Federally Funded Follies
The name of the U.S. government sponsored program that originally was created to keep theatre artists employed during the Great Depression.
What is the Federal Theatre Project?
An offshoot of the Federal Theatre Project specifically employed African American theatre artists in 23 cities.
What were the Negro Units
The current day government program providing funding for the arts in all categories.
What is the National Endowment for the Arts?
A style of theatre that uses symbolism to manipulate the audience's values and beliefs.
What is AgitProp drama?
The style of art focused on the inherent chaos of life and conflict of the universe.
What is Absurdism?
Play writing, script translation, contract processing, supply chain management, record keeping, and research/dramaturgy.
What were the major departments?
The play directed by Orson Welles that was an adaptation of a classic play and inspired other Negro Units to do similar work.
What is Voodoo MacBeth?
The founding year of the NEA
What is 1965?
A major influence for how AgitProp drama conveyed its messages.
What is Comunist propaganda?
The style of art focused on modernization and technology.
What is Futurism?
The director of the Federal Theatre Project, as well as an educator and playwright.
Who is Hallie Flanagan?
The type of audiences attending the Negro Unit performances.
What is Unsegregated?
Why the NEA was created
What is to instill hope for a future of the arts?
The first theatre company to put on AgitProp dramas
Who are The Red Ladder Theater Company
The style of art focused on emotions and the responses to them.
What is Expressionism?
Theatre across America in places other than large cities.
What did the FTP spread?
The play directed by Orson Welles that was an adaptation of a classic play and inspired other Negro Units to do similar work.
What is Voodoo MacBeth
A former U.S. president and founder of the NEA
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
The highly controversial “labor opera” by John Houseman and Orsen Welles directly calling out society of the time that was shut down but “performed” anyways
What is The Cradle Will Rock?
The art style focused on fantastic and irrationally juxtaposed imagery to create meaning.
What is Surrealism?
A rise in communist sentiment in FTP sponsored work and fear of communist ideals.
What shut down the FTP?
The head of the New York Negro Unit. A white man who helped "bring legitimacy."
Who is John Houseman?
The FTP was creating the jobs and the works, the NEA funds people who are already making the work.
What is the difference in the FTP and the NEA?
Structure over Content, linear storyline, short performances, and repetition
What is the characterization of AgitProp drama?
The style of theatre focused on accurately reflecting everyday life and people.
What is Realism?