Dramatischer Club Alpenröserl
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| Dramatischer Club Alpenröserl e. V. | |
| Founded | 7 March 1922 |
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| Members | 15 (as of June 1980) |
| Legal form | Registered association (eingetragener Verein) |
| Member of | Verband Bayerischer Amateurtheater |
| Location | |
| Headquarters | Unterhaching |
| Country | Germany |
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| Links | |
| Website | alpenroeserl.de |
The Dramatischer Club Alpenröserl e. V. is an amateur theatre club in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Founded in 1922, it describes itself as Munich's oldest amateur stage still performing. It stages Bavarian folk plays and comedies and has played in the Parkpalast Sendling, the clubhouse restaurant of the sports club BSC Sendling, since 1995.[1][2]
History
In 1922 a group of young people began meeting weekly to make music at the Gaststätte Ludwig Vorstadt in Munich's Westend. When the group had grown to more than 25 people, it decided to form a theatre club as well, and on a proposal by Georg Dick founded the Mandolinen Klub Alpenröserl, with Dick as chairman. Its first production was the drama with songs Die Alpenblume, performed by 13 players in the old Hackerkeller, since the club's inn had no stage. The club then moved from inn to inn until in 1931 it found a permanent home in the Vinzenziusheim (today St. Rupert) and renamed itself Musik-Dramatischer Klub Alpenröserl. In 1938 it was renamed Volksspielgemeinschaft Alpenröserl; by then it had performed some 80 different plays, each only once. During the Second World War its clubhouse was bombed and two members were killed.[3]
Performances resumed on 29 April 1950 with Ludwig Ganghofer's Der Geigenmacher von Mittenwald. The club, then 36 members strong, adopted its present name Dramatischer Club Alpenröserl and decided to stage only folk plays (Volksstücke). Georg Dick, chairman for 40 years and director of plays for 49 years, died in 1970; Erich Steiner had succeeded him as chairman in 1962. In 1978 membership fell to eight and no performances could be given, but newspaper advertisements brought new members, and by June 1980 the club again had 15. In its first 60 years it staged 212 different plays, with guest performances in Augsburg and Brixen (South Tyrol).[3]
From autumn 1982 the club performed in the large hall of the Hofbräukeller at Wiener Platz, where a stage was built for it; the building was damaged by fire on 6 April 1987. After the autumn 1994 season the club left the Hofbräukeller, built a new stage in the Parkpalast Sendling and opened there on 7 April 1995 with Ein feiner Kerl.[3][2] The club's centenary on 7 March 2022 was marked by a special performance on 30 April 2022 of Ralph Wallner's Mucks Mäuserl Mord, attended by the author.[4]
Repertoire
The club performs Bavarian folk plays, comedies and farces, usually in a spring and an autumn season. Recent productions include:[1]
- 2018: Der Kometenhof
- 2019: Malefiz Donnerblitz
- 2021: Hochwürden liebt's deftig
- 2022: Mucks Mäuserl Mord by Ralph Wallner
- 2023: Kunigunde darf nicht sterben by Herbert Hollitzer
- 2024: Ostwind by Josef Daser
- 2025: Umdraaht by Peter Landstorfer
- 2026: Alter Topf sucht passenden Deckel by Herbert Hollitzer, opening on 30 October 2026
Organisation
The club joined the Kunstspielverband München in 1975.[3] For its centenary in 2022 the Verband Bayerischer Amateurtheater e. V. awarded it a certificate of honour.[4]
Awards
In 1937 the club, then the Musik-Dramatischer Klub Alpenröserl, won first place with Ewig Dein in a competition held by the Bavarian association Volksspielkunst e. V. München against three other Munich groups.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dramatischer Club Alpenröserl e. V. München – Münchens älteste noch spielende Amateurbühne, Dramatischer Club Alpenröserl e. V., retrieved 17 October 2026. Archived on 15 June 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Spielort, Dramatischer Club Alpenröserl e. V., retrieved 17 October 2026. Archived on 19 October 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Chronik des Theatervereins Dramatischer Club Alpenröserl e. V. München (PDF), Dramatischer Club Alpenröserl e. V., updated 12 February 2026, retrieved 17 October 2026. Archived on 12 June 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 100 Jahre Dramatischer Club Alpenröserl, Dramatischer Club Alpenröserl e. V., 2 May 2022, retrieved 17 October 2026. Archived on 10 May 2026.