Lionel Monagas
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Lionel John Monagas was an American actor originally from Caracas, Venezuela. A member of the original Lafayette Players company of Harlem, he appeared in theatrical and film productions.
Monagas in the film Paradise in Harlem (1939)
Monagas and Canada Lee in Eugene O'Neill's One-Act Plays of the Sea (1937), for the Federal Theatre Project
Monagas (left) in the Federal Theatre Project production of The Show-Off (1937), starring Dooley Wilson (center)
Federal Theatre Project
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The Federal Theatre Project was a theatre program established during the Great Depression as part of the New Deal to fund live artistic performances and entertainment programs in the United States. It
Philip W. Barber, New York City director of the Federal Theatre Project, at the opening of Macbeth (April 14, 1936)
Poster for Salut au Monde (1936), an original dance drama by Helen Tamiris for the Federal Dance Theatre, a division of the Federal Theatre Project
Burt Lancaster and partner Nick Cravat with the Federal Theatre Circus (1935–1938)
Choreographer Clarence Yates rehearsing Olive Stanton and the cast of The Cradle Will Rock (1937)