A Thousand Ways (Part One): A Phone Call will precede the in-person second part event. The Public Theatre Facebook/@publictheater The Public Theater will reopen for live performances this summer with the second part of the A Thousand Ways trilogy by experimental theatremakers Abigail Browde and Michael Silverstone of 600 Highwaymen. In-person participants will be able to experience A Thousand Ways (Part Two): An Encounter June 8-August 15. Part Two: An Encounter invites two theatregoersâstrangersâinto a shared space to create a private piece of theatre together. The two participants are seated at opposite each other (safely divided by a pane of plexiglass) and asked to follow prompts on a set of notecards. The piece forces one to reconsider what they think they know about a person.