Nude with Pineapple, San Francisco, 1938. '"Nude with Pineapple" - A Laugh Riot - Fulton Oursler...Alcazar [Theatre]...'. The Federal Theatre Project, created by the U.S. 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.