The Purdue University North Central Theatre will present two performances of "Top Girls" a play by Caryl Churchill, on Thursday Sept. 30 at 5 p.m. and Friday Oct. 1, 7 p.m. in the Library-Student-Faculty Building Assembly Hall, Room 02 on campus. Admission is free but donations will be accepted. 
"Top Girls" is set in 1980s Britain during the time of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. "Top Girls" has been described as a "hilarious, brilliant, searching play about the changing lives of women in the modern world."
The play begins, with the character Marlene being named managing director of an employment agency for women called Top Girls. She goes to dinner to celebrate with friends, but the friends show up from all over the world and hundreds of years in the past, if they ever lived at all - a notable guest is the mythical Pope Joan. This presents a rowdy, energetic forum for reflecting on the achievement of women against impossible odds.
The rest of the play looks farther into the choices and sacrifices Marlene has made to get where she is, whether such achievements can be passed on to children and what happens to those left behind.
The performance is directed by Paul Hecht, assistant professor of English and Bethany Lee, continuing lecturer of English.