SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS
Small Mouth Sounds is a hilarious, poignant comedy that takes place at a silent retreat where six super-stressed urbanites attempt to unplug from their chaotic lives and find inner peace. With humor and tenderness, the play explores the difficulty of genuine connection in a noisy modern world, suggesting that sometimes the most profound truths are revealed not through words, but through the quiet moments when we are forced to face ourselves.
By Bess Wohl
Performance Dates
October 8 – 25
Thursdays – Saturdays at 7 pm, Sundays at 2 pm
“As funny as it is quietly moving… a model ingenuity.”
— The New York Times
Bess Wohl is a 2026 Tony Award winner for Best Play and Pulitzer Prize for Drama winner for Liberation — making her only the second American woman to win the Best Play Tony in nearly 40 years. Her many plays have been produced on and off Broadway, regionally, and internationally. They include Grand Horizons (Broadway, Tony Nomination for Best Play), Camp Siegfried, Make Believe, Continuity, Small Mouth Sounds, American Hero, Barcelona, Touched, In, Cats Talk Back, and the musical Pretty Filthy. She recently made her feature film debut, Baby Ruby, starring Noémie Merlant and Kit Harington. The film premiered at the 2022 Toronto Film Festival and was released by Magnolia Pictures in early 2023. She also wrote for the Apple TV+ series Extrapolations.