Theaterverein Otting
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Theaterverein Otting is an amateur theatre group in Otting, a village in Waging am See, district of Traunstein, Upper Bavaria, Germany. The group has played since 1978 and was constituted as a club in 1986; it has staged a children's fairy-tale play every spring since 1988, alongside Bavarian comedies and special productions.[1]
History
Plays were already performed in Otting before 1900, and villagers kept up the tradition after both world wars. In the mid-1970s a group of young people from the local Catholic rural youth (KLJB), on the initiative of Hanni Schallinger, revived the theatre, at first with Bavarian one-act plays for senior citizens' afternoons and village evenings. In 1978 they staged their first three-act play, Zweimal Burgl, at the Gasthof Krautenbacher in Holzhausen.[1]
The players decided in 1985 to found a club; the founding meeting, with 21 founding members, took place on 12 January 1986 at the Gasthaus Krautenbacher. In the same year the club joined the Bund Deutscher Amateurtheater (BDAT), whose courses in lighting and sound, make-up and scene painting its members could attend.[1] With a growing number of active members, the club staged its first children's fairy tale, Frau Holle, in spring 1988, and after its success decided to perform a fairy tale every year.[1]
For the 1250th anniversary of Otting parish in 1999, the club staged the open-air play Graf Gunther's Seelenheil oder s'Kloster z'Otting by Franz Patzelt, directed by Andreas Haberlander, with a set wall 30 metres long and 7 metres high, a stand for 600 spectators and almost 100 extras from the area. From 2001 it also put on nativity plays with child actors in the Pfarrstadl (parish barn) in Otting.[1] In March 2020 the run of Das Dschungelbuch was stopped after the first weekend by the COVID-19 pandemic; performances resumed in spring 2023 with Die kleine Hexe.[1]
Repertoire
Besides traditional Bavarian farces, the club has staged classics such as Der vor- und alpenländische Faust and works by Ludwig Thoma and Karl Valentin. The club counts among its highlights its own production of Der Brandner Kaspar in Andreas Haberlander's version (1995), revived in the Pfarrstadl in 2004 and newly staged in 2018 with an "ascension to heaven" effect.[1] The fairy-tale plays are often revived, such as Urmel aus dem Eis (1996, 2004, 2013, 2025).[2]
| Year | Type | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Autumn play | 2x Burgl | |
| 1980 | Autumn play | Der bekehrte Hausdrache | |
| 1981 | Autumn play | Der Weiberfeind | |
| 1983 | Autumn play | Hochzeit am Rößlhof | |
| 1984 | Autumn play | Die zwei Halbschönen | |
| 1985 | Autumn play | A Schlückerl Rattengift | |
| 1986 | Autumn play | Die Ritter san los | |
| 1987 | Autumn play | Der Regierungsvetter | |
| 1988 | Children's fairy tale | Frau Holle | First fairy-tale production |
| 1988 | Autumn play | Der Ehestreik | |
| 1989 | Children's fairy tale | Der Froschkönig | |
| 1989 | Autumn play | Die Lügenglocke | |
| 1990 | Children's fairy tale | Die kleine Hexe | |
| 1990 | Autumn play | Der ewige Spitzbua | |
| 1991 | Children's fairy tale | Der Teufel mit den drei goldenen Haaren | |
| 1991 | Autumn play | Wia´s beim Wenger an Video kriagt ham | |
| 1992 | Children's fairy tale | Der gestiefelte Kater | |
| 1992 | Autumn play | Die Flurbereinigung | |
| 1993 | Children's fairy tale | Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten | |
| 1993 | Autumn play | Der vor- und alpenländische Faust | |
| 1994 | Children's fairy tale | Der Räuber Hotzenplotz | |
| 1994 | Autumn play | Ritter Unkenstein & die Raubritter vor München | |
| 1995 | Children's fairy tale | Kalif Storch | |
| 1995 | Autumn play | Der Brandner Kaspar | Version by Andreas Haberlander |
| 1996 | Children's fairy tale | Urmel aus dem Eis | |
