Darby Huk

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Darby Huk (she/her) is an emerging writer going through her quarter-life crisis. She graduated from Queen's University, where she earned her MA studying complicity and emotions in role-playing video games. Darby lives in Kingston with her lemon tree, whose name is Paul.

Articles by Darby

A stage performance where a hospital patient lies in a hospital bed. They are speaking to a set of doctors and nurses who are either listening or writing things down.
January 19, 2026

Balance is the Soul of ‘W;t’

  • Domino Theatre
  • Review

In the quiet darkness of a theatre before the stage lights go on, the squeaky wheels of an IV pole are our first introduction to Dr. Vivian Bearing. “It’s not my intention to give away the plot,” she tells the audience in an opening monologue that immediately breaks the fourth wall, “but I think I die at the end.”  W;t, written by Margaret Edson and directed by Martha Bailey, is […]

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