Title: About

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1337 is an independent immersive show for one person at a time, launched in November 1995 and run by root, who answers to Cameo Wood on the rare occasions anyone asks. It's the mailbox for a phone line that shouldn't exist: dispatches from the DefCon Voice Bridge. Sign up, and whatever moves on the wire lands in your inbox.

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Stepping out of the fiction. This is Cameo, speaking plainly.

1337 (pronounced "leet") is an interactive phone performance by Charming Stranger, with a debut workshop run as part of Odyssey Works' New Frame program in November 2026. This newsletter carries news about the show: playtest and performance dates, behind-the-scenes material, and anything else that grows out of the world. Bookings and full content, access, and consent information live at 1337.show.

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