"Marked by dry wit and perfect pacing...Central Works quotes Gogol in a smart, timely comedy." -- Lisa Drostova, East Bay Express
"Central Works has performed a kind of culinary reduction of Gogol's great farce, turning it into a chamber play...the smaller scale accorded to this update of a sweeping social satire...proves to be light, meaningful, and very, very funny." -- Ken Bullock, Berkeley Daily Planet
"Central Works mounts canny comedy of terror...slyly ingenious...in the cleverly crafted second play of its season, The Inspector General entertains while is reminds us of home truths to go along with home security." -- Robert Lee Hall, Piedmont Post
"Escrita por Nikolai Gogol e inteligentemente acoplada al teatro por Gary Graves, siempre manteniendo el espíritu prodigioso y el gran sentido del humor del maestro Gogol."-- Mario Echevarria, San Francisco Tribune
"Central Works and playwright Gary Graves's collaboratively developed adaptation infuses Gogol's classic satire of official and private corruption with inspired dialogue and detail (nicely finessed by a strong cast under direction of Jan Zvaifler) that speaks to the indignation and urgency warranted by present-day madness. The result is an entertainingly apt comedy that brings Gogol's pointed scorn home to Fortress America." -- Robert Avila, San Francisco Bay Guardian
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Central Works continued its 2006 season with a new comedy inspired by Gogol's masterpiece. Once again employing the Central Works Method, this collaboratively developed new script takes The Inspector General (also known as The Government Inspector) as its departure point to create a riotous encounter between a happily married couple, comfortably ensconced in a peaceful and secure gated community in northern California and the government official who unexpectedly arrives to pay them a visit. HE'S COMING! ARE YOU SECURE?