Hasty Pudding Theatricals | 219 followers on LinkedIn. The Hasty Pudding Theatricals (HPT) is the oldest theatrical organization in the United States, founded in 1844. | The Hasty Pudding Theatricals is the third oldest theater organization in the world. Born from the Hasty Pudding Club, the Hasty Pudding Theatricals performed its first musical on the auspicious evening of Friday the 13th, December 1844. Since its humble beginnings in a Harvard dorm room, the Theatricals has grown into an original, student written and composed, full-scale pun-filled musical extravaganza, which culminates each year in an all-male kick line.