The Federal Theatre Project (FTP) was a division of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). It was established to provide work for unemployed citizens during the Great Depression (1929-39). The FTP began in August 1935. It was active in Birmingham during 1936.
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Performance List, Birmingham Federal Theatre Stock Unit (Negro)
from
The Federal Theatre Project in Georgia and Alabama by
John Russell Poole
| Production | Author | Dates (# of performances) | Attendance |
| Home in Glory | Clyde Limbaugh | Apr. 16-17, 1936 (2) | 1,617 |
| Swamp Mud | Harold Courlander | July 11, 1936 (1) | 630 |
| Accident Policy | Arthur Aker | July 31-Aug. 3, 1936 | 230 |
| Great Day | Morrison Wood | Oct. 8, 1936 | -------- |
Performance List, Birmingham Federal Theatre Stock Unit (White)
from
The Federal Theatre Project in Georgia and Alabama by
John Russell Poole
| Production | Author | Dates (# of performances) | Attendance |
| After Dark | Dion Boucicault | May 12-16, 1936 (6) | 713 |
| Mr. Petruchio | Amasa B. Windham & Mary Mabry | May 19-23, 1936 (6) | 1,057 |
| The Spider | Futlton Oursler & Lowell Brentano | May 26-June 6, 1936 (12) | 2,029 |
| Let Who Will Be Clever | Alden Nash | June 3-9, 1936 (6) | 1,134 |
| Chalk Dust | Harold A. Clarke & Maxwell Nurnberg | June16-Sept. 21, 1936 (12) | 1,640 |
| It Can't Happen Here | Sinclair Lewis & John Moffitt | Oct. 27-Dec. 2, 1936 (12) | 2,024 |
| The Night of January 16th | Ayn Rand | Nov. 10-14, 1936 (6) | 1,198 |
| Distant Drums | Dan Totheroh | Nov. 17-21, 1936 (6) | 642 |
| American Holiday | Edwin Barker & Albert Barker | Dec. 27-31, 1936 (6) | 819 |