Top Girls

Act 1: A surreal dinner party for five mythical and literary women of the past — hosted by Marlene, the newly promoted head of Londonʼs Top Girls employment agency — sets in motion a fascinating examination of the perennial question, “Can women have it all?” Act 2: Back to reality, Churchill takes on both work place and home front with unflinching honesty and compassion. Complex themes of success and sacrifice, career and contentment, and capitalism and feminism collide with razor-sharp wit in this provocative, poignant piece. Winner of the 1982-1983 Obie Award for playwriting, “Top Girls” has earned its place among the new classics of the contemporary theater.

Cast & Crew

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION OF TOP GIRLS

By Caryl Churchill
Directed by Wendy Overly

Set Design by Jessica Hill
Costume Design by David T. Howard
Lighting Design by Matt Terry
Stage Management by Stef Work*
Assistant Director, Jimmy Calitri; Assistant Stage Managers, Elizabeth Gotauco and Adrienne Johnson; Dramaturge, Jennifer Madden; Props Master, Jonna Klaiber

CAST
Karen Carpenter, Pope Joan/Win
Tray Gearing, Dull Gret/Louise/Mrs. Kidd
Jeanine Kane,* Marlene
Casey Seymour Kim, Lady Nijo/Angie
Jillian Blevins, Waitress/Kit/Shona
Rae Mancini, Isabella Bird/Joyce
Nehassaiu deGannes,* Patient Griselda/Nell/Jeanine

*The actor or stage manager appears through courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.