About the Show

A writer's memoir about her past is challenged by a woman claiming the stories are false.

A best-selling author publishes a book detailing her upbringing as a gay child in the Evangelical South. She is subsequently confronted by a woman who disputes the veracity of the affair described in the book. The production features Jen Tullock, who utilizes multiple cameras and live looping systems to portray a diverse cast of characters, exploring the intersection of reality and self-deception.

Critic Reviews (10)

"Nothing Can Take You from the Hand of God is miraculous, an exceptional piece of tenderness and solace whose wisdom and insight elevates its form."
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"...the dramatic equivalent of watching a spinning coin. Heads and tails blend together and we have no idea which side will land up."
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"It's a heady piece of work, a solo show teeming with personalities and equipped with its own running commentary. Tullock, working with her co-writer Frank Winters, expertly plants a hundred-and-one hints that the truth behind Frances' memoir is much slipperier than she would like to admit."
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"I left Nothing Can Take You from the Hand of God impressed with Tullock's energy and vigor, and baffled about exactly what the hell happened."
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"Tullock, Winters and Mezzocchi unravel faith, memory & myth with dazzling complexity"
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"Nothing Can Take You from the Hand of God does not offer us the comforting certainties of the true believer, but it's clearsighted about both the value and the cost of that comfort and that certainty."
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“To be clear: what Tullock and Winters have created is powerful and deeply felt. As a portrait of growing up queer in an evangelical household with psychologically abusive parents, the play succeeds completely.”
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"the point of the complicated storytelling may be to let us know how much more complicated the story is than it may initially seem"
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