I’m convinced that a special place awaits me in heaven because, feeling duty-bound, I went to see the play “Hand to God” not just once, but twice. Heaven is germane here: Not a single one of the ...

In “Hand to God,” devilish puppets and twisted relationships tell an absurd but compelling story about desperation and sin.

Ever since its off off Broadway debut in 2011, Robert Askins’ comedy “Hand to God” has been known as a demonic puppet comedy so raunchy it makes “Avenue Q” seem like kid’s stuff. But beyond the dozens ...

Tyrone is a very, very bad puppet. And he might just be possessed by Satan. How bad does Tyrone get? The cast and crew of Lab Theater’s “Hand to God” won’t say. But they promise audiences are in for ...

Steven Boyer, Marc Kudisch and Tyrone, a foul-mouthed sock puppet that's been possessed by the Devil, are starring in the off-Broadway premiere of Robert Askins' Hand to God. Find out more about MCC's ...

Talk to the hand? Give me a suit of armor, first—I’ll need it if the hand in question is attached to Tyrone, the Muppetish-in-appearance-only sock puppet who is both star and villain of “Hand to God,” ...

The first act of violence in the funny, harrowing new play Hand to God is visited upon a helpless hand puppet. A shy, ambivalent teen, Jason, is trying to persuade his widowed mother to excuse him and ...

God may have created the heavens and the earth and all living things — but the Devil surely created Tyrone, the filthy-minded, foul-mouthed sock puppet that has audiences howling at “Hand to God.” ...

Houston native Robert Askins is the playwright behind Hand to God, a dark comedy set in his hometown of Cypress. It tells the story of a young man involved in the puppet ministry at his church, when ...

As scenarios go, the one about the dummy that takes over the life of the ventriloquist is nearly foolproof. My favorite variation is the old “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” episode in which the ...

Eliott Purcell in SpeakEasy Stage's production of "Hand to God." (Courtesy Glenn Perry Photography/Speakeasy Stage Company) In "Hand to God," the devil’s advocate is a sock. Or might the bedraggled ...