Scope and Scalpel is the longest running amateur musical production in Pittsburgh (since 1955) at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
This year's production theme will be announced on Match Day (March 21, 2025). Who We Are:
We hope you are getting as excited about the 2025 production of Scope and Scalpel as we are! Shows will be Thursday, May 15 and Friday, May 16 with more information to come! We are Pitt Med’s Class of 2025. We can’t believe we’re finally in our last year at Pitt Med; it seems like just yesterday we were rece
iving our white coats and starting our first-year orientation festivities! We have a talented, hard-working, and passionate class and we can’t wait to show you our creative side. From singers and dancers to orchestra members and artists, our cast, crew and student members are excited to share our Pitt Med experience with our mentors, families, and friends. Our Project:
Scope and Scalpel is a unique Pitt Med tradition in which graduating students produce a full-length musical production parodying their medical school experience. Traditionally uncensored, but always good natured, the show is the longest running annual theatrical production in Western Pennsylvania, with the first show performed on May 13, 1955. Its founders were a few students who worked in a lab run by Dr. Frank Dixon. One day while out at a local pub discussing the challenges of attending Pitt Med, the idea to produce a class play was born. That spring, over 50 fourth-year medical students came together to write, produce, act, and sing in a show entitled “PMS IV” for a sold-out crowd at the Stephen Foster Memorial Theater. Students strive to represent the medical world they’ve come to know so well through their years at Pitt Med, and the result is always a candid and comedic take on the medical school experience. Historically, students draw inspiration from pop culture and famous storylines, with titles ranging from “Scar Trek” in 1975 to “Back to the Suture” in 1990 to “Pitt Med Musical” in 2022. This year marks the 70th annual production of Scope and Scalpel, and the Class of 2025 hopes to make their show incredible! How You Can Help:
Consider donating! As an entirely student-run, volunteer-produced show, all donations will go directly to the cost of producing Scope and Scalpel. This includes venue rental, costumes, set design/construction, hair and make-up, sound equipment, recording costs, props, storage space, program printing, playbill printing...it adds up! We are truly grateful for any donation amount you can give; every little bit helps! Any funds not utilized in this year’s production will go towards next year’s production. Share our project! Send our project page to your friends and family, post about it on social media, tell your neighbors...help us get the word out about this amazing production! Attend the show! Whether you’re a Pitt Med grad, the family or friend of a performer, the family or friend of a graduate, or any other member of the Pitt community, we want to see you in the audience! Theme:
