Inspecting Carol

Inspecting Carol  is A Christmas Carol meets The Government Inspector meets Noises Off in this hilarious play by Daniel J. Sullivan.  It is a variation on the play The Inspector General by Nikolai Gogol.
Inspecting Carol is about a small professional theatre company in a midsized city. This company has performed the same play, “A Christmas Carol”, to the same community, with the same actors, for far too long. The company strives to maintain funding even as they receive financial cuts. They learn that they will be inspected by the National Endowment for the Arts in order to receive a grant, which they need in order to remain open. They fall all over themselves trying to schmooze the bewildered wannabe actor they believe to be the person responsible for issuing the grant, and he is ultimately given a role in the current production, A Christmas Carol. As more and more things go wrong, the company tries to keep the show on the rails as they deal with each other and their distinguished guest.