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'''Dramatische Gestalten e. V.''' is an amateur theatre association registered in [[wikipedia:Munich|Munich]], Bavaria, Germany, that performs in Munich and in [[wikipedia:Unterschleißheim|Unterschleißheim]].<ref name="ueberuns" /><ref name="bsv2024" /> Formed in 2013, it does not tie itself to one genre and has staged comedies, a musical play, a drama about depression and an online revue.<ref name="ueberuns" /><ref name="merkur2019" />

== History ==
The group came together in 2013; at its core were former pupils of the theatre workshop of the Carl-Orff-Gymnasium in Unterschleißheim.<ref name="merkur2019" /> After two productions, ''Zwischen den Stühlen'' (2013) and ''Leichenfund und Geistesschwund'' (2015), it was recast in 2017 for ''Die Akte Noether: Wirrheit oder Pflicht?'' and has since taken in new members.<ref name="ueberuns" /><ref name="projekte" /> The association was founded on 28 July 2018 and entered in the register of associations on 15 February 2019.<ref name="ueberuns" /> In January 2019 the local press counted 20 members, students, young professionals and one school pupil, who planned to stage two ambitious projects a year.<ref name="merkur2019" /> The group's own website gives about 20 members aged 22 to 45.<ref name="ueberuns" />

During the [[wikipedia:COVID-19 pandemic in Germany|COVID-19 pandemic]] planned live dates were cancelled. Instead the group produced a ''Revue'' of comedy, songs, dance, remote theatre and sketches, presented in four live-moderated YouTube streams in November 2020 and January 2021 with more than 30 contributions by members and guest artists. It returned to the stage in January 2022 with ''Bandscheibenvorfall'', played to audiences limited to 25 per cent of capacity.<ref name="ueberuns" />

== Repertoire ==
The group describes its work as focused on physicality, strong images and closeness to the audience, and experiments with different forms.<ref name="ueberuns" /> Several productions were written or adapted by the group itself: ''Die Akte Noether'' was a self-written piece loosely based on [[wikipedia:Friedrich Dürrenmatt|Friedrich Dürrenmatt]]'s ''[[wikipedia:The Physicists|Die Physiker]]'' and [[wikipedia:Urs Widmer|Urs Widmer]]'s ''Top Dogs'', set in a fictional sanatorium.<ref name="wochenanzeiger2017" /> ''Des Bettlers Oper'' drew on [[wikipedia:John Gay|John Gay]]'s ''[[wikipedia:The Beggar's Opera|The Beggar's Opera]]'' and [[wikipedia:Bertolt Brecht|Bertolt Brecht]]'s ''[[wikipedia:The Threepenny Opera|Die Dreigroschenoper]]'' and was the group's first production with live music, singing and dance; many roles were cast regardless of the characters' gender.<ref name="dbo2018" /><ref name="ueberuns" /> The drama ''not just sad.'', written by the group's director, combined [[wikipedia:Sarah Kane|Sarah Kane]]'s ''[[wikipedia:4.48 Psychosis|4.48 Psychosis]]'' with original texts and the complete album ''Insight'' by the Munich band Illusive Light.<ref name="njs" /><ref name="merkur2019" /> ''OH HEINRICH!'', freely based on [[wikipedia:Dea Loher|Dea Loher]]'s ''Blaubart – Hoffnung der Frauen'', was the group's first production in the round, with six actors on three sofas surrounded by the audience.<ref name="oh" /><ref name="ueberuns" />

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Productions<ref name="projekte" />
! Year !! Title !! Author !! Notes
|-
| 2013 || ''Zwischen den Stühlen'' || || December 2013
|-
| 2015 || ''Leichenfund und Geistesschwund'' || after Friedrich Dürrenmatt and Urs Widmer || Gleis 1, Unterschleißheim, March 2015<ref name="sz2015" />
|-
| 2017 || ''Die Akte Noether: Wirrheit oder Pflicht?'' || own text, after Friedrich Dürrenmatt and Urs Widmer || forum2, Olympiadorf, May–June 2017<ref name="wochenanzeiger2017" />
|-
| 2018 || ''Des Bettlers Oper'' || after John Gay and Bertolt Brecht || forum2, May 2018; further performance at Gleis 1, Lohhof, July 2018<ref name="dbo2018" />
|-
| 2019 || ''not just sad.'' || own text, after Sarah Kane || Gleis 1 and Pasinger Fabrik, January and March 2019<ref name="njs" />
|-
| 2019 || ''Des Bettlers Oper'' || after John Gay and Bertolt Brecht || revival of the 2018 production; forum2, June 2019<ref name="dbo2019" />
|-
| 2020 || ''OH HEINRICH!'' || after Dea Loher || Gleis 1, Lohhof, January 2020<ref name="oh" />
|-
| 2020–2021 || ''Revue'' || own programme || live streams, November 2020 and January 2021
|-
| 2022 || ''Bandscheibenvorfall – Ein Abend für Menschen mit Haltungsschäden'' || Ingrid Lausund || forum2, January 2022<ref name="bsv2022" />
|-
| 2024 || ''Bandscheibenvorfall – Ein Abend für Menschen mit Haltungsschäden'' || Ingrid Lausund || revival; Gleis 1, Unterschleißheim, and Pepper Theater, [[wikipedia:Neuperlach|Neuperlach]], May–June 2024<ref name="bsv2024" />
|}

