Scout Durwood
Solo Cabaret
COMING SOON:
Apocalypse Cabaret
A lonely karaoke jockey finds themself the lone survivor at the end of the world, and tasks themself with completing that night’s karaoke sign up sheet.
A throwback to the Bette Midler bathhouse shows of the 70’s Apocalypse Karaoke combines original and existing music with storytelling, comedy, choreography, clown, and burlesque into a 75 minute narrative show.
Scout Durwood: Live!
TAKE ONE THING combines comedy, music, and storytelling into a singular narrative extravaganza including songs from TAKE ONE THING OFF and COMEDY ELECTRONICA such as (I DON’T WANT TO) HOLD UR BABY, SEXUALLY IMPLICIT, STEAL UR GIRLFRIEND and more.
Inspired her formative years as a gogo dancer and burlesque emcee, Scout’s joyfully irreverent outlook on life embraces queerness as a way of spreading love and unity throughout the land. Alternating between traditional stand up, storytelling and original comedy music songs, (I DON’T WANT TO) HOLD UR BABY, SEXUALLY IMPLICIT, STEAL UR GIRLFRIEND and more. with a handful of special surprises, such as a Coney Island Wine Bath thrown in throughout the mix, Scout Durwood Live! features original. From a dance craze inspired by Wacky Wavers to a heartfelt embrace of the darkest parts of our psyche, Scout encourages audiences to fly their freak flag with pride.
Anchored in an exploration of the ancient Greeks’ eight different words for love, Scout Durwood Live! is a sparkly comedy special with a lot of heart.
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TAKE ONE THING OFF is a musical stage show directed by
Emmy Award winning choreographer Kathryn Burns (Key and
Peele, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) featuring original music from
Scout Durwood’s (MTV’s Mary + Jane) debut album with Blue
Elan Records produced by Dave Darling (Def Leppard, Queen
Latifah, Tom Waits, Brian Setzer). The autobiographical queer
pop album presents a hybrid of music and comedy reflected in
the stage show as a combination of song, dance and one-
sided conversations with the audience. Featuring live music
and her male back-up dancers, The Bing Bongs, the show is neo-cabaret meets queer pop princess at its finest. ​
Scout says, “I’m trying to give thanks to the world of queer nightlife that taught me everything I know. Including how to pay your video crew in tequila shots, and hopefully how to make a pop song where no one feels left out. I have massive respect for the pop stars of our generation, but when Single Ladies came out, I didn’t have the legal right to get married, so while I appreciate the concept of ‘putting a ring on it,’ that’s not a world that speaks to me.”
Scout’s performance is queer, not just in its sexual orientation, but also in its approach to removing expectations that society has placed on us or that we have placed on ourselves.