Uncle Sam Presents

Tony Buttitta (1907-2004) left graduate school in th eearly 1930s to start Contempo, a magazine that achieved fame with such contributors as William Faulkner, James Joyce, Sherwood Anderson, Ezra Pound, and many other notable authors. He was a correspondent for Variety during World War II and eventually became a top theatrical press agent on Broadway. His published work includes After the Good Gay Times: A Summer with F. Scott Fitzgerald in Asheville, N.C. Barry Witham is Professor Emeritus of Theater History at the University of Washington. He is the author of The Federal Theatre Project: A Case Study and A Sustainable Theatre: Jasper Deeter at Hedgerow. His essays on the American theater have appeared in a variety of publications, including Modern Drama, Theatre Journal, and the Dictionary of American Biography.