SCOUT DURWOOD is a cabaret comedian turned writer director known for her high octane music and visual narratives. Scout’s debut studio album, TAKE ONE THING OFF, was released with Blue Élan Records along with a twenty-two episode digital series of the same name, written and directed by Scout. The series amassed over 275k views on YouTube and was nominated for Best Indie Series at the 2019 Streamy Awards.

She wrote and directed a feature-length narrative visual album, YOUTOPIA, premiered at Outfest 2022 and was the honorable mention for the Grand Jury Prize for North American Narrative Feature.

Scout turned heads as a main character on MTV’s 2016 breakout MARY + JANE, executive produced by Snoop Dogg. The Hollywood Reporter claimed, “Durwood commits with gusto,” Vogue called her, “Brazen, brass,” and The Los Angeles Times lauded the series’, “sharp satirical observations about stoner culture, celebrity, the Silver Lake lifestyle, and female friendships.”

She also stared on the unscripted series, FUNNY GIRLS on Oxygen. Her thirty minute musical comedy special is available on the Epix series, UNPROTECTED SETS. Scout started her career in NYC where she was a staple in the burlesque, cabaret and queer nightlife scenes. Both she and her live shows were nominated for numerous nightlife awards including Huffington Post ’s 20 Burlesquers to Know and GO! Magazine’s nightlife awards. Scout currently stars as the mistress of ceremonies of Spiegelworld’s cabaret circus show, THE HOOK.