| 1996 | Autumn play | Die Dachserin & Erster Klasse | |
| 1997 | Children's fairy tale | Das Dschungelbuch | |
| 1997 | Autumn play | Tingel Tangel | |
| 1998 | Children's fairy tale | Die Schneekönigin | |
| 1998 | Autumn play | Der Rauberpfaff | |
| 1999 | Children's fairy tale | Die kleine Hexe | |
| 1999 | Special production | Graf Gunther´s Seelenheil oder ´s Kloster z´Otting | Open-air play by Franz Patzelt for the 1250th anniversary of Otting parish; directed by Andreas Haberlander |
| 2000 | Children's fairy tale | Der kleine Muck | |
| 2000 | Autumn play | Sei stad Bua | |
| 2001 | Children's fairy tale | Der Zauberer von Oz | |
| 2001 | Special production | Es geschah vor 2000 Jahren | Nativity play by Michaela Thaller, performed by children |
| 2002 | Children's fairy tale | Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten | |
| 2002 | Autumn play | Lügen über Lügen | |
| 2002 | Special production | Krippenspiel | |
| 2003 | Children's fairy tale | Philly Phantasico | |
| 2004 | Children's fairy tale | Urmel aus dem Eis | |
| 2004 | Autumn play | Heid scho glacht? | |
| 2004 | Special production | Brandner Kaspar | Revival of the 1995 production, Pfarrstadl |
| 2005 | Children's fairy tale | Isidor wird Nachtgespenst | |
| 2006 | Children's fairy tale | Der Räuber Hotzenplotz | |
| 2006 | Autumn play | Valentinaden | |
| 2006 | Special production | Weihnachten | |
| 2007 | Children's fairy tale | Winni Wackelzahn | |
| 2008 | Children's fairy tale | Der Zauberer von Oz | |
| 2009 | Children's fairy tale | Der kleine Muck | |
| 2009 | Autumn play | Es deafad glacht wern! | |
| 2010 | Children's fairy tale | Das Dschungelbuch | |
| 2010 | Autumn play | Do muaßt doch lacha! | |
| 2010 | Special production | Ein Licht über Bethlehem | |
| 2011 | Children's fairy tale | Die kleine Hexe | |
| 2011 | Autumn play | Meine Leiche, deine Leiche | |
| 2012 | Children's fairy tale | Philly Phantasico | |
| 2012 | Autumn play | Der Ehestreik | |
| 2013 | Children's fairy tale | Urmel aus dem Eis | |
| 2013 | Special production | Ein Licht über Bethlehem | |
| 2014 | Children's fairy tale | Isidor wird Nachtgespenst | |
| 2015 | Children's fairy tale | Die Schneekönigin | |
| 2015 | Autumn play | Mörderstund ist ungesund | |
| 2016 | Children's fairy tale | Der Räuber Hotzenplotz | |
| 2016 | Special production | Ein Licht über Bethlehem | |
| 2017 | Children's fairy tale | Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten | |
| 2018 | Children's fairy tale | Der Zauberer von Oz | |
| 2018 | Special production | Brandner Kaspar | New production |
| 2019 | Children's fairy tale | Lizzy die kleine Winterhexe | |
| 2020 | Children's fairy tale | Das Dschungelbuch | Run cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2023 | Children's fairy tale | Die kleine Hexe | |
| 2024 | Children's fairy tale | Aladin und die Wunderlampe | |
| 2024 | Special production | Ein Licht über Bethlehem | |
| 2025 | Children's fairy tale | Urmel aus dem Eis | |
| 2026 | Children's fairy tale | Philly Phantastico |
Venue
The group first played at the Gasthof Krautenbacher in Holzhausen. When the inn in Otting was rebuilt, its owner Heinrich Thaler jun. gave the club a larger stage there, which the club equipped with its own lighting and technology. Nativity plays and some larger productions take place in the Pfarrstadl in Otting.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Unsere Chronik, Theaterverein Otting, retrieved 27 October 2026. Archived on 28 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kindermärchen, Theaterverein Otting, retrieved 27 October 2026. Archived on 28 October 2026.
- ↑ Herbsttheater, Theaterverein Otting, retrieved 27 October 2026. Archived on 28 October 2026.
- ↑ Sonderaufführungen, Theaterverein Otting, retrieved 27 October 2026. Archived on 28 October 2026.