Bess Wohl

Off-Broadway Review: “Liberation” Misses the Mark at the Laura Pels Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre (Closed Sunday, March 30, 2025)

There is nothing about liberation, nor is there anything liberating in Bess Wohl’s “Liberation” currently running at the Laura Pels Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre. There is gratuitous and unnecessary nudity on stage that requires patrons to relinquish their phones before entering the theater. That nudity is completely unnecessary: the questions raised about the characters’…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Camp Siegfried” at Second Stage’s Tony Kiser Theater (Closed Sunday, December 4, 2022)

November 15, 2022 | camp siegfried, Off-Broadway, on that day, the seven year > | "Camp Siegfried", Bess Wohl, costume design by Brenda Abbandandolo, David Cromer, Emilio Madrid, Johnny Berchtold, Joseph Verlezza, Katie Young, lighting design by Tyler Micoleau, Lily McInerny, Second Stage, set design by Brett J Banakis, sound design by Christopher Darbassie, Theatre Reviews Limited, Tony Kiser Theater

There is no doubt that “Camp Siegfried” a new play penned by Bess Wohl is extremely relevant given the current social, moral, and political landscape that has evolved in the past few years. The similarities might actually border on being frightening. The title and subject matter refer to a summer camp, one of many throughout the country, where German youth…

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Broadway Review: “Grand Horizons” at Second Stage’s Hayes Theater

February 10, 2020 | Broadway > | "Grand Horizons", Ashley Park, Ben McKenzie, Bess Wohl, Bryce Cutler, Clint Ramos, Helen Hayes Theater, James Cromwell, Jane Alexander, Jen Schriever, Joan Marcus, Leigh Silverman, Linda Cho, Michael Urie, Palmer Hefferan, Priscilla Lopez, Second Stage, Telsey + Company

Plays parsing the viability of monogamy are nothing new. The “sacred” tie that binds “one man and one woman” have been under scrutiny since the mythic Adam and Eve stumbled out of the garden shortly after their creation and subsequent fall from grace. The current hype about the sanctity of heteronormative coupling makes the issue even more relevant despite the…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Make Believe” at Second Stage’s Tony Kiser Theater

August 30, 2019 | kiser mail, LGBTQ+, Off-Broadway > | "Make Believe", Ben Stanton, Bess Wohl, Brad Heberlee, Bray Poor, Casey Hilton, David Zinn, Emilio Sosa, Harrison Fox, Joan Marcus, Justin Scribner, Kim Fischer, LGBTQ, Maren Heary, Michael Greif, Ryan Foust, Samantha Mathis, Second Stage Theater, Susannah Flood, Tony Kiser Theater

The nature-nurture psychological debate and the predestined-free will theological debate collide in Bess Wohl’s “Make Believe” currently running at Second Stage’s Tony Kiser Theater, resulting in the brave and somewhat disturbing exploration of the blurred boundaries between what is perceived to be real life and what is perceived to be make-believe. The playwright raises several enduring questions, including whether there…

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