“The Eighth Circle” is a tight, satirical comedy that skewers greed, guilt, and poetic justice with language that both sings and stings. The rhyming couplets used by Calcabrina are clever and consistent, helping to anchor the piece to the original source material. This play is short, smart, and sinfully satisfying.

A delightful, poetic, and weirdly heartwarming take on Dante, as a corrupt politician and his complicit wife wind up exactly where they're meant to wind up. If that's all this was, it would be a perfectly satisfying and stylish entertainment - but the hereafter winds up being a journey of discovery for these two, and Portman has some insightful and pointed things to say about the resentments we carry with us and the strength it takes to reclaim our (after)lives. A tremendous amount of fun.

Immensely satisfying read and a worthwhile ten minutes.