Playing God, Jacob Yeh is a revelation. With so much riding on his shoulders, this showman is blessed with a limitless range. He moves from stinging satire to officious TED Talk to gay repartee and, just as your sides start to split, descends into reverent, soul-stirring sermonizing about love and sacrifice. Barefoot and with twinkling eyes, Yeh projects a down-to-earth freshness — mostly in the way your mom uses the word fresh.
DC Theater Arts
The ever-versatile Jacob Yeh played God and landed the lines with the verve and élan they demand…
“An Act of God” is about God and his updating of the Ten Commandments — well, mostly. He recycled a couple, but with his preferred interpretation. He also gave us the inside scoop on the backstory to some of the biblical tales and Yeh’s delivery was firecracker fast and absolutely gleeful. This god loves skewering prune-voiced interpretations.
Maryland Theatre Guide