Winner of the Fifth
Plays-In-Translation contest
This show is free for ALTA Conference Participants.
Conference attendees can reserve a ticket by calling our box-office at (520) 448-3300, emailing boxoffice@scoundrelandscamp.org, or via the website by using your conference discount code.
This show is free for
The Scoundrel Society.
Scoundrels can reserve a ticket
by calling our box-office at (520) 448-3300
or emailing boxoffice@scoundrelandscamp.org.
Since our inception, The Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre has been thrilled to present new works of translation and adaptation with such beloved works as The Little Prince, Blood Wedding, and The Crack: Among Wild Animals.
This season we are excited to present to our audiences the winner of our fifth plays-in-translation contest hosted in collaboration with the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA). This year’s competition winner, The Precursors, has been selected from a diverse field of global plays translated into English.
Past Winners include:
2023 Winner: RUSSIAN ROULETTE (THE LIKELIHOOD OF A CASINO BURNING DOWN WITH OUR MOTHER IN IT) by Luis Guerrero, translated by Katherine Walker
2022 Winner: CHINS UP! SHOULDERS BACK! by Ainur Karim, translated by Ellen Vayner and Slava Faybysh
2021 Winner: BEFORE THE GERMAN’S HERE by Marta Barceló, translated by H.J. Gardner
2020 Winner: THE CRACK: AMONG WILD ANIMALS by Gracia Morales and Juan Alberto, translated by L. Finch
2025 Plays-in-Translation Contest Winner
The Precursors
by Luis Sorolla
Translated by Don Bogen
Staged Reading & Talk Back
November 7, 2025
Come see the winner of the 5th Plays in Translation Contest, a partnership between ALTA and the Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre! The winner of this year’s competition is The Precursors by Luis Sorolla, translated from the Spanish by Don Bogen.
The end of the world has arrived, and three people are the sole survivors. At their lonely and remote campsite they have been given one task to tell until the end of time - tell all the stories, tell everything - until there are no more stories to be told
In this poetic and chilling story, Sorolla explores the importance of storytelling at the end - or perhaps the beginning - of everything.
Congratulations to translator Don Bogen for being selected as winner. Bogen’s translation of The Precursors was commissioned by the Cultural Office of the Spanish Embassy in Washington, D.C.
THIS STAGED READING WILL BE ON THE MAINSTAGE OF THE S&S THEATRE.
Showtimes
Friday, November 7, 2025 @ 7:30 pm
Location: The Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre at The Historic Y
738 N 5th Avenue #131, Tucson, AZ, 85705
The main entrance is located off the parking lot of The Historic Y; the parking lot entrance is accessed from 5th Avenue.
Runtime: Approximately 90 minutes.
Note: Late seating is at the discretion of the House Manager and is not guaranteed.
Audience: Best enjoyed by Scoundrels ages 14+
Ticket Prices (includes fees)
Adult: $28
Students/Teachers/Theatre Artists: $25
Questions? Call our Box Office at 520-448-3300 or email boxoffice@scoundrelandscamp.org.
Thank you to our generous sponsors
The Precursors is also made possible in part due to funding from The Community Foundation of Southern Arizona, and The Arizona Commission on the Arts.
