Dartmouth Laboratory Theatre
The Dartmouth Laboratory Theatre emerged from a dramatic club at Dartmouth College. The work in the genre of a little theatre began in earnest in 1913.

Origins 
Wallace F. Robinson was the founder of the Little Theatre; the student Walter F. Wanger (born Feuchtwanger) was the director. Wanger went on to work with Granville Barker soon after graduating from college. He became an influential Hollywood producer.

The students sought to reach the standards of "professional finish" and to recruit theatrical talent from the student body. A contemporary critic praised their "ambitious plays rather than the usual line of classics." Previously unknown plays – be they written by Dartmouth undergraduates or others – were to be performed in the manner of a theatre laboratory, but popular fare like musical theatre was also staged. Most performances were in Robinson Hall, which had 250 seats at the time. In the first decades of the Laboratory, all the roles were played by men.

Ticket prices in 1913 
"The price of seats for the entire house of fifty cents, save at prom, commencement, and carnival weeks, when $1.50 is asked."

Notable early performances 

 The New Sin, by MacDonald Hastings
 The Little King, by Witter Bynner
 The Man from the Sea, by Charles Goddard and Paul Dickey
 Leave of Absence, by Carl Freybe
 James and John, by Gilbert Canaan
 The Intruder, by Maeterlinck 
 Catherine Parr, by Maurice Baring
 Naughty Nero, a musical
 The Workhouse Ward, by Lady Gregory. The author travelled to the campus to see the show

Performances off-campus 
Several one-act plays were performed at a Boston theatre.

References 

Student theatre
Dartmouth College