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SCOUNDREL AND SCAMP THEATRE INC

AZ · EIN 814781384 · $382K rev · operational · scoundrelandscamp.org
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The Scoundrel and Scamp Theatre is an operational theater company based in Tucson, Arizona. It produces and presents a diverse season of plays, puppet shows, and theatrical events, including Arizona premieres and new works. The organization also offers educational programs for youth, such as summer camps focused on theater and filmmaking.

activities · 33

what they do

direct service · 33
  • Organizes an annual festival where seven short plays are written, rehearsed, and performed within a 24-hour period by seven playwrights, seven directors, and 28 actors.
  • Conduct Summer Theater and Film Camps Youth & Adult Theater Education Programs
    Runs summer programs including "Scamp Camp" with daily sessions for youth and "Scamps on the Silver Screen," a filmmaking camp for teens and younger youth, culminating in a red-carpet premiere with live Wurlitzer organ accompaniment.
  • Environmental Play Reading Series Original Play Development & Showcase
    Hosts a themed play reading series focused on environmental themes, such as "Save the Earth, Save Ourselves," featuring new contemporary works.
  • Host Play Reading Series Youth & Themed Play Readings
    Hosts an Environmental Play Reading Series and a Season 9 Play Reading Series featuring contemporary plays on themes such as environmental stewardship, including staged readings like "The Apiary."
  • Hosts an ongoing theatrical series featuring performers Wolfe Bowart and Xochitl Martinez, with multiple shows presented annually as part of both Season 9 and Season 10.
  • Host Tucson Puppet Cabaret
    Organizes an annual weekend event featuring curated short-form puppetry acts for adult audiences, performed by musicians, actors, and puppeteers.
  • Hosting Play Reading Series Youth & Themed Play Readings
    Hosts various play reading series, including an Environmental Play Reading Series and a Season Play Reading Series focused on specific themes, presenting staged readings of plays.
  • Produces and presents a season of MainStage plays at the Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre, including Arizona premieres and new works. The tenth season includes four MainStage productions.
  • Monologue Audition Workshop Youth & Adult Theater Education Programs
    Offers a workshop for individuals aged 16 and older focused on monologue performance and audition techniques, running from April 2 to April 30, 2026, with a final showcase for invited guests.
  • Offer Monologue Audition Workshops Youth & Adult Theater Education Programs
    Provides a monologue audition workshop for individuals aged 16 and older, culminating in a showcase performance for invited guests on April 30th.
  • Offer Youth Theater Arts Education Programs Youth & Adult Theater Education Programs
    Offers theater arts courses for students in grades 2–6, culminating in a showcase of student work, and operates Scamp Company, a youth ensemble program that ends in a two-day spring performance run.
  • Offering Adult Theater Workshops Youth & Adult Theater Education Programs
    Provides workshops for adults, including monologue audition workshops and training on performing puppets for recorded media, covering basic and advanced skills.
  • Organize 24-7 Play Festival Original Play Development & Showcase
    Hosts an annual 24-hour play festival where seven playwrights, seven directors, and 28 actors collaborate to write, rehearse, and perform seven short plays within 24 hours.
  • Organizing Theater Festivals and Cabarets
    Organizes annual events such as the 24-7 Play Festival, where plays are written, rehearsed, and performed within 24 hours, and the Tucson Puppet Cabaret, featuring curated short-form puppetry acts for adult audiences.
  • Presents translated plays selected through its annual contest, such as Luis Sorolla’s "The Precursors," translated by Don Bogen, as part of its performance season.
  • Present Red Herring Puppets Series for Young Audiences Youth & Family Theatrical Productions
