Nikolai Gogol's 1835 short story, adapted by David Holman, chronicles Poprishchin, a civil servant working in St. Petersburg, and his downward spiral into madness through entries in his diary. Upstream's compelling production of this first person account of one man's descent, is marvelous.Aksentii Ivanovich Poprishchin (an impressive Christopher Harris), is a clerk of the ninth grade whose primary job seems to …
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 07:49PM on October 10, 2013