Bess Wohl News & Updates

Bess Wohl’s Liberation Wins Best Play at 2026 Tony Awards

Now that's what we're talkin' 'bout! Liberation, penned by Bess Wohl, was named Best Play at the 79t...

Jun 07, 2026 • broadway.com

First came the Pulitzer, now a milestone Tony

Broadway just handed Bess Wohl a rare place in the record books. Her Liberation took home the 2026 T...

Jun 08, 2026 • MSN on MSN

BCNARTS: Review: Shotgun Players Balance Humor, Disaster Nicely In Continuity, A Climate Change Comedy

Shotgun Players' "Continuity," a comedy dressed in heavy gear by Bess Wohl onstage in Berkeley, take...

Jun 08, 2026 • SFGATE

Consciousness Raising With The New Play ‘Liberation’

A scene from Bess Wohl's play Liberation, directed by Whitney White. (From left): Susannah Flood, Ir...

Mar 05, 2025 • Forbes

Curtain Calls: Climate change turns into a laughing matter in East Bay satire ‘Continuity’

In her own version of a play within a play, Playwright Bess Wohl’s satire utilizes the chaotic mak...

Jun 08, 2026 • East Bay Times

Liberation Wins Best Play Tony: Bess Wohl Is 2nd American Woman to Win

Bess Wohl's play about a feminist group in the 1970s takes home the award after winning the Pulitzer...

Jun 08, 2026 • The Hollywood Reporter on MSN

Brooklyn playwright Bess Wohl clinches Tony Award for Best Play for 'Liberation'

Only four women have ever won the Tony Award for Best Play, and two of them are native Brooklynites....

Jun 08, 2026 • Brooklyn Paper on MSN

Yale-trained playwright becomes first American woman in decades to win Best Play Tony

Several other Connecticut natives were nominated for theater's top prizes, but fell short Sunday nig...

Jun 08, 2026 • CT Insider on MSN

'Liberation' and 'Schmigadoon!' top Tony Awards

Bess Wohl's play "Liberation," a look at second-wave feminism, and musical "Schmigadoon!" The award ...

Jun 08, 2026 • Agence France-Presse on MSN

‘Liberation’ Wins the Tony for Best Play

The playwright Bess Wohl is the first American woman to win this award since Wendy Wasserstein won f...

Jun 07, 2026 • The New York Times

Bess Wohl becomes fourth woman to win Best Play Tony Award

On June 7, at the 79th annual Tony Awards, playwright Bess Wohl became the fourth woman in Tonys his...

Jun 07, 2026 • Broadway News

Bess Wohl could become only the 4th female playwright to win a Best Play Tony

According to Gold Derby's latest predictions , Liberation is the frontrunner to win Best Play at thi...

Jun 01, 2026 • Yahoo

With ‘Liberation,’ Bess Wohl & Whitney White Reach For A Word And Reclaim A World – Tony Watch Q&A

Winner of the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and nominated for five Tony Awards, including Best Play ...

May 26, 2026 • Deadline

Bess Wohl

The prize board called the playwright Bess Wohl’s work “a striking blend of comedy and sincerity...

May 01, 2025 • The New York Times