Above: Sometimes, it's very hard to find information on a particular WPA play or performance. The history of "Day is Darkness" seems to be almost completely absent from the Web. I could find little or no information on the play, the script, the playwright (George Fess), the director (Adolph Freeman), the sponsor (Boyle Heights Progressive Benevolent Club), or the venue (Ocean Park Municipal Auditorium)--although the latter was apparently demolished, or destroyed by fire, sometime in the 1970s. If anyone has information about this play, please let me know (wpatoday@gmail.com). Image courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Great poster! Boyle Heights is the working-class neighborhood east of downtown LA where I run a storefront bilingual nonprofit lending library called Libros Schmibros. Can I get on your (or NNDPA's) mailing list?
ReplyDeleteP.S. Incidentally, I'm David Kipen, (kipend@gmail.com), the guy who's pushing Congress for the 21st-Century Federal Writers' Project Act (HR 3054). Read all about it:
https://news.yahoo.com/85-years-ago-fdr-saved-143059016.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAIkOtl72BHnj3BB6jWlT3-PXZVR0Hve80ECi-YK6edIz5-mXgoGhWqR1QdEkqcB-4sBCBmG-zbTBw0K6EecmiFbNRZihadkYWPGPVoiK7CcQNkjlxAxPqCQyeyNTsjueca7NiwQsSWJOBY6POY1Ejivj83RikqEQpSE9dMi7lg-C
Hi David. Thanks for the comment; I'll send you an email.
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