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Boy Meets Girl, Salem, MA, 1937. 'Empire Theatre...Home of the Spoken Drama...Gala Re-Opening...The Nation's Laff Hit! - Boy Meets Girl - The Spewack's Comedy Howl - On Stage Next Week - New England Premiere Eugene O'Neil's [sic] The First Man'. 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.