Bess Wohl (Writer)

Bess Wohl is an American playwright and filmmaker, with her plays produced on and off Broadway, across the US, and internationally including London.

Wohl’s thriller Barcelona played in London’s West End at the Duke of York’s Theatre in 2024 and 2025, starring Screen stars Lily Collins (Emily in Paris, To The Bone, Mank) and Álvaro Morte (Money Heist, Wheel of Time, Immaculate).

Her play Camp Siegfried had its world premiere at The Old Vic in London in 2021, directed by Katy Rudd, and starring Patsy Ferran and Luke Thallon.

Bess’s plays also include Grand Horizons, which was Tony nominated for Best Play, plus an Outer Critics Circle Honor and a Drama League Award nomination; Make Believe, which scored an Outer Critics Circle Honor; Continuity; Small Mouth Sounds, which won an Outer Critics Circle Award; American Hero; Barcelona; Touched; In; Cats Talk Back; and the musical Pretty Filthy with composer/lyricist Michael Friedman and The Civilians, which received Lucille Lortel Award and Drama Desk Award nominations.

Bess Wohl’s debut feature film Baby Ruby, starred Noémie Merlant and Kit Harington, and premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in 2022. Bess also wrote for the Apple TV+ series Extrapolations.

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