Theatergruppe des GTEV Dettendorf-Kematen

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The Theatergruppe des GTEV „Edelweiß“ Dettendorf-Kematen is the amateur theatre group of the costume and tradition association GTEV „Edelweiß“ Dettendorf-Kematen in Bad Feilnbach, district of Rosenheim, Upper Bavaria, Germany. Since its first performance on 19 March 1956 it has staged 65 full-length plays for about 37,000 spectators, since 1972 in Kematen.

Theatergruppe des GTEV Dettendorf-Kematen

Founded	1 November 1955
Member of	Ver­band Baye­ri­scher Ama­teur­thea­ter
Location
Headquarters	Kematen
Country	Germany
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History

On 1 November 1955 Baron Hermann von Lülsdorff invited five local men to a meeting at his house, because residents of the municipality of Dettendorf wished to found a theatre group; they decided to form a theatre group of the GTEV „Edelweiß“ Dettendorf/Kematen to promote amateur theatre and cultivate local customs and dialect. The baron supported the group with a donation of 500 Deutsche Mark for building a stage and remained its patron until his death in 1968. The first play, Der Gußeiserne, opened on 19 March 1956 in the hall of the Gasthof Kammerloher in Dettendorf, where the group played until 1968.

After a break from 1969 to 1971 the group resumed in September 1972 in the new hall of the inn in Kematen, and since then it has staged a full-length play every year from Palm Sunday weekend. Audiences grew from about 300 spectators at two performances in the early years to over 900 in 2013; the number of performances rose to four from 1992 and six from 2013. In 2009 the group moved into a new, larger hall built by the Weingast family, with a new stage financed from its reserves, the parent association and a fundraising meal; the 2017 production set a new attendance record. In 2026 the group celebrated 70 years of theatre.

Repertoire

The group performs serious folk plays as well as, mostly, Bavarian comedies; earlier favourite authors such as Maximilian Vitus and Franz Schaurer were later replaced by Ulla Kling and Peter Landstorfer. Some plays have been revived, and one-act plays and sketches are also performed at local celebrations.

Productions

Year	Title	Author	Notes
1956	Gußeiserner		First production, 19 March 1956, in the Kammerlohersaal, Dettendorf
1956	Das sündige Dorf
1958	Die drei Eisbären
1959	Sündenfall
1960	Töchter Josephs
1961	Lachender Erbe
1962	Sag die Wahrheit
1963	Lenerl vom Königsee
1964	Bekehrungsanderl
1965	Der verkaufte Großvater
1966	Prämienkind
1967	Birnbaum-Bankerl
1968	Falsche Katz
1972	Fürst Wastl		First production in Kematen (September 1972)
1973	Flori rückt ein
1974	Alles in Ordnung
1975	Depperter Jahrgang
1976	Pfannenflicker
1977	Lenerl vom Königsee		Revival of the 1963 production
1978	Verliebter Spion
1979	Kurbetrieb beim Kreiter Blasi
1980	Die Pfiffige Urschl
1981	Jägersteig-Marterl
1982	Töchter Josephs		Revival of the 1960 production
1983	Unkraut verdirbt net
1984	Seine Majestät der Kurgast
1985	Ein guter Einfall
1986	Bäckermeister Striezl
1987	Die Eisheiligen und die kalte Sophie
1988	Opas Glückstreffer
1989	A Zipferl vom Glück
1990	S' Zuckerpupperl	Heidi Hillreiner
1991	Die Geisterbraut	Hannes Bauer
1992	Gockel-Kriag	Ulla Kling	Director: Lisi Ranner
1993	Bonifaz schlog zua	Ulla Kling	Director: Lisi Ranner
1994	Ballett am Jocklhof	Franz Schaurer	Director: Lisi Ranner
1995	Christine Burgstaller	Max Werner	Director: Lisi Ranner
1996	Alles Müll oder net	Ulla Kling	Director: Lisi Ranner
1997	Die pfiffige Urschl	Franz Schaurer	Revival of the 1980 production; director: Lisi Ranner
1998	S'Marterl am Auerberg	Ferdinand Winter	Director: Lisi Ranner
1999	Die Powerpaula	Ulla Kling	Director: Lisi Ranner
2000	Die drei Wildkatzen	Hans Stöckel	Director: Lisi Ranner
2001	Ratsch und Tratsch	Peter Landstorfer	Director: Lisi Ranner
2002	Gschicht vom Anderlbauer	Ulla Kling	Director: Lisi Ranner
2003	Der Rauberpfaff	Peter Landstorfer	Director: Sepp Mayr sen.
2004	Umdraaht	Peter Landstorfer	Director: Lisi Ranner
2005	Das rotseidene Höserl	Josef Zeitler	Director: Lisi Ranner
2006	Bäckermeister Striezl	Ulla Kling	Revival of the 1986 production; director: Maria Luger
2007	Zu wenig und zu viel	Peter Landstorfer	Director: Barbara Mayr
2008	A Kufern	Peter Landstorfer	Director: Barbara Mayr
2009	Wias Leben so spuit - Sketche	Meilhamer/Schlenger, Toni Lauerer, Karl Valentin	Director: Barbara Mayr; First evening in the new hall; sketches and one-act plays
2010	D' Wahllumpn	Peter Landstorfer	Director: Barbara Mayr
2011	Der richtige Riecher	Heidi Faltlhauser	Director: Barbara Mayr
2012	Glenn Miller und Sauschwanzl	Christian Lex	Director: Barbara Mayr
2013	Der Tod im Birnbaum	Manfred Eichhorn	Director: Barbara Mayr
2014	Da kahle Krempling	Peter Landstorfer	Director: Barbara Mayr
2015	Die bayerische Prohibition	Peter Landstorfer	Director: Barbara Mayr
2016	Jackpot-Charlie, der Lotto-Millionär	Josef Hager	Director: Barbara Mayr
2017	Der Zeitbscheißer	Peter Landstorfer	Director: Barbara Mayr
2018	Die Prillertaler Hochzeitslader
2019	De Gschicht vom Brandner Kasper
2023	Ratsch und Tratsch		Revival of the 2001 production
2024	Da Pfennigfuchser
2025	Im Pfarrhaus is da Deife los
2026	Zu wenig und zu viel	Peter Landstorfer	Revival of the 2007 production

Venue

From 1956 to 1968 the group played in the Kammerlohersaal in Dettendorf, from 1972 in the hall of the inn in Kematen, and since 2009 in the left half of the new hall of the Gasthaus Weingast in Kematen, which holds up to 160 spectators.