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Awake and Sing, Los Angeles, 1937. 'Musart Theatre...2 Weeks Only...Clifford Odets' "Awake and Sing" (in Yiddish) [Hebrew text] - Directed by Adolph Freeman......Federal Theatre Project - Div. of W.P.A.'. 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.