The Federal Theatre Project, a 1930s relief project of the Roosevelt administration, brought more theatre to more people in every corner of America that at any time in U.S. history. The Project had units in every region of the country, including groundbreaking African American troupes, and staged productions from daring dramas like The Voodoo Macbeth, Waiting for Lefty, and The Cradle Will Rock, to musicals, vaudeville, and puppet shows. It was cancelled in a firestorm of controversy that gave birth to the damning question: "Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist party?"--Book jacket. | The book includes interviews with such Federal Theatre actors, playwrights, directors, designers, producers, and dancers as Arthur Miller, Studs Terkel, Jules Dassin, Katherine Dunham, Rosetta Lenoire, John Houseman, and many others. | The DVD contains the PBS special "Who killed the Federal Theatre?", plus a selection of interviews, posters and photographs.