Initiative - Off-Broadway Creative Team
Production Staff
Emma Rosa Went
Director
EMMA ROSA WENT (she/her) is a Brooklyn-based theatre director who makes new and classic-text plays. Recent work off-broadway & regionally includes: the world-premiere of Initiative, by Else Went (Public Theater; Drama Desk Special Award; Lortel Nom Outstanding Ensemble; Vulture's Best of 2025;) As You Like It (Public Theater Mobile Unit;) Romeo and Juliet (Hudson Valley Shakespeare, tour;) Much Ado About Nothing (Opera House Arts;) and other projects developed at the Public, Playwrights Horizons, Mercury Store, NYTW, MTC, Ars Nova, Hudson Valley Shakespeare, South Coast Rep, and many other venues. From 2024-2026, Emma was on staff at the Public as the ... read more
Else Went
Writer
Awards and Nominations
2026 Drama Desk Awards
Outstanding Costume Design of a Play: Kindall Almond was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Sound Design of a Play: Angela Baughman was nominated but did not win.
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