Playwright and Dramaturg
Scout Rexe (they/she) is a playwright and dramaturg. While their writing deals with heavy themes, it’s often playful and funny. Much of their work centers around young characters navigating queer and trans identities. Scout aspires to make work that’s as complex as the communities it’s in dialogue with—work that deepens or expands our relationship to who we are and the world we live in.
Scout is invested in dramaturgy as an artistic process, supporting new play development with both emerging and established artists, and working across disciplines to foster innovative creation.
Scout holds a BA in Creative Writing from Concordia University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph. She is currently a part of the Prairie Theatre Exchange Playwrights Unit and the Imago Creators’ Circle.
Cara Rebecca, Ryan Bommarito, and Ellie Ellwand in a workshop of Cult Play at Playwrights Workshop Montreal. Photo by Erin Lindsay.
Current Projects
Scout is currently writing two full-length plays:
O Death—a nuanced exploration of trans and queer identity, cancel culture, and the legacy of our cultural icons.
Supported by: Playwrights Workshop Montreal and dramaturgs Fatma Sarah Elkashef and Elio Zarrillo. Supported by the Manitoba Arts Council, The Riding Mountain National Park Residency, as a Collective in Residence at the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, by Buddies in Bad Times Theatre and Nightwood Theatre through the Ontario Arts Council Recommender Grants for Theatre Creators, and by the Toronto Arts Council Playwrights Program.
Cult Play—a suspenseful multi-platform solo show in which the audience is essential to the story.
Supported by: Playwrights Workshop Montreal and dramaturg Fatma Sarah Elkashef, Digital Dramaturgs Emily Soussana and Andrew Scriver of Potatocakes Digital, the Imago Creators’ Circle, The Gros Morne Residency run by Playwrights’ Workshop Montréal and le Centre des auteurs dramatiques in partnership with the Cole Foundation, Creative Gros Morne, the Bonne Bay Aquarium and Research Station, and Artistic Fraud, the Manitoba Arts Council, the Manitoba Association of Playwrights (MAP) Digital Dramaturgy Initiative, and the MAP/Prairie Theatre Exchange Playwrights Unit.