Hand to God tells the story of Jason, a Texas teenager, and his sock puppet named Tyrone. Tyrone may look innocent, but when he infiltrates the angst-ridden church youth group and takes possession of Jason’s arm, well, all hell breaks loose. Spectacularly foul-mouthed and wickedly scandalous, Tyrone shocks the congregation with his outrageous insinuations, exposing their deepest secrets—and teaching us all about love, grief, and what it means to be human. Hand to God is slightly profane and truly profound story of morality, faith, love and loss. Hand to God is a five-time Tony Award nominee, including Best New Play.
Content Advisory: adult language and themes
"Devilishly delightful... short, fast-paced and intense."
– Dorothy Velasco, The Register-Guard (click here for full review)
"Absolutely thrilling, and OCT does Askin' play the ultimate honor by assembling a cast that is across-the-board excellent."
– Rick Levin, Eugene Weekly (click here for full review)
Sesame Street meets The Exorcist.”
– The New
Yorker
“Furiously funny…Askins’ most impressive talent is his ability to make us laugh while juggling those big themes that make life so terrifying: death, depression, alcoholism, sexual guilt, emotional repression, religious hypocrisy and the eternal battle between your good puppet and your bad puppet.”
—Variety
“Hand to God is so ridiculously raunchy, irreverent and funny it’s bound to leave you sore from laughing. Ah, hurts so good.”
—New York Daily News