Overview
- Initiative began performances at New York City’s Public Theater on Nov. 20 and is scheduled to run through Dec. 7.
- Written by Else Went and directed by Emma Rosa Went, the play uses a Dungeons & Dragons campaign as the structural and emotional frame for a 2000–2004 coming-of-age story.
- The ensemble—Olivia Rose Barresi, Greg Cuellar, Harrison Densmore, Carson Higgins, Andrea Lopez Alvarez, Jamie Sanders, and Christopher Dylan White—stages each in-game year as its own act.
- The production leans on lighting, sound, video, and costume to create an immersive ‘theater of the mind’ while keeping the Dungeon Master–led gameplay visible.
- Critics praise the work’s ambition, ensemble performances, and emotional intelligence, with notes on its marathon length, and early roundups report a strong overall reception.