Liberation on Broadway Tickets

By: Bess Wohl
Director: Whitney White
Cast list: Betsy Aidem (as Margie), Audrey Corsa (as Dora), Kayla Davion (as Joanne), Susannah Flood (as Lizzie), Kristolyn Lloyd (as Celeste), Irene Sofia Lucio (as Isidora), Charlie Thurston (as Bill), Adina Verson (as Susan)
Sets: David Zinn
Costumes: Qween Jean
Lighting: Cha See
Sound: Palmer Hefferan
Other info: Hair and wig design by Nikiya Mathis, intimacy direction by Kelsey Rainwater, vocal and dialect coaching by Gigi Buffington

Bess Wohl, a Tony Award nominee for her Broadway play Grand Horizons, is known for plays of varying styles that all offer more than meets the eye. Camp Siegfried is based on the real New York campground that was seemingly idyllic but was where American children of German descent were taught Nazi ideology. Small Mouth Sounds followed participants unraveling at a silent retreat, and her musical Pretty Filthy dove into the private and professional lives of adult film stars.

Often highly imaginative but based in detailed research, Wohl’s plays have enjoyed critical acclaim, extensions, and many recognitions. She’s been nominated for the Lucille Lortel Award and Drama Desk Award and won a Outer Critics Circle Award.

Now, her new play takes audiences to 1970, where six women, all strangers, gather at a community center’s basement gym to discuss their aspirations. Half a century later, one of their daughters tries to piece together her mom's mysterious life, hoping her onetime friends can shed light on what the hell actually happened all those years ago.

What to watch for

• Like Bess Wohl, director Whitney White is equally lauded: she directed the many New York and regional productions of What to Send Up When It Goes Down and is an Obie Award winner.
• This is not the first time Wohl has played with different time periods in a play; previously, in Make Believe, young actors and adult professionals played a trio of siblings across the decades.
• Even before its premiere, this play was generating buzz; Liberation is a recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New Play Award.

Additional Information

• Children under 4 years old will not be admitted.
  
  
• No weapons permitted on the premises. No outside food or beverages, electric scooters, e-bikes, or battery-powered transportation devices, except when medically necessary.
  
  
• All items are subject to inspection. Anything brought into the theatre must fit on your lap or completely under your seat without blocking any aisles. Avoid bringing packages, luggage, and backpacks. Some items must be checked.