by Robert Askins
[divider style=’none’]Produced by Ensemble Studio Theatre
With Steven Boyer in an OBIE-winning performance, Geneva Carr, Megan Hill, Bobby Moreno, and Scott Sowers
Puppet Design by Marte Ekhougen • Set Design by Rebecca Lord-Surratt • Costume Design by Sydney Maresca • Lighting Design by Matthew Richards • Sound Design by Chris Barlow • Properties by Deb Gaouette • Fight Choreography by Robert Westley
Reviews
[tab_group][tab title=’Awards’ text=’Top Ten of 2011, New York MagazineTop Ten of 2011, Time Out New York
Top Twenty of 2011, Huffington Post
OBIE Award for Steven Boyer
Outer Critics Circle John Gassner Award nomination’] [tab title=’New York Times’ text='”Chronically irresistible! … A foul-mouthed, fun-packed play about the urges that drive good men (and women, and boys) to dirty deeds! Under the direction of Moritz von Stuelpnagel, the cast is wonderful across the board”‘] [tab title=’New York Magazine’ text=’CRITICS PICK! “Hand to God is just the sort of juicy little Off Broadway morsel the hard-bitten theatervore hopes to find and rarely does!”‘] [tab title=’Backstage’ text=’CRITICS PICK! “Director Moritz von Stuelpnagel has guided his excellent cast into an entertainingly antic production! Hand to God could make the denizens of Avenue Q blush!”‘] [tab title=’New Yorker’ text='”Under the direction of Moritz von Stuelpnagel, all the performances are inspired!”‘] [tab title=’Theatermania’ text='”Joining a rich current crop of shows about the Almighty, from The Book of Mormon to Sister Act, Hand to God might just be the quirkiest and funniest of them all! …By turns astoundingly funny and deeply emotional.”‘][tab title=’Time Out’ text=’CRITICS PICK!”Moritz von Stuelpnagel and his committed cast throw themselves full throttle into the melee. The dichotomy between innocence and wickedness resounds with unearthly force!”‘] [tab title=’New York Post’ text='”Makes Avenue Q look demure! Although demonic puppets are nothing new, that theme has never been presented as hilariously as it is here. Director Moritz von Stuelpnagel’s inventive staging includes some hilariously choreographed, steamy encounters.”‘][tab title=’nytheatre.com’ text='”Deftly directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel, this fantastic cast had me alternatively gasping for laughs, covering my eyes and jumping in my seat.”‘][tab title=’Huffington Post’ text='”Director Moritz von Stuelpnagel handles the transition from wild humor to genuine emotion with ease.”‘][tab title=’New York Theatre Review’ text='”Hand to God is riotously funny! The play reaches the outer limits of ridiculous potential!”‘][tab title=’ThatSoundsCool.com’ text='”All you really need to know is that Hand to God is a shockingly fun way to spend two hours. Over-the-top aplomb, energetically directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel.”‘][tab title=’TheaterScene.net’ text='”Hand to God is a rip-roaring farcical comedy with depth… Not only is it fall-off-your-seat funny and profane, but treats its characters as living, feeling people, not caricatures. Moritz von Stuelpnagel’s direction is superhuman!”‘][/tab_group]
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