American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA)

AMERICAN NATIONAL THEATRE AND ACADEMY (ANTA). The American National Theatre and Academy ( ANTA ) was created by an act of Congress on July 5, 1935. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the charter, which grew out of the same idea that fostered the Federal Theatre Project . ANTA was meant to be a national theater that would be able to operate apart from the commercial theater atmosphere. ANTA’s productions would be financed from outside contributions and...