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Squaring the Circle, San Diego, 1938. 'The Comedy that Made Millions Laugh...Savoy [Theatre]...Guaranteed...The Most Riotous Farce Comedy of the Season...First Time in San Diego'. Poster for a play by Valentine Kataev. 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.