DJUNA: A DOUBLET is looking for an ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

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Djuna: A Doublet, Corpus Playroom Mainshow Lent Week 5 23rd-27th Feb - is looking for an Assistant Director ! Send an e-mail to glab2@cam.ac.uk following the guidance in the application pack (linked below) to apply for a role.

Hi! I'm Grace, and I am looking for an assistant director  for Djuna: A Doublet. The performance features two one-act plays by Djuna Barnes. She was writing in the Left Bank of Paris in the 1920s – an environment for cultural innovation, and social freedom – enabling escapism from conservative restriction. What I have been intrigued by the most is her drama. It comes in short bursts, with a few of her one-act plays published in ‘A Book’ in 1923. This production consists of two very separate one-act plays, with different characters and plots, yet a similar dialogue style and use of intimate space.

I have put together both ‘Three From the Earth’ and ‘To the Dogs.’ The first involves three brothers who go to visit a woman, Kate Morley, who had a previous affair with their father, and who possesses letters detailing things they want to know about familial and romantic entanglement. The second is about Helena Hucksteppe’s radically endearing rejection of her desperate neighbour, Gheid Storm, who tries to pursue her relentlessly.

If any of this sounds up your street, and you would like to assistant direct, here is a link to the application pack! Please send your application to glab2@cam.ac.uk by 23:59 on the 22nd Nov.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HrPZleLk5ieDwZisMR00M-Qh10MaIAH2pbVYXTR82MQ/edit?usp=sharing

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Contact glab2@cam.ac.uk before 23rd Nov 2026 00:00 for more details.