Bess Wohl is an American playwright, screenwriter, and actress whose plays include Grand Horizons, Small Mouth Sounds, and the book for the musical Pretty Filthy with composer/lyricist Michael Friedman and The Civilians.
While at Yale, she created the play Cats Talk Balk, which went on to the New York International Fringe Festival, where it won Best Overall Production.
Bess also won the 2015 Sam Norkin Special Drama Desk Award for “establishing herself as an important voice in New York theater, and having a breakthrough year.” [2] Small Mouth Sounds premiered Off-Broadway at Ars Nova in 2015 to wide critical acclaim.
[5] Wohl won the Outer Critics Circle John Gassner Award, presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright for Small Mouth Sounds in 2017.
[9] Grand Horizons premiered at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in July 2019, directed by Leigh Silverman.