It was recently announced that Liberation will open on Broadway this fall, after an acclaimed run Off-Broadway earlier this year, and we now know the cast and creative team.
The award-winning Off-Broadway cast of Liberation will reprise their performances when the production opens on Broadway. The production will star Tony Award nominee Betsy Aidem (Prayer for the French Republic, Leopoldstadt) as Margie, Audrey Corsa (Poker Face, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) as Dora, Kayla Davion (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Waitress) as Joanne, Susannah Flood (Birthday Candles, The Cherry Orchard) as Lizzie, Kristolyn Lloyd (1776, Dear Evan Hansen) as Celeste, Irene Sofia Lucio (Slave Play, Wit) as Isidora, Charlie Thurston (Here There Are Blueberries, Wedge Horse) as Bill, and Adina Verson (Indecent, Only Murders in the Building) as Susan. Understudies are LeeAnne Hutchison, Matthew Russell, and Kedren Spencer.
The Broadway transfer of Liberation will feature set design by three-time Tony Award winner David Zinn (Stereophonic, SpongeBob SquarePants, The Humans), costume design by Drama Desk Award nominee Qween Jean (Cats: The Jellicle Ball), lighting design by Drama Desk Award nominee Cha See (Oh, Mary!, That Day in Amsterdam), sound design by two-time Tony Award nominee Palmer Hefferan (John Proctor is the Villain, The Skin of Our Teeth), and hair and wig design by Special Tony Award winner Nikiya Mathis (Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, Purpose). Intimacy Director is Kelsey Rainwater. Vocal and Dialect Coach is Gigi Buffington. Production Stage Manager is Erin Gioia Albrecht.
Winner of the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play, Liberation, written by Bess Wohl and directed by Whitney White, will open on October 28, 2025, with previews beginning on October 8, 2025, at the James Earl Jones Theatre. It will run for a limited engagement of 14 weeks only.
Liberation is a funny, time-bending, and deeply moving new play that brings to life a group of women in 1970s Ohio who gather in the basement of the local Y for a weekly consciousness-raising group—as they find their place in a new wave of feminism taking hold around them. While their candid conversations unfold with humor, heart, and vulnerability, the play explores how everyday moments spark lasting change. Interwoven with a present-day narrator discovering her mother’s radical past before marriage and motherhood, Liberation becomes a heartfelt exploration of memory, identity, and the enduring power of women speaking their truths.
