In Person:

Monday, December 8 7:00 pm
A talk with films from the 1930s Federal Theatre Project
Introduced by Jack Beatty
Senior Editor, Atlantic Monthly, author, news analyst for WBUR’s “On Point”

Coolidge Corner Theatre
290 Harvard Street
Brookline, Massachusetts.

See stunning 1930s film footage that illustrates Sue's story of one of the New Deal’s boldest departures – the Federal Theatre Project. See “Movies” section for more information.

1933 gave birth to both FDR’s New Deal and the Coolidge Corner Theatre. Travel back in time with us for a grand 75th anniversary celebration in our perfect Art Deco setting!

Copies of Furious Improvisation will be available for sale.

Tickets available in advance from the Coolidge Corner Theatre box office, and online at www.coolidge.org (scroll down to December 8, and click on 7:00pm under Furious Improvisation).
Ticket price: $5 / $3 Coolidge Corner Theatre members.

This event is co-presented by Brookline Booksmith and the Boston Psychoanalytic Institute’s film series, “Off the Couch.”

Further information about this event is available here.

How the WPA and a cast of thousands made high art out of desperate times