A different theatrical model: built to be finite (and avoid the critics)

As theatrical models go, the example of a New York company called 13P, founded by a group of 13 "midcareer playwrights" seeking to break out of the cycle of "endless readings and new play development programs" by instead actually putting them on, is hugely instructive. Not only does it reflect the genuine disenchantment and frustration that playwrights feel when they are put on the "development" treadmill that…