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The Sun Rises in the West, Los Angeles, [193-]. 'Greek Open Air Theatre...The Sun Rises in the West - written & produced by the Southwest Theatre Unit...'. Play about agricultural problems in California during the Great Depression. 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.