“Hand to God,” Robert Askins’ wildly popular black comedy about a demonically possessed hand puppet that terrorizes a Christian puppet ministry, is receiving its local premiere by the Storyville ...

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 ...

It was a January day in St. Paul, cold as a witch’s nose, when a ne-‘er-do-well or two walked into the Hayden Heights Library on White Bear Avenue and walked out with 70 hand puppets of differing ...

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 ...