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Poster from Chicago production of Power, 1938. 'Blackstone Theatre Now - A Living Newspaper - Power - by Arthur Arent...The Dramatic Stage Success that Gripped New York and Los Angeles. See It!'. The Federal Theatre Project, created by the U.S. Works Progress Administration in 1935, was designed to conserve and develop the skills of theater workers, re-employ them on public relief, and to bring theater to thousands in the United States who had never before seen live theatrical performances.