2-945-272 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Follow the Parade, Los Angeles, 1936.'Starting Sunday Apr. 12...Federal Mayan Theatre...Cast of 100...A Musical Revue as Modern as Tomorrow - Orchestra of 30...A Federal Theatres Attraction'. 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.