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.