural Affairs, Madrid, Spain, in 1992.