“Liberation,” a new play written by Bess Wohl and directed by Whitney White, presented by Roundabout Theatre Company in the month of November 2025, is described as a “sharp and witty memory play.”
Liberation Summary
A young woman struggling in her role as a feminist and a mother looks back on the life of her own mother for guidance. Attempting to reconcile her once-radical mother with the woman who raised her in such a traditional family unit, she imagines herself back in time to 1970 Ohio, where her mother Lizzie founded a CR (consciousness-raising) group. She does her best to relive Lizzie’s time with the group and to make sense of the choices they made and the conversations they had. As the CR group evolves from tentative confidants to fellow feminists, the members must reckon with their places in 1970s society and what they want for themselves.
See the review by Austin Fimmano