Theaterverein Grafenau

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Theaterverein Grafenau e. V. is an amateur theatre group in the town of Grafenau, district of Freyung-Grafenau, Lower Bavaria, Germany. It was founded in 2008 to stage the local legend of the Brudersbrunn as an open-air play, and since then has also performed an autumn comedy each year.

History

The club was not founded as a conventional amateur theatre club but with the aim of staging the old Grafenau legend of the Brudersbrunn as a large open-air play at the very place in the forest where it is set. Thirty-four founding members met in November 2008, and the club was entered in the register of associations in Passau on 14 January 2009. Financed partly through an EU LEADER application and donations from local businesses and citizens, the play with 44 speaking roles premiered on 18 June 2010 at the original location. It was revived in 2011 at the same site and in 2015 at the Kulturpavillon in the spa park.

For the 35th anniversary of Grafenau's partnership with Bergreichenstein (Kašperské Hory) and the 650th anniversary of the town, the club premiered the open-air history play 650 Jahre Stadt Grafenau by Eberhard Kreuzer, with more than 30 speaking roles, on 10 September 2026; it marked the start of a historical salt-trade caravan (Säumerzug) to Bergreichenstein.

Repertoire

Besides the open-air plays, the club stages a comedy every autumn in the Grafenau parish hall and has performed satirical Singspiele at strong-beer festivals and short pieces at the town's Säumerfest. Members have also appeared as extras in television documentaries by ZDF and BR.

Productions (incomplete)

Year	Title	Notes
2010	Brudersbrunn	Open-air play, first performance at the original site
2010	Der Weihnachts-Manager
2011	Brudersbrunn	Revival at the original site
2011	Nachttopf und Nudelholz	Säumerfest
2011	Der Moormörder
2012	Die schwarze Sau	Säumerfest
2012	Grichtsmassig
2013	Der Himme wart net
2014	Nachttopf und Nudelholz	Säumerfest
2014	Alles fest im Griff
2015	Brudersbrunn	Kulturpavillon, spa park
2015	Der Pfarrer bin i net!
2015	Das Wolkenguckerl	Christmas market
2016	Gipfelsturm
2017	Boandlkramer Blues
2023	Glaub's oder glaub's ned!
2024	Da Haftlmacher
2025	D' Wahl-Lump'n
2026	650 Jahre Stadt Grafenau	Open-air history play by Eberhard Kreuzer

Venue

The autumn plays are performed in the parish hall (Pfarrheim) of Grafenau; the open-air productions take place at the Brudersbrunn in the forest and at the Kulturpavillon of the BÄREAL spa park.