Only seven months after their founding, in January 1963, WRLT presented “My Three Angels” in a converted dairy barn on the old Richard Johnson farm on Elberta Road. Actors had to climb a pull-down staircase to get to the barn’s loft, which served as a cramped dressing room. There was a small prop room, but no running water, which meant no bathrooms. Productions of “The Last Leaf” and “Only an Orphan Girl” completed the 1962-63 season.
Later, the theatre group moved to ‘The Upper Room,’ so named because of the narrow flight of stairs leading to the small stage located on the second floor of the building next to the old Wellston Theatre on First Street. Many rehearsals took place in that room, which doubled as a storage space for costumes, props, and scenery. Meanwhile, the WRLT Board of Governors would rent available stages for the evenings of the actual performances.