ONE WEEK LEFT TO PITCH A PLAY TO CAST 2026 !!

GET YOUR SHAKESPEARE ON !!!! We are looking for a passionate + dedicated individual to be our director  for the Cambridge American Stage Tour's 26th year to travel to America. We encourage applications from BME, disabled, Class Act and LGBTQ+ individuals :) Get pitching !

Hi! We're Louisa and Natalie, your tour managers for this exciting 26th American tour of CAST! We are looking for an enthusiastic director  to create this year's touring Shakespeare show.

HOW TO APPLY

Application pack: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r-YUjnN_L99bMqEcfJvJyIEqjb5pi9eN6y54bXdrjcY/edit?usp=sharing

Plaintext: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HUedjHieWnDWEzv9vD4zHHZ2ZU6f8uihXDtBpQIsAJ0/edit?usp=sharing

Deadline: 12 January 2026, 12:00 noon

The Cambridge American Stage Tour (CAST), established under the patronage of Dame Judi Dench in 1998, is one of the major international theatre tours of the University of Cambridge. It aims to bring the work of Shakespeare to as wide an audience as possible in the eastern United States. Now in its 27th year, Cambridge University’s largest international tour show has been performing to packed houses and critical acclaim since 1998! Each September, some of Cambridge’s most talented actors, directors  , designers and technicians travel across the Atlantic to bring a Shakespeare play to colleges, high schools and professional theatres on the East Coast.

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Contact nsyn2@cam.ac.uk and lh885@cam.ac.uk before 13th Jan 2026 00:00 for more details.