From STC's Edmond: back, l-r, Malcolm Callan,
Ken Webster, and David Jones. Front, back to camera,
Leroy Sakowitz. Photo copyright Brett Brookshire, 1997.

Produced by the Subterranean Theatre Company in April and May 1997 at the Hyde Park Theatre, Austin, Texas. Directed by Ken Webster.

About the play
"You are not where you belong," says the fortune-teller, and Edmond begins his descent into a hilarious and horrifying modern urban hell in David Mamet's savagely funny black comedy.

What the critics said . . .
"For those who love the tough, mean, dispirited, and often strangely humorous plays of David Mamet, a terrific production of his 'Edmond' is now scorching the walls at Hyde Park Theatre. Ken Webster is directing and playing the lead and many talents of his Subterranean Theatre Company are featured."
Westlake Picayune

"Edmond, the production by Subterranean Theatre Company, is a slick and somewhat hard-edged version of this troubling David Mamet script. . . This is Mamet at his best, pissed off and foul-mouthed while he creates complex characters that seem to be no deeper than a hustler's heart. There are some engaging performances buried beneath the grit of set designer Michael Stuart's faux brick alley. David Jones, Malcolm Callan, and Shannon Grounds enact a host of characters, and these gifted actors imbue each with his or her own distinct personality. Emily Erington plays Glenna with great conviction, enough so that we understand how she finds herself in such a deadly predicament. Ken Webster as Edmond plays up his character's pettiness and disbelief while making you wonder how exactly he decided to follow this winding path."
Austin Chronicle (full review here)

"Now Mr. Webster is back with David Mamet's shattering 'Edmond,' which he first staged in 1984, a year after it was premiered. . . . while that earlier staging was a still-memorable one, this new treatment somehow seems even more intense, if that could be possible. . . a show that absorbs and provocatively probes the rather surreal downward spiral of Edmond's private hell, and for this, we can credit not only playwright Mamet but Mr. Webster, the director and interpreter of the title role, and a large and uniformly interesting cast."
West Austin News

Cast
Fortune Teller/A Manager/Woman on Subway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cyndi Williams
Edmond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ken Webster
Edmond's Wife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katherine Catmull
Man in Bar/Man in Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Stuart
B-Girl/Whore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shannon Grounds
Bartender/Bystander/Pawnshop Owner/Interrogator . . . . . . . . . . . . David Jones
The Manager/Leafleteer/Customer/Policeman/Guard . . . . . . . . . . . .. Malcolm Callan
Card Sharp/Pimp/Preacher/Prisoner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Victor Steele
Shill/Clerk/Tramp/Chaplain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Don Sneed
Shill/Hotel Clerk/Male Understudy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Pierson
Peepshow Girl/Glenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Emily Erington
Female Understudy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rebecca Robinson

Designers and Staff
Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Stuart
Costume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Diane Morrison
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bill McMillin
Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kevin Freedman
Assistant Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Margaret Hoard
Second Assistant Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jessica Brier
Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tammy Whitehead

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