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Monesh, Chicago, 1937. 'Great Northern Theatre...Music - Ballets - Federal Theatre Yiddish Unit Presents - Monesh - By Jonah Spivak - Adapted from I.L. Peretz's Ballad - Produced by Adolph Gartner [Hebrew text]...Cast of 100'. 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.