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Liberation

Single tickets on sale Jul 15
Fri, Oct 23, 2026 - Sun, Nov 29, 2026

By Bess Wohl
Directed by Whitney White
A co-production with Geffen Playhouse and Studio Theatre
West Coast premiere
Roda Theatre

It’s 1970s Ohio, and Lizzie has gathered a group of women in a rec center basement to change their lives and maybe the world. Decades later, Lizzie’s daughter delves into her mother’s history to find answers to the feminist revolution’s unanswered questions, reliving those necessary, messy, and impassioned meetings that asked: What does it mean for a woman to be free? Direct from its acclaimed Broadway run, Tony Award nominees Bess Wohl (Grand Horizons) and director Whitney White (Jaja’s African Hair Braiding) bring ferocious wit and emotional precision to this intensely relevant and bitingly funny memory play about what we inherit, what we forget, and what we’re still fighting to understand.

“An unadulterated pleasure. Powerfully moving and funny. When these women talk, we want to hear every word.” — Critic’s Pick, The New York Times

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Important dates

  • Masks required: Oct 25 evening, Nov 3 evening, and Nov 8 matinee
  • Closed captioning: evenings Oct 29 and 30, Nov 1, 3, and 4; and every matinee through Nov 24
  • Audio description: Nov 28 matinee
  • Theatre Explorers: Nov 14 matinee — K–5 workshop for families
  • Postshow discussions: evenings Nov 5, Nov 13, and Nov 17 — guided by members of Berkeley Rep’s artistic team
  • Docent-led postshow discussions: after all matinees

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