#inspiringproducingmodels

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Working in a literary office taught me one thing -- well, that's a lie, I learned many things, but the main thing I learned is that if you want your play produced, you should just do it yourself. Really. And that's what these 13 playwrights did, and I love that. Playwright driven and productions instead of an endless stream of developmental processes. If you don't know about this company -- you should. Watch their video. Then go out and make some art.

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Why a finite mission? Because we were not building an institution. No one would earn a salary from 13P. There would be no building, no office. We were pooling our energy in order to test a new way (actually an old way) of getting plays up, and proving their value. 13P was never really a company; it was a project in 13 parts.

I knew that the strength of a nonprofit organization was in its mission. And I was madly in love with the idea of a mission that could be accomplished. We would do this thing, and then say, “It is done.” The simplicity of our mission, together with its finite nature, would turn out to be central to what made 13P attractive to foundation and government funders.