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Federal Ballet, Chicago, 1939. 'Blackstone Theatre...Federal Ballet - 35 Artists - Direction of Ruth Page and Bentley Stone...Featuring Guns and Castanets (Carmen in Modern Spain). 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.