The Inspector General at Savage Wonder Arts Center

Set in a world that feels both absurdly distant and uncomfortably familiar, Korth’s adaptation preserves Gogol’s original while amplifying its urgency for a modern audience. Featuring shifting identities, breakneck role swaps, and a healthy dose of moral whiplash—told by five actors playing thirteen characters, with nowhere to hide and everything to expose.

If you’ve never experienced a Savage Wonder reading, you’ve missed pantless performers, actors in a conjoined-shirt, and theatrical chaos served with a wink. It is an intimate, hilarious romp with world-class actors in a gleefully playful space.