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Class of '29, Des Moines, IA, 1937. 'The Play that Rocked Broadway - "Class of '29" - It Dares to Tell the Truth - President Theatre'. Poster for play by Orrie Lashin and Milo Hastings. 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.