Stadeltheater Lauingen
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The Stadeltheater Lauingen e. V. is an amateur theatre association in Lauingen on the Danube, district of Dillingen, Bavaria, Germany. Founded in 1973 in a barn (Stadel) in Unterthürheim, it has played since 1988 in its own theatre, a converted former gymnasium on the Wittelsbacherplatz in Lauingen, and stages classics, crime plays and comedies as well as a youth theatre, the Junge Bühne.[1][2] In 2016 it received the Larifari Bavarian amateur theatre prize.[1]
| Stadeltheater Lauingen e. V. | |
| Founded | 1973 |
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| Legal form | Registered association (eingetragener Verein) |
| Member of | Verband Bayerischer Amateurtheater |
| Location | |
| Headquarters | Lauingen |
| Country | Germany |
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| Links | |
| Website | stadeltheater.de |
History
The theatre was founded in 1973 by Leo Schmitt, a lecturer at the former teacher training college (Pädagogische Hochschule) in Augsburg, together with students and like-minded people, in the barn next to his house in Unterthürheim, part of Buttenwiesen – hence the name Stadeltheater. Schmitt designed and painted the sets and costumes himself. From the beginning the group staged demanding plays such as Die Bettleroper and Andreas Gryphius's Horribilicribrifax. In 1976 the local poet Alois Sailer wrote Der Bairische Hiasl for the group, and in 1984 it gave the German premiere of the original version of Fritz von Herzmanovsky-Orlando's Kaiser Joseph und die Bahnwärterstochter.[1]
In September 1985 the theatre barn burned to the ground an hour before a performance; no one was hurt and the costumes were saved. The group continued for two seasons at the Schwarzer Adler inn in Binswangen. After plans to rebuild in Unterthürheim failed for financial reasons, it moved in 1987 into the former gymnasium on the Wittelsbacherplatz in Lauingen, which was converted with support from the town and hundreds of hours of voluntary work; the first production there, Nestroy's Der böse Geist Lumpazivagabundus, premiered in June 1988.[1] Since 2002 the youth stage Junge Bühne has added its own productions, directed since 2014 by Marlene Götz. Leo Schmitt died in June 2005.[1][3] Performances had to be postponed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the association celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2023.[1]
The theatre also hosts guest performances by regional and national musicians, cabaret artists and entertainers.[1]
Repertoire
The repertoire ranges from Baroque and Viennese popular comedies – Gryphius, Nestroy and Raimund – to classics by Molière, Goldoni and Shakespeare, modern comedies and crime plays, and children's plays of the Junge Bühne.[4]
| Year | Title | Author | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Der Bairische Hiasl | Alois Sailer | Written for the Stadeltheater |
| 1978 | Die Bettleroper | John Gay | |
| 1979 | Nagerl und Handschuh | Johann Nestroy | |
| 1980 | Historia Dr. Johann Faust | ||
| 1981 | Horribilicribrifax | Andreas Gryphius | |
| 1984 | Kaiser Joseph und die Bahnwärterstochter | Fritz von Herzmanovsky-Orlando | German premiere of the original version |
| 1985 | Die beiden Nachtwandler | Johann Nestroy | |
| 1986 | Der Lügner | Carlo Goldoni | Played at the Schwarzer Adler, Binswangen |
| 1988 | Der böse Geist Lumpazivagabundus | Johann Nestroy | First production in Lauingen, June 1988 |
| 1989 | Capitano Bombardon oder Die Entführungen / Hin und her | after Plautus and Lenz / Ödön von Horváth | |
| 1990 | Die Abenteuer des Herrn Larifari | Franz von Pocci | |
| 1991 | Doctor Johann Faust | ||
| 1992 | Der Diamant des Geisterkönigs | Ferdinand Raimund | |
| 1992 | Einen Jux will er sich machen | Johann Nestroy | |
| 1993 | Don Gil von den grünen Hosen | Tirso de Molina | |
| 1993 | Die Gauneroper | Václav Havel | |
| 1994 | Der Herr von Pourceaugnac | Molière | |
| 1995 | Fastnachtskomödien | Hans Sachs | |
| 1995 | Der Bauer als Millionär oder Das Mädchen aus der Feenwelt | Ferdinand Raimund | |
| 1996 | Der gestiefelte Kater | Ludwig Tieck | |
| 1997 | Wrdlprmpfd | Karl Valentin | |
