It Can't Happen Here, Detroit, 1936. 'Detroit Federal Theatre Unit of Michigan Works Progress Administration Presents "It Can't Happen Here" by Sinclair 3 '. Play adapted from a dystopian political novel about the rise of a US dictator, by Sinclair Lewis. The Federal Theatre Project, created by the 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 perform


It Can't Happen Here, Detroit, 1936. 'Detroit Federal Theatre Unit of Michigan Works Progress Administration Presents "It Can't Happen Here" by Sinclair 3 '. Play adapted from a dystopian political novel about the rise of a US dictator, by Sinclair Lewis. The Federal Theatre Project, created by the 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.


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