Bess Wohl is a playwright whose latest play, Liberation, recently completed a critically acclaimed run on Broadway. Her other plays include Barcelona (West End), Grand Horizons (Broadway, Tony nomination), Camp Siegfried, Small Mouth Sounds, Make Believe, Continuity, American Hero, Touched, In, Cats Talk Back, and the original musical Pretty Filthy. Her plays have been recognized with a variety of awards and nominations, including the Drama Desk, Drama League, Lucille Lortel, Outer Critics Circle, GLAAD Media Awards, and a finalist spot for this year’s Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.
In film and television, she has developed projects with Amazon, HBO, Paramount, ABC, Disney, and others. Her film Baby Ruby premiered at TIFF in 2022. It was produced with Page Fifty-Four and stars Noémie Merlant and Kit Harington. She wrote for the Apple series Extrapolations and is currently developing a TV project starring Connie Britton, with LuckyChap producing.
Wohl is an Associate Artist with The Civilians, an alumna of Ars Nova’s Play Group, and the current Judith Champion Fellow at Manhattan Theatre Club. She is a graduate of Harvard University and the Yale School of Drama.