The Furious Improvisation: How the WPA and a Cast of Thousands Made High Art out of Desperate Times

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"Spotlights one of the most compelling periods of American theaterQuinns well-written narrative is both fascinating and frightening."Library Journal (starred review) In a desperate era FDR and his advisers had to furiously improvise to get millions of unemployed people back to work. For writers actors and artists they created the Federal Theater Project. A platform for cutting-edge drama the program defied segregation spotlighting social injustice and ultimately leading to a political struggle that would shape American arts for decades to come.