About the Show

Bess Wohl’s time-hopping play on feminism and sisterhood hits Broadway, directed by Whitney White.

Liberation follows two timelines linked by one group of women and the complex legacy of their activism. In 1970, a group of women meet in a community center at the height of second-wave feminism, forging bonds and ideologies that shape their lives. Fifty years later, the daughter of the group’s founder returns, seeking to understand what truly happened during that pivotal moment—and how their ideals evolved or unraveled over time.

The play is written by Tony Award nominee Bess Wohl (Grand Horizons, Small Mouth Sounds), known for character-driven works that explore emotional and generational depth. Direction is by Tony nominee Whitney White (Jaja’s African Hair Braiding), bringing a contemporary perspective to a play grounded in historical and personal inquiry.

An Outer Critics Circle Award winner, Liberation makes its Broadway debut with a focus on intergenerational feminism, memory, and the private conversations that shape public change.

Critic Reviews (15)

"The miracle of this play is that the circle feels as if it is extending to embrace us all."
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"The play hasn’t changed — it is still one of the best confrontations with the scope and limits of memory and the memory play itself in recent, well, memory — but its presentation has."
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"A searching and revealing drama about the achievements and limits of 1970s feminism, Liberation weaves different kinds of conversation into a multilayered narrative—and, in doing so, serendipitously restores the very word conversation to its roots."
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"The play is constantly running a nail over divisions that seem untraversable, across politics, class, and race, but also across generation and gender, wondering if solidarity could possibly still form there. "
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"Ms. White does elicit uniformly terrific performances that keep the play lively and humming with bright humor."
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"Make no mistake, this is a sophisticated piece of writing that goes far beyond the usual 90 minutes on Broadway and is cleverly self-protected too"
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"Liberation is a brilliant, well-acted, and sobering account of the women’s rights movement, complicity, and the lens through which we view our caretakers — namely, our mothers."
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" 'Liberation' is timely, but it does more than just appeal to resistance-frazzled audiences."
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