Concord Theatricals has announced its acquisition of the worldwide English-language licensing rights to Bess Wohl’s play “Liberation.” The play concluded its Broadway run on Feb. 1.
“Liberation” shifts between the present day and 1970s Ohio as it tells the story of a young woman trying to understand her mother’s revolutionary past.
The play first played Off-Broadway at Roundabout Theatre Company’s Laura Pels Theatre at the start of 2025. The drama transferred to Broadway’s James Earl Jones Theatre in October, where it began a 14-week limited engagement.
As she was developing the play, Wohl spoke with women who were alive during the second-wave feminist consciousness-raising movement who are portrayed in the play. “So many little details of things that they told me found their way into the play,” Wohl told Broadway News executive editor Ruthie Fierberg. “The minute you’re talking to real people, [the character you’re writing] no longer feels like an archetype. They feel like a person.”
“In this current political and cultural climate, when gender and individual liberties are under attack, Bess’ powerful play infuses these debates with humanity, humor and history,” said Concord’s senior vice president of artistic development Amy Rose Marsh in a statement. “‘Liberation’ is a story for our time and for generations into the future.”
Concord Music launched its theatrical division in 2018 with the purchase of the catalogs of Tams-Witmark and Samuel French, which it merged with the catalog of R&H Theatricals. It has since added the libraries of the Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection, Dramatists Play Service and Playscripts. In 2025, it acquired Broadway Licensing Global and its family of imprints.
The licensor also recently announced its acquisition of the licensing rights for “The Outsiders” and “Hamilton.”
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