Kolpingtheater Aschau

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Kolpingtheater Aschau

Founded	19 March 1957
Members	64 (as of 2017)
Member of	Ver­band Baye­ri­scher Ama­teur­thea­ter
Location
Headquarters	Aschau im Chiemgau
Country	Germany
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Website	kolpingtheater-aschau.de
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The Kolpingtheater Aschau is the amateur theatre group of the Kolping family in Aschau im Chiemgau, in the district of Rosenheim, Bavaria, Germany. It has staged Bavarian folk plays since 1957 and has played regularly every year since 1981, including open-air productions at Hohenaschau Castle.

History

A report of 1861 already records a stage in Niederaschau owned and run by the local journeymen's association (Gesellenverein), the forerunner of the Kolping family. Between the world wars the Aschauer Theaterverein, founded in 1922, played in the hall of the Högermühle; its last performance there was Der Pfannenflicker-Sepp in May 1953. In 1956 members of the Kolping family decided to revive the tradition, and on St Joseph's Day 1957 they performed the folk play Die Junggesellensteuer in the Baumbachsaal; the initiators were Günter Berger, Walter Berger, Alfred Hagelmüller and Hans Rucker. The group later moved to the new hall of the Gasthof "Zum Bahnhof". In 1981 it decided to play every year, under the direction of Günter Berger.

After the sale of the Gasthof "Zum Bahnhof" the group moved back to the Baumbachsaal in 1995, and after that hall was demolished in 1998 it built a new stage in the municipal Festhalle, which opened with Lumpazivagabundus in autumn 1999. In 2004 it first played in the open air at Hohenaschau Castle (Brandner Kaspar), followed by Jedermann for its 50th anniversary in 2007 and Der Freischütz in 2011. In 2006 Max Neumüller succeeded Günter Berger, who had led the group for 49 years, as chairman; Berger died in September 2011. Since 2006 the group has had a partnership with the village theatre of Tulfes in Tyrol. From 2015 it played in the barn (Duxerstadl) of Max Neumüller, beginning with Der Geisterbräu; for the 60th anniversary in 2017 it staged Ludwig Anzengruber's Die Widerspenstigen there. In 2017 the group had 64 members and had staged 57 plays since 1981. It celebrated its 65th anniversary in 2022; its chairman Max Neumüller later died after a short illness.

Repertoire

The group plays mainly Bavarian folk plays and comedies, in spring and autumn seasons and on parish family evenings, with occasional classics and open-air productions.

Productions (incomplete)

Year	Title	Author	Notes
1981	Die voreilige Rache der Moserbäuerin		Parish family evening
1982	Unkraut verdirbt net		Spring
1982	De schwarzen Händ		Parish family evening
1982	Der Schuß in der heiligen Nacht		Christmas
1982	Die voreilige Rache der Moserbäuerin		Christmas
1983	s'listige Ahnd'l		Spring
1983	Der depperte Jahrgang		Autumn
1984	Waldfrieden		Autumn
1984	Brautschau		Autumn
1985	Der keusche Josef		Spring
1985	Die Zwillingsbrüder v. Silberhof		Autumn
1985	Die Scheidung		Parish family evening
1986	Die falsche Katz		Spring
1986	Der Pfannenflicker Sepp		Autumn
1987	Der Hausdrachen		Anniversary evening
1987	Jrg Schollenbrecher		Spring
1987	Die Geisterbraut		Autumn
1988	Die Brautschau Kathl		Spring
1988	A solchene Malefitsratsch'n		Autumn
1989	Dreimal hat's gekracht		Spring
1989	Da Teife in da Holzkugl		Autumn
1990	Zwoa harte Nüß		Spring
1990	Das rotseiderne Höserl		Autumn
1990	Der Sühneversuch		Parish family evening
1991	Ich bleib Dir treu für und für		Spring
1991	De Leiter am Kammerfenster		Autumn
1992	Wirbel um Rosi		Spring
1992	Ein Nest für's Tonerl		Autumn
1993	D'Eisheiligen und die kalt Sophie		Spring
1993	Lenz, wo bleibst denn?		Autumn
1994	Der Tag an dem der Papst gekidnappt wurde		Spring
1994	Sei doch net so dumm		Autumn
1995	Das vierblättrige Kleeblatt		Autumn
1996	Die Lügenglocke		Spring
1996	Bäckermeister Striezl		Autumn
1997	Der schwarze Ritter		Anniversary evening
1997	s'listige Ahnd'l		Spring
1998	D'Wirtszenzl von Aschau		Spring
1998	Der Hausdrachen		Parish family evening
1999	Dichterwettstreit		"Bayernchampions" event
1999	Lumpacivagabundus		Autumn; first production in the Festhalle
2000	Die Pfarrersköchin		Spring
2000	Der Sühneversuch		VBAT district meeting
2000	Der Gocklkriag		Autumn
2001	Die pfiffige Urschl		Spring
2001	St. Pauli in St. Peter		Autumn
2002	Opas Glückstreffer		Spring
2002	Heirat auf Befehl		Autumn
2003	Thomas auf der Himmelsleiter		Spring
2003	Krach um d'Lederhos'n		Autumn
2004	Brandner Kaspar		Summer; first open-air production, Hohenaschau Castle
2005	Das Wunder vom Marienhof		Spring
2005	Das rotseiderne Höserl		Autumn
2006	Das rotseiderne Höserl		Guest performances in Tulfes and Bernau
2006	Der Schusternazi		Autumn
2007	Die Scheidung		Anniversary evening
2007	Jedermann		Summer; open air at Hohenaschau Castle; 50th anniversary
2008	Und keiner will der Vater sein		Autumn
2008	Gschleckerte Mannsbilder		Parish family evening
2009	Das einfache Leben		Spring
2010	Das Verlegenheitskind		Spring
2010	Schauts doch mal vorbei		Autumn
2010	Nur ums Prinzip		Parish family evening
2011	Der Freischütz		Summer; open air at Hohenaschau Castle
2012	Das sündige Dorf		Spring
2012	Lottchens Geburtstag		Autumn
2012	Die kleinen Verwandten		Autumn
2013	Einer muss die Leiche sein		Spring
2013	Die Ledigensteuer		Autumn
2014	Ruhe		Parish family evening
2015	Der Geisterbräu		Summer; first production in the Duxerstadl barn
2016	Die drei Eisbären		Summer
2017	Das Streichquartett		Anniversary evening
2017	Die Widerspenstigen	Ludwig Anzengruber	Summer; 60th anniversary, Duxerstadl
2018	Malefitz Donnerblitz		Summer
2019	Auferstehungsspiel		Spring
2022	Das Streichquartett		Summer
2023	Gleisgeisterei
2024	Der Ehestreik

The 2023 and 2024 productions are taken from the homepage.

Venue

Since 1999 the group has played in the Festhalle in Aschau, and since 2015 also in the Duxerstadl; it has staged open-air productions in the courtyard of Hohenaschau Castle.