 The 150-seat Piper's Alley Theatre was designed by Louis DiCrescenzo specifically to be the home of the PTC's comedy revues.The first show at the Piper's Alley Theater, "The Golden 50th Anniversary Jubilee", opened on July 28, 1982 and put the Practical Theatre in the national spotlight when it caught the attention of "Saturday Night Live" producers Dick Ebersol and Bob Tischler.Just weeks into the show's run, Ebersol and Tischler hired the four stars of the show, Hall, Barrosse, Louis-Dreyfus and Kroeger, as writers and performers on the well-known NBC late-night comedy program.