    Presents a series of puppet shows for children under the Red Herring Puppets brand, including titles such as "Ugly Duckling," "The Barking Mouse and The Blue Frog," and "Aesop’s Fables," led by puppeteer Lisa Sturz.
  • Present Special Theatrical Experiences Presenting Theatrical Performance Series
    Presents unique theatrical events such as "Seance" by Wolfe Bowart and "THEATRE DE CUISINE," which combines circus-inspired performance with fine dining.
  • Produce MainStage Theatrical Performances Professional Theatrical Productions of Plays and Musicals
    Produces and presents a season of MainStage plays at the Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre, including Arizona premieres and new works. The tenth season includes four MainStage productions.
  • Produces a live "Golden Age of Radio" style series featuring original and classic radio plays with live foley artists, presented over multiple seasons with two new shows and four radio plays per season.
  • Producing and Presenting Theatrical Performances Presenting Theatrical Performance Series
    Produces and presents a variety of theatrical performances, including Arizona premieres, new works, and established series like THE WOBO SHOW, RED HERRING PUPPETS, and RADIO HOUR, on its mainstage and in a black box space.
  • Provide Puppet Performance Training Youth & Adult Theater Education Programs
    Offers training in puppet performance for recorded media, covering technical skills such as lip sync, eye focus, and vocal characterization, with advanced training including scene work and musical choreography.
  • Providing Theater Arts Education for Youth Youth & Adult Theater Education Programs
    Offers theater arts courses for students in grades 2-6 focusing on performance, operates the Scamp Company youth ensemble program culminating in performances, and runs "Scamp Camp" and "Scamps on the Silver Screen" summer programs for various age groups.
  • Puppet Performance Training
    Provides training in puppet performance for recorded media, covering technical skills such as lip sync, eye focus, and vocal characterization, with advanced training including scene work and musical choreography.
  • Produces a live "Golden Age of Radio" style series featuring original and classic radio plays with live foley artists; the series is in its third season and includes two new shows with four radio plays.
  • Red Herring Puppets Series Youth & Family Theatrical Productions
    Presents a series of puppet shows for young audiences, including productions such as "Ugly Duckling," "The Barking Mouse and The Blue Frog," and "Aesop’s Fables," led by puppeteer Lisa Sturz.
  • Operates summer theater camps including "Scamp Camp" and "Scamps on the Silver Screen," with sessions in June and July 2026 for youth and teens focusing on performance and filmmaking.
  • Scamp Company Youth Ensemble School-Based Competitive Music Ensembles
    Runs a youth ensemble program that culminates in a two-day performance run each spring.
  • Scamps on the Silver Screen Film Program Youth & Adult Theater Education Programs
    Offers a filmmaking camp for teens (ages 14–18) and younger youth (ages 10–13) focused on silent filmmaking and movie magic, culminating in a red-carpet premiere with live Wurlitzer theatre organ accompaniment.
  • Presents special performances such as "Seance," a Victorian-era seance created by Wolfe Bowart, and themed Radio Hour events like the "Spooky Fall Show" and "Valentine's Show."
  • Hosts an ongoing theatrical series featuring performer Wolfe Bowart and Xochitl Martinez, with multiple shows presented annually as part of the theatre’s season programming.
  • Presents "Theatre De Cuisine," a circus-inspired theatrical experience that combines fine dining with performance, debuted as part of the theatre's programming.
  • Tucson Puppet Cabaret
    Hosts an annual weekend event featuring curated short-form puppetry acts for adult audiences, performed by musicians, actors, and puppeteers.
  • Youth Theater Arts Education Program Youth & Adult Theater Education Programs
    Offers a theater arts course for students in grades 2–6 that includes ensemble work and individual scenes, culminating in a showcase presentation of student work.
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named programs · 17

