The Federal Theatre Project Promotes Live Theater
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Arts and Culture Series
- Categories: Arts
- Subcategories: Drama, Theater, Playwrights
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, Women’s History
- Geographical Location: United States
- Date: 1935-1939
Article abstract: From 1935 to 1939, the Federal Theatre Project brought live theater to the general public by funding small and regional theaters all over the United States.
Summary of Event
In May, 1935, Vassar College theater professor and director Hallie Flanagan received a call from Harry Hopkins, head of the Works Progress Administration, asking her to come to Washington to discuss what to do about unemployed theater people. Out of that phone call came the Federal Theatre Project, which was designed to provide subsistence income for unemployed...
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