In the early days of this century, 13 playwrights joined forces so they could see their work fully produced in New York under their own artistic leadership. They called themselves 13P and announced that their mission was to produce 13 plays, with each of them taking a turn as artistic director during the production of their own play, and once that mission was completed the organization would dissolve. By the time they held their "implosion party" in 2012, 13P had brought rewards never imagined, and inspired copycats that they continue to support to this day.

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About Rob Handel:

Rob Handel is a librettist and playwright. With composer Kamala Sankaram: LOOKING AT YOU (HERE/Opera On Tap/Experiments in Opera), THE INFINITE ENERGY OF ADA LOVELACE (Opera Ithaca), and BOMBAY RICKEY MEETS THE PSYCHOLOGY OF DESIRE (Prototype festival at HERE, Tête à Tête in London, New Camerata Opera at The Flea). With composer Eric Moe: THE ARTWORK OF THE FUTURE, developed at New Dramatists, where Handel was a resident playwright from 2008-2015. His plays have been produced by New York Stage and Film, Long Wharf, Target Margin, Theatre Vertigo (Portland, OR), Rorschach Theatre (DC), Just Theater/Shotgun Players (Berkeley), and Curious Theatre (Denver). Residencies include the Royal Court, Donmar Warehouse, O’Neill Playwrights Conference, Soho Rep, and Portland Center Stage. Handel heads the dramatic writing program at Carnegie Mellon, served on the board of the MacDowell Colony, and was a founding member of 13P. He lives in Pittsburgh with his wife, poet Joy Katz, and their son.

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