Hand to God

Hand to god

In slow moving Cypress Texas, the devil lurks where you would least expect him: a church basement puppet show. His name is Tyrone, and he may look like an innocent sock puppet, but when he infiltrates the angst-ridden church youth group and takes possession of the unsuspecting Jason’s arm, all Hell breaks loose.

Spectacularly foul-mouthed and wickedly scandalous, Tyrone the possessed sock puppet shocks the congregation with his outrageous insinuations, exposing their deepest secrets—and teaching us all about what it means to be human. A smashing success on Broadway and in London, this fast-paced irreverent comedy is darkly described by The New Yorker as “Sesame Street meets The Exorcist.”

THIS SHOW CONTAINS LANGUAGE AND THEMES WHICH ARE INTENDED FOR MATURE AUDIENCES.

SETTING

Cypress Texas, present day.

Crew

Director/Studi400 Chair - Barbara Jacobs
Assistant Director - Addie Quina
Stage Manager - Choh Man Teng
Assistant Stage Manager - Tracy Aaker
Production Coordinator - Billy Buff
Set Design - Barbara Jaobs
Puppet Construction/Costumer - Sue-Sue Sherrill
Lighting Design - Choh Man Teng
Set Construction and Painting - Carol Mankins, Choh Man Teng, Barry Boyd
PLT Artistic Director - Kathy Holsworth
PLT Technical Director - Kayla Stephenson

Cast

Michael Daw as Jason/Tyrone

Daw has been performing since the mid 90’s when he was cast in a super weird version of Beauty and the Beast. Most recently, he appeared in Evil Dead The Musical and Woody Guthrie’s American Song. In addition to theatre, Daw is part of the sketch group, Kitty Get a Job, as well as Improvable Cause, the improv troupe who calls PLT “home”.

Leslee Young as Margery

Leslee has been acting in and around Pensacola since her first play with Pensacola Little Theatre in 2004. Her most treasured theatre experiences include performing in and representing PLT at The Tennessee Williams Theatre Festivals in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Massachusetts. She was last seen on stage at PLT as M’Lynn in Steel Magnolias, and marked her directorial debut with Short Attention Span Theatre in March. She is wife to Tim and mom to Henry, Tadhg, and George.

Jason Lewing as Pastor Greg

Theatrically trained at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, WA and locally at the Loblolly Theatre, Jason has performed in several productions: Don’t Dress For Dinner, Wait Until Dark, The Woman in Black, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. He recently performed professionally as the Lord Marshal of the “Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament” in Orlando, Florida.

Kyle Golden as Timmy

Kyle Golden is an active member of the acting community in Pensacola. He graduated in 2013 from The University of West Florida with his Bachelor’s degree in Theatre. He currently serves on the Artistic Committee and the Studio 400 committee at PLT and has been a long standing member of Improvable Cause. Kyle was last seen on stage in Every Brilliant Thing produced by Penarts and Macbeth produced by Arrant Knavery. Kyle’s most recent performance on the PLT stage was in The 39 Steps. He has worked around the country with such companies as The Hampstead Stage Company, The Camden Shakespeare Festival and Riverside Theatre in Iowa.

Martta Mӓki-Petäjӓ as Jessica

Martta is originally from a little town in Finland. She recently moved to Florida from California where she received her acting degree from New York Film Academy .Her favorite roles include Natasha in Three Sisters, Fox in The Little Prince, and the lead role in an original play titled If Light Never Comes.

About The Director

Barbara enjoys playing various capacities at Pensacola Little Theatre. She most loves getting to act and has been most recently seen on our stage in Little Women; Love, Loss, and What I Wore; and Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. She counts The 39 Steps and Wonder of the World among her favorite directorial credits.

HAND TO GOD was developed by the Ensemble Studio Theatre/Youngblood Program at Southampton Arts in July 2011 and received its world premiere production at The Ensemble Studio Theatre in October 2011.

Off Broadway Premiere at the at the MCC Theatre March 10, 2014
Artistic Directors: Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey & William Cantler
Executive Director: Blake West

Originally produced on Broadway by
Kevin McCollum
Broadway Global Ventures CMC Morris Berchard Mariano V. Tolentino Jr.
Stephanie Kramer LAMS Productions DeSimone/Winkler Joan Raffe & Jhett Tolentino
Timothy Laczynski Lily Fan Ayal Miodovnik JAM Theatricals
Ensemble Studio Theatre MCC Theatre

HAND TO GOD is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service Inc., New York.