what they call their work

24-7 PLAY FESTIVAL
A festival where seven new short plays are written, rehearsed, and performed within a 24-hour period for ages 18+.
A DOLL’S HOUSE PART 2
A play by Lucas Hnath that continues Ibsen's exploration of gender roles and human relationships, for ages 14+.
I’M GONNA MARRY YOU TOBEY MAGUIRE
A dark comedy play by Samantha Hurley about a 14-year-old who locks Tobey Maguire in her basement, for ages 16+.
RADIO HOUR
A series of radio plays adapted and directed by Samantha Severson, performed in front of a live audience with foley artists for ages 13+.
RED HERRING PUPPETS SERIES
A series of puppet shows for young audiences (ages 4+) by puppeteer Lisa Sturz, featuring various fables and stories.
SEANCE! A Spooky Evening with Wolfe Bowart and Zac Austin
A Victorian-era seance theatrical experience for ages 13+.
SEASON 9 PLAY READING SERIES
A series of play readings focusing on the theme "Save the Earth, Save Ourselves," including "Kayak," "Regretfully, So the Birds Are," and "The Apiary."
STONE SOUP: A Community Collaboration
An adaptation by Wolfe Bowart that brings together the theatre community to tell a magical story about connection, for ages 6+.
Scamp Camp: Heroes & Hijinks
A two-week summer camp for youth aged 8-18 (rising 3rd - 12th grades) focused on theater arts.
Scamps on the Silver Screen: Silent Filmmaking for Teens
A week-long summer camp for youth aged 14-18 (rising 8th - 12th grades) focused on silent filmmaking.
Scamps on the Silver Screen: Silent Films and Movie Magic
A week-long summer camp for youth aged 10-13 (rising 4th - 7th grades) focused on silent films and movie magic.
THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
A theatrical adaptation of Kate DiCamillo’s novel about a china rabbit's journey of learning to love, for ages 8+.
THE PRECURSORS
A play reading, winner of the Plays in Translation Contest, exploring the importance of storytelling at the end of the world for ages 14+.
THE WOBO SHOW
A series of enchanting theatrical creations by Wolfe Bowart, featuring humor, wonder, and laughter for ages 4+.
THEATRE DE CUISINE
A fine dining event intersecting with magic and mayhem in a circus-inspired theatrical experience for ages 12+.
TUCSON PUPPET CABARET (for Adults)
An annual festival of curated short-form puppetry acts for adult audiences, featuring artists from local and national communities.
WHERE WORDS ONCE WERE
An Arizona premiere play by Finegan Kruckemeyer for ages 7+ about a dystopian world where language is rationed.
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who they work with

  • AZPM Partner — Featured performers Wolfe Bowart and Xochitl Martinez on Arizona Illustrated.
  • American Literary Translators Association Partner — Partners for the Plays in Translation Contest.
  • Arizona Department of Public Safety Government — Requires camp staff to have educator fingerprint clearance cards from this department.
  • Fox Tucson Theatre Partner — Co-hosts "Scamps on the Silver Screen" camp and provides staff for instruction.
  • Heather Henson's Green Feather Foundation Funder — The PUPPET SLAM NETWORK, of which the Tucson Puppet Cabaret is a part, is sponsored in part by Heather Henson's Green Feather Foundation.
  • IBEX Puppetry Funder — Sponsors the Tucson Puppet Cabaret as part of the global PUPPET SLAM NETWORK.
  • Jim Henson Productions Partner — Lisa Sturz, who leads the Red Herring Puppets series, is a veteran of Jim Henson Productions.
  • Lucasfilm Partner — Lisa Sturz, who leads the Red Herring Puppets series, is a veteran of Lucasfilm.
  • PUPPET SLAM NETWORK Network — The Tucson Puppet Cabaret is part of a global PUPPET SLAM NETWORK.
  • Red Herring Puppets Partner — Lisa Sturz, Artistic Director of Red Herring Puppets, leads the "Puppets on Camera Workshop".
  • University of Arizona Partner — Collaborates with the University of Arizona through Erin Roberts, a faculty member and instructor for the monologue workshop.
  • Walt Disney Engineering Partner — Lisa Sturz, who leads the Red Herring Puppets series, is a veteran of Walt Disney Engineering.