Liberation Wins Pulitzer Prize & 5 Tony Award Nominations!

Top Left–Clockwise: Audrey Corsa, Irene Sofia Lucio, Adina Verson, and Kristolyn Lloyd in the Broadway production of Liberation. Photo by Little Fang.

Fresh off its Broadway triumph, Liberation has been awarded the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and nominated for 5 Tony Awards, including Best Play (Bess Wohl), Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Susannah Flood), Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role (Betsy Aidem), Best Costume Design (Qween Jean), and Best Direction (Whitney White). This critically acclaimed new play has captivated audiences with its wit, heart, and striking originality, quickly becoming one of the most celebrated works of the season.

We extend our heartfelt congratulations to Roundabout Theatre Company, playwright Bess Wohl, director Whitney White, and the entire cast and creative team behind the Broadway production for this remarkable achievement.

Liberation

JAN 27 – FEB 28, 2027
GIL CATES THEATER

Written by Bess Wohl
Directed by Whitney White
A Co-Production with Berkeley Repertory Theatre & Studio Theatre

Following its smash Pulitzer Prize–winning Broadway run, Liberation makes its West Coast debut with sharp wit, emotional insight, and fearless ambition to challenge the status quo. It’s 1970, somewhere in Ohio: six women gather in a basement gymnasium for a consciousness raising group, determined to shake up their lives and change the world. These meetings quickly become complicated—friendships are tested, alliances shift, the personal becomes political and vice versa, ultimately calling into question the very meaning of freedom itself.

Directed by Tony Award nominee Whitney White, this daring and sharply funny new play explores what it truly means to claim power, both on your own and together, and reminds us that revolution is never simple, but always worth the fight.

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