== Venue ==
The group has no theatre of its own. Most of its productions have been played in the hall of the Kulturverein forum2 in the [[wikipedia:Olympic Village, Munich|Olympic Village]] in Munich, built for the 1972 Olympic Games, and at the youth culture centre Gleis 1 in Unterschleißheim-Lohhof.<ref name="dbo2018" /><ref name="projekte" /> It has also played at the [[wikipedia:Pasinger Fabrik|Pasinger Fabrik]] and the Pepper Theater in Neuperlach.<ref name="ueberuns" /><ref name="bsv2024" />

== Organisation ==
The group has worked with other artists, among them the band Illusive Light for ''not just sad.''; it announced that part of the proceeds of that production would be donated to organisations helping people with mental illness.<ref name="njs" />

== References ==
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<ref name="ueberuns">[https://dramatischegestalten.de/der-verein/ueber-uns/ Über uns], Dramatische Gestalten e. V., retrieved 25 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261025222215/https://dramatischegestalten.de/der-verein/ueber-uns/ Archived] on 25 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="projekte">[https://dramatischegestalten.de/projekte/ Projekte], Dramatische Gestalten e. V., retrieved 25 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20260508081136/https://dramatischegestalten.de/projekte/ Archived] on 8 May 2026.</ref>
<ref name="dbo2018">[https://dramatischegestalten.de/projekte/des-bettlers-oper-2018/ Des Bettlers Oper 2018], Dramatische Gestalten e. V., retrieved 25 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261026211829/https://dramatischegestalten.de/projekte/des-bettlers-oper-2018/ Archived] on 26 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="dbo2019">[https://dramatischegestalten.de/projekte/des-bettlers-oper-2019/ Des Bettlers Oper 2019], Dramatische Gestalten e. V., retrieved 25 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20260610160804/https://dramatischegestalten.de/projekte/des-bettlers-oper-2019/ Archived] on 10 June 2026.</ref>
<ref name="njs">[https://dramatischegestalten.de/projekte/not-just-sad/ not just sad.], Dramatische Gestalten e. V., retrieved 25 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20260508091809/https://dramatischegestalten.de/projekte/not-just-sad/ Archived] on 8 May 2026.</ref>
<ref name="oh">[https://dramatischegestalten.de/projekte/oh-heinrich/ OH HEINRICH!], Dramatische Gestalten e. V., retrieved 25 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261026211918/https://dramatischegestalten.de/projekte/oh-heinrich/ Archived] on 26 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="bsv2022">[https://dramatischegestalten.de/projekte/bandscheibenvorfall2022/ Bandscheibenvorfall 2022], Dramatische Gestalten e. V., retrieved 25 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261026211952/https://dramatischegestalten.de/projekte/bandscheibenvorfall2022/ Archived] on 26 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="bsv2024">[https://dramatischegestalten.de/bandscheibenvorfall_2024/ Bandscheibenvorfall 2024], Dramatische Gestalten e. V., retrieved 25 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261026212108/https://dramatischegestalten.de/bandscheibenvorfall_2024/ Archived] on 26 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="wochenanzeiger2017">[https://www.wochenanzeiger.de/article/mwa191405 Die »Dramatischen Gestalten« kommen mit neuem Stück ins forum2], Münchner Wochenanzeiger, 22 May 2017, retrieved 25 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261026212136/https://www.wochenanzeiger.de/article/mwa191405 Archived] on 26 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="merkur2019">[https://dramatischegestalten.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/190111_njs_mm_Theater-Truppe-Dramatische-Gestalten-Reise-durch-intime-Gedanken-Unterschleissheim.pdf Theater-Truppe „Dramatische Gestalten“: Reise durch intime Gedanken], Münchner Merkur, 11 January 2019 (copy on the group's website), retrieved 25 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261026212203/https://dramatischegestalten.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/190111_njs_mm_Theater-Truppe-Dramatische-Gestalten-Reise-durch-intime-Gedanken-Unterschleissheim.pdf Archived] on 26 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="sz2015">[https://dramatischegestalten.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/150327_lug_sz_VonFreitagBisFreitag.pdf Von Freitag bis Freitag München: Unterwegs mit Carolina], Süddeutsche Zeitung (Junge Leute), 27 March 2015 (copy on the group's website), retrieved 25 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261026212220/https://dramatischegestalten.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/150327_lug_sz_VonFreitagBisFreitag.pdf Archived] on 26 October 2026.</ref>
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