Liberation
Closing: April 06, 2025Liberation - 2025 Off-Broadway History , Info & More
Laura Pels Theatre
Harold & Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre 111 West 46th Street New York, NY 10036
From Tony Award® nominee Bess Wohl (Grand Horizons) comes Liberation, directed by Roundabout’s inaugural directing fellow and Associate Artist, Whitney White (If I Forget, Marvin’s Room).
It's 1970: somewhere in Ohio, six women meet on a basement basketball court, determined to shake up their lives and change the world. Fifty years later, one of their daughters tries to understand where things fell apart. A provocative, wildly theatrical world premiere that poses vital questions about friendship, legacy, and the true meaning of liberation.
Liberation - 2025 - Off-Broadway Cast
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‘Liberation’ Review: Feminism and Frustration on Broadway
7 / 10
There is little the director, Whitney White, can do to tame the play’s unruly structure, although the dramatic focus grows sharper in the second act, when the agreeably cranky talk begins to turn contentious and more personal. A climactic passage finds the narrator-playwright trying to come to terms with her decisions and those of her mother—whether a fulfilling family life can ever be wholly consistent with a woman’s true autonomy as society is structured, then and now.
Review: In ‘Liberation,’ the Feminist Revolution Will Be Dramatized
10 / 10
Critic's Pick-- But “Liberation,” which opened on Thursday at the Laura Pels Theater, is neither satire nor agitprop. As directed with cool patience by Whitney White, the better to let its climax sear, and with a cast led by Susannah Flood and Betsy Aidem each at the top of her form, it is gripping and funny and formally daring. In a trick worthy of Escher, and befitting the complexity of the material, it nearly eats the box of its own containment, just as its characters, lacking other emotional sustenance, eat at theirs.
Interview: Claire Warden on the Intimacy Movement: 'There Is Space for Everyone'
by Caitlin Hornik - March 31, 2025
by Caitlin Hornik - March 31, 2025
This March, BroadwayWorld is excited to spotlight five incredible female theatre-makers who are changing the game from offstage. In this final edition of 'Female Theatremakers' we are catching up with Broadway Intimacy Director Claire Warden.
Interview: Bess Wohl on Writing the Women’s Lib Movement in 2025: 'It's Meeting the Moment'
by Caitlin Hornik - March 24, 2025
by Caitlin Hornik - March 24, 2025
Who run the Broadway world? Girls. This March, BroadwayWorld is excited to spotlight five incredible female theatre-makers who are changing the game from offstage. In this second edition of 'Female Theatremakers' we are catching up with acclaimed playwright Bess Wohl.
Photos: Gloria Steinem Stops By LIBERATION Off-Broadway
by A.A. Cristi - March 13, 2025
by A.A. Cristi - March 13, 2025
On Tuesday evening, Gloria Steinem attended the new feminist play, Liberation, and visited with the cast and creative team after the show. Check out photos from her visit!
LIBERATION Now Extended Through Early April at Roundabout Theatre Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 3, 2025
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 3, 2025
Roundabout Theatre Company will present a one-week extension of the critically and widely-acclaimed world-premiere of Liberation by Bess Wohl, directed by Whitney White. Learn more!
Backstage Bite: Bess Wohl and Whitney White Go Back In Time to Cook Up a LIBERATION Cheese Ball
by Joey Mervis - March 2, 2025
by Joey Mervis - March 2, 2025
Backstage Bite is back! In this episode, Katie is joined in the kitchen by the creators of Roundabout's hit play, Liberation- playwright Bess Wohl and director Whitney White. Watch in this video as they join forces to make a 70's-Style Cheese Ball and check out the full recipe below!
Review Roundup: LIBERATION Opens at Laura Pels Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - February 20, 2025
by A.A. Cristi - February 20, 2025
From Tony Award nominees Bess Wohl (Grand Horizons) and Whitney White (Jaja's African Hair Braiding) comes Liberation, a provocative and revealing new work about what really goes on when women meet behind closed doors.
Photos: Inside Opening Night of Bess Wohl's LIBERATION
by Jennifer Broski - February 21, 2025
by Jennifer Broski - February 21, 2025
Roundabout Theatre Company celebrated opening night of the world-premiere of Liberation by Bess Wohl, directed by Whitney White. Check out photos from opening night here.
Photos: Meet the Cast of LIBERATION; Now in Previews
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 5, 2025
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 5, 2025
Roundabout Theatre Company is presenting the world-premiere of Liberation by Bess Wohl, directed by Whitney White. The play is now in previews. Get a first look at a portrait of the cast here!
Photos: The Cast of LIBERATION Off-Broadway Meets the Press
by Jennifer Broski - January 16, 2025
by Jennifer Broski - January 16, 2025
The company of the world-premiere of Liberation by Bess Wohl, directed by Whitney White and presented by Roundabout Theatre Companym met with the press ahead of performances. See photos here!
Betsy Aidem, Kristolyn Lloyd & More to Star in LIBERATION World Premiere at Roundabout
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 6, 2025
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 6, 2025
Roundabout Theatre Company has revealed the complete cast for the world-premiere of Liberation by Bess Wohl, directed by Whitney White. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.
Liberation History
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Liberation - 2025 Off-Broadway Awards and Nominations
Note: Award winners will appear on a background
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Direction of a Play | Whitney White |
| 2025 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Play | Bess Wohl |
| 2025 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Wig and Hair Design | Nikiya Mathis |
| 2025 | Drama League Awards | OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A PLAY | Whitney White |
| 2025 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Play | Betsy Aidem |
| 2025 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play | Liberation |
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