Heimatbühne Seeon
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| Heimatbühne Seeon e. V. | |
| Founded | 1949 |
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| Legal form | Registered association (eingetragener Verein) |
| Member of | Verband Bayerischer Amateurtheater |
| Location | |
| Headquarters | Seeon-Seebruck |
| Country | Germany |
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| Links | |
| Website | heimatbuehne-seeon.de |
The Heimatbühne Seeon e. V. is an amateur theatre association in Seeon, part of the municipality of Seeon-Seebruck in the district of Traunstein, Upper Bavaria, Germany. Refounded in 1949 in a local theatre tradition dating back to 1914, it stages comedies and folk plays each autumn in the hall of the inn "Alter Wirt" in Seeon. In 2025 it received third place in the Bavarian amateur theatre prize.[1][2]
History
According to its chronicle, the Heimatbühne Seeon traces its origins to 1914, when the Seeoner Theatergesellschaft performed in the hall of the former monastery (Seeon Abbey), with support from the ducal family of Leuchtenberg after the First World War. The company dissolved in the late 1920s; the Catholic young men's movement then staged occasional plays at the "Alter Wirt" until it was banned under National Socialism, and from 1937 a group from the volunteer fire brigade played folk plays until its members were called up for war service. In autumn 1949 twelve people met at the Altwirt and founded a new group, again attached to the fire brigade; its first premiere, Der Kreuzhofbauer, took place in the monastery hall in spring 1950. Since then the group has staged one or two productions a year.[1]
Otto Gerl directed the group for 31 years until 1988; he was followed by Franzl Berger and in 1997 by Josef Mair, and later also by Christa Stifter (from 2006) and Regina Weistenfeld (from 2017). Besides comedies, the group has performed open-air plays such as the historical play Der Mönch von Seeon for the 1000th anniversary of Seeon in 1994 and Molière's Der alte Geizkragen in the monastery courtyard, and classics such as Anzengruber's Der Sternsteinhof and Ludwig Thoma's Magdalena.[1] In 2026 the association's website spoke of 75 years of theatre.[3]
Repertoire
The main focus is on comedy; the repertoire also includes crime comedies and folk plays.[1][4]
| Year | Title | Author | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002/03 | Der Dorfpoet | Max Hackner | Comedy in three acts |
| 2003/04 | Schaut's doch mal vorbei | Ulla Kling | Comedy in three acts |
| 2004 | Damenbesuch unerwünscht | Erfried Smija | Bavarian farce in three acts |
| 2005 | Halleluja beinand | Ulla Kling | Comedy in three acts |
| 2006 | Die Gangsterfalle | Ulla Kling | Crime comedy in three acts |
| 2007 | Berühmt sein ist alles ... | Albert Kräuter | Farce in three acts |
| 2008 | Die Geierwally | Sebastian Kolb and Johann Seebacher | Play in four acts |
| 2009 | Die Witwen | Ludwig Thoma | Comedy in three acts |
| 2010 | Graf Schorschi | Carl Borro Schwerla | Munich comedy |
| 2011 | Ein gemütliches Wochenende | Jean Stuart, German version by Friedrich Kallina | Crime comedy in four acts |
| 2012 | Herz ist Trumpf | Franz Gischl | Munich comedy in three acts |
| 2013 | Das Wunder des heiligen Florian | Adele Meyer-Kaufmann | Folk play in three acts |
| 2014 | G'spenstermacher | Ralph Wallner | Farce in three acts |
| 2015 | Der Rosenkavalier | Josef Hager | Bavarian small-town comedy in eleven scenes |
| 2016 | Landeier | Frederik Holtkamp, Bavarian version by Ingrid Zellner | Comedy |
| 2017 | Ach, du fröhliche | Bernd Gombold | Farce in three acts |
| 2018 | Arsen und Spitzenhäubchen | Crime comedy in three acts | |
| 2019 | Aphrodites Zimmer | Comedy in three acts | |
| 2019 | Jugendtheater | One-act comedy with music, youth production | |
| 2023 | Die Grattleroper | Summer 2023 in Baumburg; third place, Bayerischer Amateurtheaterpreis 2025 [2] | |
| 2023 | Grand Malheur | Bernd Gombold | Farce in three acts |
| 2024 | Meine Leiche deine Leiche | Christine Steinwasser | Crime comedy in three acts |
| 2025 | Die drei Eisbären | Maximilian Vitus | |
| 2026 | Die drei Dorfheiligen | Max Neal and Max Ferner | Autumn 2026 [3] |
Venue
The group plays in the hall of the Landgasthof "Alter Wirt" in Seeon; earlier and special productions took place in the hall and courtyard of the former monastery.[1] Die Grattleroper was performed in summer 2023 in Baumburg.[4]
Organisation
The association's board consists of active players.[1]
Awards
In 2025 the Heimatbühne Seeon received third place in the acting category of the Bayerischer Amateurtheaterpreis (Larifari) of the Verband Bayerischer Amateurtheater for Die Grattleroper, which it had staged in 2023 under the direction of Regina Weistenfeld; the prize was presented in the Salzstadl in Landshut.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Chronik der Heimatbühne Seeon e.V., Heimatbühne Seeon e.V., retrieved 18 October 2026. Archived on 20 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Theaterpreis für Heimatbühne Seeon, Traunsteiner Tagblatt, 24 October 2025, retrieved 18 October 2026. Archived on 20 October 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Heimatbühne Seeon – Theatergruppe im Chiemgau, Heimatbühne Seeon e.V., retrieved 18 October 2026. Archived on 20 October 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Bereits gespielte Stücke, Heimatbühne Seeon e.V., retrieved 18 October 2026. Archived on 20 October 2026.