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Government Inspector 2009

The Government Inspector

by Nickolai Gogol

Director: Jackie VanOosbree,

Production Dates

All performances will be at the Dinges-VanOosbree Performance Center at 2206 19th St. Emmetsburg, IA.

Call Box Office at 712-852-3485 to reserve tickets. All seats $10.

Nov 27, 28, Dec. 4, 5 , 2009, at 8:00 p.m. Nov 29, Dec. 6, 2009, at 2:00 p.m.

Synopsis

The Government Inspector is an hilarious comedy about mistaken identity and council corruption in a small town in Russia. The premise is simple. A corrupt Mayor and his officials are alarmed to hear rumors of the impending arrival of a government inspector. Evidently this fellow will be travelling "incognito". Thrown into a panic, the Mayor and his officials desperately struggle to stifle public dissatisfaction while deflecting the blame for their many and various misdemeanors onto each other.

But who is the government inspector and where is he hiding? He could of course be anyone. It is brought to their notice that an apparently penniless rake and his servant happen to be staying at the local inn. Despite the fact that they are unable to pay their bill, this unlikely couple suddenly find themselves being treated like royalty by the sycophantic mayor and his cronies.

"The Government Inspector" eventually rides away a good deal richer, having sampled for free the best hospitality the small town could muster, including not just the finest food and drink, but also the feverishly competitive adoration of both the Mayor’s forceful wife, and his seemingly impressionable daughter.

The truth of their dreadful mistake is finally revealed to the town, and just as the humiliated Mayor strives to apportion blame in order to restore some semblance of credibility, the arrival of the real inspector is announced, to the collective dismay of the assembled dignitaries. This version takes place in the 1860s in a small (fictional) town in Wessex.

Courtesy of http://www.crownedanarchist.com/wg/goulding/inspecto.html

Cast

Jared Madsen Rich Hall

Brent McAllister Jean Eichmeier

Lisa Hankey Kirk Haack

Andy Stolley Dave Waldschmidt

Ron Eichmeier Orlando Gil

Denise Haack Donna Mason

Mary Moser Lori Flynn

John Tompkins Amy Riska

Mark Williams Raquel Ravenhorst

Pete Ringlaben Greg Haack

Kevin Stillman