Auditions

Theater Company of Lafayette will be holding auditions for Top Girls by Caryl Churchill, directed by Brett Landis.

SIGN UP TO AUDITION, HERE. Auditions will be on Monday, January 5, 2026 and Tuesday, January 6, 2026 from 6 - 10 PM. Please bring a headshot and resume. Please prepare a short 1-2 minute contemporary monologue. There will also be cold readings from the script.

Auditions, rehearsals, and performances are all at the Arapaho Center (300 East Simpson Street in Lafayette, CO). Performances are February 27 - March 15, 2026 (Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30, Sundays at 2 PM). Rehearsals are January 12- February 26, 2026. Tech week is February 22-26, 2026.

Note: A small stipend is paid to actors (typically under $100), based on the profit of the show. We follow CTG guidelines.

ABOUT THE PLAY:
Set in Margaret Thatcher’s 1980s United Kingdom, this play examines the contrast in women’s empowerment between individual achievement versus collective action. Through the story of Maureen, a successful career woman, her co-workers, her family, and notable women throughout history, this play explores those themes with humor and poignancy.

The scenes fluctuate between Maureen’s workplace (an employment agency) where she and her co-workers try to find jobs for people and Joyce’s (Maureen’s sister) home. Maureen embodies the “lean-in” style of feminism that focuses on individual success. However, Joyce argues against a flawed system and notes how it leaves people who are vulnerable (like her daughter Angie) behind and unprotected.

CAST:
All parts, except Maureen are double-cast for a total cast of 6 actors and 2-3 understudies. (Understudies will be guaranteed one performance.) Casting will be race-blind. The characters are women, but may be played by cis gender women, trans women, and femme-presenting nonbinary people.

Maureen- a career-woman at a top employment agency
Waitress
Isabella Bird- (1831-1904) a Scottish/British woman who travelled extensively between the ages of 40 and 70.
Lady Nijo- (v. 1258)- Japanese Emperor's courtesan and later a Buddhist nun who travelled on foot through Japan.
Dull Gret- subject of the Brueghel painting Dulle Griet (1563), in which a woman in an apron and armour leads a crowd of women charging through hell and fighting the devils.
Pope Joan- disguised as a man, is thought to have been Pope between 854-856.
Patient Griselda- is the obedient wife whose story is told by Chaucer in “The Clerk’s Tale” of The Canterbury Tales.
Jeanine- secretary seeking job, engaged
Win- Maureen’s co-worker
Joyce- Maureen’s sister, works as a cleaning lady to four houses
Nell- Maureen’s co-worker
Mrs. Kidd- wife of Maureen’s co-worker, housewife
Angie- Joyce’s daughter, teenager, but immature and not very bright
Louise- extremely experienced middle manager
Kit- Angie’s friend, much younger than Angie is
Shona- job applicant, bragger