| 1997 | Der Talisman oder Die Schicksalsperücken | Johann Nestroy | |
| 1998 | Theaterfestival 25 Jahre Stadeltheater | With Valentinaden | |
| 1998 | Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor | William Shakespeare | |
| 1998 | Die Gaunereien des Scapino | Molière | |
| 1999 | Polly | John Gay | |
| 1999 | Die Macht der Musik | Sketches | |
| 2000 | Horribilicribrifax | Andreas Gryphius | Revival |
| 2000 | Die gefesselte Phantasie | Ferdinand Raimund | |
| 2001 | Volpone der Fuchs | Ben Jonson | |
| 2001 | Lebensträume | Sketches | |
| 2002 | Die Bettleroper | John Gay | Revival |
| 2003 | Die Ohren des Herrn Morose | Ellis Kaut | |
| 2003 | Dann kam die Krise | ||
| 2004 | Apoll von Nichts | Fritz von Herzmanovsky-Orlando | |
| 2005 | Momo | Michael Ende | Junge Bühne |
| 2005 | Gottes Geld | after Charles Dickens | |
| 2007 | Mirandolina | Carlo Goldoni | |
| 2007 | Gratwanderung | Sketches | |
| 2007 | Das Gespenst von Canterville | Junge Bühne | |
| 2008 | Der blaue Bahnhof | Junge Bühne | |
| 2008 | Die deutschen Kleinstädter | August von Kotzebue | |
| 2009 | Und ewig schimpft das Weib | Sketch evening | |
| 2009 | Die Heirat | Nikolai Gogol | |
| 2010 | Shakespeare geschüttelt | Director Norbert Mahler | |
| 2010 | Loch im Kopf | Wolfgang Deichsel | |
| 2010 | Die Nibelungen | Junge Bühne | |
| 2011 | Von Bayern, Preußen und anderen Viechern mit zwei Hax’n | Bavarian classics; director Dörte Trauzeddel | |
| 2011 | Tod auf dem Nil | Agatha Christie | Director Andreas Haun |
| 2011 | Seetang in der Hose | Markus Mohr | Junge Bühne |
| 2012 | Und dann gab’s keines mehr | Agatha Christie | Director Andreas Haun |
| 2013 | Das Sparschwein | Eugène Labiche | |
| 2013 | EHE errare humanum est | Anton Chekhov | Three one-act plays |
| 2014 | Ein Vampir kommt selten allein | Junge Bühne | |
| 2014 | Seifenblasen | Curt Goetz | |
| 2014 | Das Haus in Montevideo | Curt Goetz | Director Andreas Haun; Larifari 2016[1] |
| 2015 | Gottes neue Mieter | Junge Bühne | |
| 2015 | Der Floh im Ohr | Georges Feydeau | |
| 2016 | Was uns Lukas verschwiegen hat | Junge Bühne | |
| 2016 | Oscar | Claude Magnier | |
| 2017 | Gerüchte, Gerüchte | Neil Simon | |
| 2018 | Pension Schöller | Carl Laufs and Wilhelm Jacoby | Director Andreas Haun |
| 2018 | Kunst | Yasmina Reza | Director Vera Hupfauer |
| 2018 | Der kleine Muck | after Wilhelm Hauff | Junge Bühne |
| 2019 | Drei Männer im Schnee | after Erich Kästner | |
| 2022 | Mein Freund Harvey | Mary Chase | Director Yasemin Kont |
| 2022 | Alice im Wunderland | after Lewis Carroll | Junge Bühne |
| 2023 | Momo | Michael Ende | Junge Bühne, with the Kinderschutzbund |
| 2023 | Die acht Frauen | Robert Thomas | Director Yasemin Kont |
| 2024 | Aladin und die Wunderlampe | Junge Bühne | |
| 2024 | Weihnachten auf dem Balkon | Gilles Dyrek | Director Kerstin Egerer |
| 2025 | Alibaba und die 14 Räuber | Junge Bühne | |
| 2025 | Mördergesellschaft | Robert Thomas | Director Holger Seitz |
| 2026 | Hänsel und Gretel | adapted by Marlene Götz | Junge Bühne, musical fairy tale |
| 2026 | Kalender Girls | after the film by Juliette Towhidi and Tim Firth | Director Gianni von Weitershausen; premiere 3 October 2026[5] |
Venue
Since 1988 the group has played in its own theatre in the former gymnasium at Wittelsbacherplatz 5 in Lauingen, which has a revolving stage.[1][6][2]
Awards
In 2013 the group received the Förderpreis „Herbstzeitlose“ at the 18th Kulturtage of the district of Dillingen, and in 2016 the Larifari – Bayerischer Amateurtheaterpreis of the Verband Bayerischer Amateurtheater e. V. for Curt Goetz's comedy Das Haus in Montevideo.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 Stadeltheater Chronik, Stadeltheater Lauingen e. V., retrieved 21 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Stadeltheater Lauingen, Stadeltheater Lauingen e. V., retrieved 21 October 2026.
- ↑ in Memoriam, Stadeltheater Lauingen e. V., retrieved 21 October 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Theaterstücke seit der Gründung, Stadeltheater Lauingen e. V., retrieved 21 October 2026.
- ↑ Theatersaison 2026 – das neue Stück, Stadeltheater Lauingen e. V., retrieved 21 October 2026.
- ↑ Impressum, Stadeltheater Lauingen e. V., retrieved 21 October 2026.