Scope and Scalpel is a drama society of the fourth year students at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. It was formed in 1955 and to this day it carries on the tradition started by Dr. Musgrave and Dr. Felix "Bebe" Miller to produce a show in which they laugh at their profession, their school and themselves. Each year, a week before graduation a new Scope and Scalpel is presented. It is the largest and the longest running nonprofessional theatrical production in Pittsburgh.

In 2014, Dr. Jon Rittenberger, the Faculty Advisor to the Scope and Scalpel Society, gracioulsy gave his collection of recordings, playbills, and posters of many of the Society's past performances to the Rare Book and Special Collections of Falk Library. Since then, we have continued to add new materials to the collection annually after each performance in May.

Here, we present excerpts from select recordings throughout the show's long history to give you a preview of Scope and Scalpel's unique humor and production value. Full-length recordings of available productions can be viewed by those with a valid University computing account on the library's Panopto site at https://bit.ly/scope-and-scalpel. More information, including posters and playbills of all of our Scope and Scalpel holdings, can be found on our finding aid. Please contact us to view the Scope and Scalpel materials in person or to talk to our History of Medicine librarian.