Freies Theater Murnau
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| Freies Theater Murnau e. V. | |
| Founded | 12 October 2004 |
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| Legal form | Registered association (eingetragener Verein) |
| Member of | Verband Bayerischer Amateurtheater |
| Location | |
| Headquarters | Seehausen am Staffelsee |
| Country | Germany |
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| Links | |
| Website | freies-theater-murnau.de |
The Freies Theater Murnau e. V. is an amateur theatre association in Murnau am Staffelsee, district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Upper Bavaria, Germany. Founded in 2006, it stages plays of various styles with changing directors and, since 2014, an annual open-air production.[1]
History
The group's founders included Rolf Brunner, a German teacher who became the association's first chairman, and the actor Wilhelm Manske, who directed. On 12 October 2004 a small circle met to prepare a production of Dürrenmatt's version of Shakespeare's König Johann, which premiered outdoors at the Murnau lido on 19 June 2005. The association was founded in 2006 and began with Ödön von Horváth's Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald. Over the years the ensemble grew and further directors joined.[1]
In 2014, on the initiative of ensemble members Sepp Gramer (died 2021) and Hans Hlawatsch, the association staged its first open-air production, Felix Mitterer's Die Geierwally; since then open-air theatre has been a fixture of Murnau's cultural life each year. The association is supported by local businesses, private sponsors, the market town of Murnau and the district of Upper Bavaria.[1] Max Pfnür, a Salzburg-based actor and director who has regularly appeared at Murnau's Horváth festival days since 2016, directed for the association in 2024.[2]
In its 20th-anniversary year, on 16 October 2026, the association presented Mythos Moor, a staged reading with music of texts by authors including Hermann Löns, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff and Christian Morgenstern, directed by Pfnür, in cooperation with the Stiftung Kunst und Natur at Nantesbuch near Bad Heilbrunn.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Zwanzig Jahre Freies Theater Murnau, Freies Theater Murnau e. V., retrieved 17 October 2026. Archived on 20 October 2026.
- ↑ Der Regisseur, Freies Theater Murnau e. V., retrieved 17 October 2026. Archived on 20 October 2026.
- ↑ Mythos Moor – Informationen und Karten, Freies Theater Murnau e. V., retrieved 17 October 2026. Archived on 20 October 2026.