Rob Handel is a founding member and managing director of the Obie-winning company 13P. His play Millicent Scowlworthy was developed at the O’Neill Playwrights Conference and produced in New York at SPF, for which he was awarded a residency and staged reading at the Donmar Warehouse in London. Aphrodisiac was developed at the Public Theater “New Work Now” Festival and produced in New York by 13P. Aphrodisiac was subsequently produced by Long Wharf Theater (New Haven), Theater Ninjas (Cleveland), and Curious Theatre Company (Denver). Staged readings include Soho Rep and the Royal Court Theatre. His most recent play, The Knights (after Aristophanes), was produced by Target Margin Theater. He has taught playwriting at The New School, Purchase College, the University of Montevallo, and the University of Missouri–St. Louis. He received a 2007 Helen Merrill Award.