←Recommendations of In His Hands

The 2019 production is still one of the most impactful theatre experiences I've had. This play is absolutely beautiful and cathartic. I think of it very often. It's hard to believe it's available here in full!

If you are a member of the LGBTQ community and have any connection to Christianity (positive, negative, or complicated) (bonus points if you've played Mario Kart 64), please drop everything and read this play. Specificity matters even in an abstract piece, and Benne knows this. He anchors the audience in this story through very real imagery and well-drawn human beings, but allows it to play like a feverdream. I'd be excited to play Chris or perhaps direct this piece someday.

A devastatingly beautiful play that journeys through lost faith — dryness, suffering, and rebirth. We care for these characters and hold them tightly and, no matter what our personal beliefs, rejoice in what they find.

I just saw the premier of this piece at Mosaic Theatre, and all I can say is, too bad for folks who missed it. It was a beautiful, lyrical, thought-provoking production of a beautiful, lyrical, thought-provoking script. This will stay with me for a long time and I look forward to seeing it many more times, so let's get out there and produce it again, folks!

A prayer made manifest. A brutal meditation on grace, where beauty can arise from brokenness.

A beautiful play that delves deep into the relationship of these characters to God, the church and each other. A brilliant and enlightening piece that sheds much light on religion, sexuality and God's love overruling any organization. Well done!

A poem of the mundane turned miraculous, In His Hands is breathtaking from start to finish. Benne deals with the very sensitive topic of religion and sexuality in a way that left me with an overwhelming sense of hope. God bless this beautiful play.

This play brings to find a fresh voice to tensions between queerness and christianity. The slow lead up to their time connecting outside of work The character's questions and conflicts with religion give them character a complexity that is often lost in these types of stories. As the character's histories, opinions, and world-views became clearer, Benne draws us into a rich, textured narrative about where we, as humans, find likeness and difference with each other.

Playwrights Foundation congratulates IN HIS HANDS as a Finalist for BAPF 2020. This play rose to the top 35 out of 735 plays submitted, and was discussed at length by our Bay Area Literary Council for consideration in our season. We loved how this play uses the language of theater to illuminate challenging perspectives and compelling intersectional questions. This play ultimately moved & inspired us and spoke to the core mission of PF. We hope that once we’re allowed to return to our theaters again, it will be considered for production to reach new audiences.

The poetry, the images, the pacing all work in perfect harmony to create a stunning work. No easy answers are given but this conversation about the intersection of LGBT+ identity and faith is one that needs to happen more often. I love how Benne brings these characters from different faith communities and see God very differently today and it's not just about them butting heads. The tense conversations are there but they are also able to connect in magical ways. People of faith aren't a monolith and I'm glad a play like this is around to show that.