Top Girls
Written by Caryl Churchill.
Directed by Chris New.
Caryl Churchill’s Top Girls is a sharp and inventive exploration of feminism, ambition, and the cost of success in a patriarchal world. Churchill exposes the tensions between empowerment and exploitation, sisterhood and individualism. Witty, provocative, and structurally daring, Top Girls challenges audiences to question what it truly means for a woman to “make it” in a man’s world.
Premiering in 1982 at London’s Royal Court Theatre, Top Girls quickly became a landmark of modern feminist theatre. Its bold structure, nonlinear narrative, and overlapping dialogue revolutionized expectations of form and storytelling on stage. Since its debut,Top Girls has been revived globally and studied widely, remaining a touchstone for discussions about women’s roles in society, the sacrifices tied to ambition, and the enduring complexities of feminist progress.
This production of Top Girls is presented by The Stables Theatre’s regular acting company, under the direction of Chris New — the same creative team behind the hugely enjoyable The Glass Menagerie and the acclaimed new plays Sir, The Power of Love, and Harvest.
