Bess Wohl and Whitney White on 'Liberation': Pulitzer Winner Explores Memory, Reality, and the Reach Toward Fulfillment
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Summary
A Tony Watch Q&A interview exploring Bess Wohl's play 'Liberation' and director Whitney White's vision. The Pulitzer Prize-winning play, nominated for five Tony Awards, blends past and present, laughter and tears, memory and reality. The article examines how the production embodies its title through its thematic reaches and the creative process behind bringing this remarkable Broadway production to life at the James Earl Jones Theatre.
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· 3 pulledLiberation most fully embodies its title in its reaches – the reach of one so...
a blend of past and present, laughter and tears, memory and reality, seeking and probity
sometimes, when reaching toward fulfillment, the reach is the reward
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