World Premiere
November 04, 2025 - November 30, 2025
Venue LuEsther Hall
Runtime 5 hours, including intermissions (Saturday performances are 6 hours, including a 90-minute dinner break)
By Else Went
Directed by Emma Rosa Went
Playwright Else Went, alumnus of The Public’s acclaimed Emerging Writers Group, brings her transformative new play INITIATIVE to The Public this fall. A bittersweet reflection on adolescence at the dawn of the new millennium, INITIATIVE charts the intertwined lives of seven teens from 2000-2004, as they become friends and more than friends, wrestle with their potential, face incalculable loss, and struggle to find their way in (and get out of) “Coastal Podunk, California.” Emma Rosa Went directs this epic world premiere guaranteed to make you remember the most difficult and beautiful things about growing up.
Tickets are $109*
Public Supporter and Partner tickets are $89
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Tuesday Nov 4 | 6:30 PM
Wednesday Nov 5 | 6:30 PM
Friday Nov 7 | 6:30 PM
Saturday Nov 8 | 2:00 PM
Saturday performances are 6 hours, including a 90-minute dinner break
Sunday Nov 9 | 2:00 PM
Wednesday Nov 12 | 6:30 PM
Thursday Nov 13 | 6:30 PM
Friday Nov 14 | 6:30 PM
Saturday Nov 15 | 2:00 PM
Saturday performances are 6 hours, including a 90-minute dinner break
Sunday Nov 16 | 2:00 PM
Tuesday Nov 18 | 6:30 PM
Wednesday Nov 19 | 6:30 PM
Thursday Nov 20 | 6:30 PM
Friday Nov 21 | 6:30 PM
Saturday Nov 22 | 2:00 PM
Saturday performances are 6 hours, including a 90-minute dinner break
Sunday Nov 23 | 2:00 PM
Tuesday Nov 25 | 6:30 PM
Wednesday Nov 26 | 2:00 PM
Friday Nov 28 | 6:30 PM
Saturday Nov 29 | 2:00 PM
Saturday performances are 6 hours, including a 90-minute dinner break
Sunday Nov 30 | 2:00 PM