The Kount of Monty Kristo started as a one act which was first produced at Webster University's Stage Three in St. Louis. A very unconventional play, The Kount is about a theatre company that has lived for forty years in a bomb shelter after the nuclear holocaust. (Chambers got the idea when he performed at a theatre in Nebraska that was right next to a missile silo.) At the suggestion of Tony Kushner, who at the time was on a fellowship with the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Chambers expanded the play to a full length.

The full length version opened at Belmont University in Nashville. Belmont, a conservative Southern Baptist college, allowed Chambers to stage the play without reading it first.

When the production opened, the president of Belmont  threatened to close the show unless there were major changes made. Unfortunately for the University, Clara Hieronymus, president of the American Theatre Critics Association, intervened, threatening to write an article on the censorship of the arts.

The production was allowed to continue without change and it played to SRO audiences for the rest of the run.

“Bizzare and very Funny Piece of Entertainment. The unexpected finale left the audience astonished.”
The Journal

At the current time The Kount of Monty Kristo is not available for productions.