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The Curtain Rises, Hartford, CT, 1937. 'The Connecticut Federal Theatre...Presents - "The Curtain Rises" at the Avery Memorial...A Gay Modern Comedy by B.M. Kaye'. 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.