The 2019-2020 Carmen Awards
The Taming of the Review has announced the winners of the first annual Carmen Awards, an awards ceremony celebrating Tucson talent showcased during the 2019-2020 season.  The S&S was honored with 15 awards celebrating all three of our MainStage shows in Season 3 and a special award for our Resident Stage Manager, Tiffer Hill.

Buffalo Exchange 2019 Arts Award
Established by Buffalo Exchange owners Kerstin Block and her late husband, Spencer Block, The Buffalo Exchange Artist Award encourages creativity, innovation, and excellence in the arts. The focus of the award rotates each year between emerging artists in the performing arts and visual arts, and individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the arts through education, organization, and advocacy. Congratulations to Allison Miller (muralist) and Bryan Falcón (Artistic & Managing Director of The Scoundrel & Scamp), recipients of the 2019 Buffalo Exchange Arts Award!

MAC Awards: the best of Tucson theatre in 2019, Arizona Daily Star
The S&S was honored with ten Arizona Daily Star 2019 MAC Nominations.

MAC Awards: the best of Tucson theatre in 2018, Arizona Daily Star
The S&S was honored with twelve Arizona Daily Star 2017 MAC Nominations and Winner of Best Actress, Comedy and Best Comedy.

MAC Awards: the best of Tucson theatre in 2017, Arizona Daily Star
The S&S was honored with two Arizona Daily Star 2017 MAC Nominations and Winner of Best Director, Drama.  

2020 Plays In Translation Contest Winners Announced!

The S&S is delighted to collaborate with American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) to produce a new work of translation to be featured in our Season 4 Play Reading Series as well as at the “ALTA43: In Between” Convention.

We are excited to announce that we have selected The Crack: Among Wild Animals by Gracia Morales and Juan Alberto Salvatierra, translated by Lauren D. Finch as our winner. Lauren D. Finch’s translation will be performed via a streamed staged reading by S&S actors on October 13th, 2020.

Lucía, Nico and Tomás are three city-dwelling friends who decide to spend a weekend away at a rustic country cottage together to relax. However, the threat of wild animals outside, human tensions inside, and even the house itself become more than they ever bargained for. 

Congratulations to Lauren D. Finch on being selected as winner, and to Honorable Mentions Marc Silberman for atlas by Thomas Köck, and Jeremy Tiang for Braver Newer World by Pao-Chang Tsai.

The translation of The Crack: Among Wild Animals was graciously funded by the Society of Authors and Publishers of Spain (SGAE).

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