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'''Gartenstädter Laienbühne Schweinfurt e. V.''' is an amateur theatre group in the Gartenstadt district of [[wikipedia:Schweinfurt|Schweinfurt]], [[wikipedia:Lower Franconia|Lower Franconia]], Bavaria, Germany.<ref name="verein" /> Founded in 1989 in the Maria Hilf parish, it stages one [[wikipedia:Comedy|comedy]] each November in the parish hall of Maria Hilf.<ref name="verein" /><ref name="kontakt" />

== History ==
The group was founded in 1989 by five people as a lay theatre group within the parish in Schweinfurt's Gartenstadt, and gave its first performance in February 1992 with the farce ''Herztropfen''.<ref name="geschichte" /> Until 1997 its productions took place in February; in 1997 the group moved its season to November and staged two plays that year.<ref name="geschichte" /> There were no productions in 1999 and in 2010, when the parish hall was being renovated.<ref name="geschichte" /><ref name="rueckblick" />

In September 2004 the group performed ''Die Brautschau'' at a medieval citizens' festival (''Mittelalterliches Bürgerfest'') held for a city anniversary, which the group describes as the first of its kind in Schweinfurt, and was subsequently invited to perform at the [[wikipedia:Marienberg Fortress|Marienberg Fortress]] in [[wikipedia:Würzburg|Würzburg]]; it has since appeared regularly at the Schweinfurt festival.<ref name="geschichte" /> At the sixth festival in September 2022 it played ''Verein gegen das Bettelwesen'' on the open-air stage in the Forum; the city's programme then described it as an ensemble of 10 to 12 actors.<ref name="buergerfest2022" />

After its 2019 production the group paused for three years because of the [[wikipedia:COVID-19 pandemic in Germany|COVID-19 pandemic]] and the construction of a new parish kindergarten.<ref name="mainpost2023" /> During the break it was formally constituted as a registered association in February 2023, and it returned to the stage in November 2023 with ''Ohne Kies ist's mies!''.<ref name="geschichte" /><ref name="mainpost2023" />

== Repertoire ==
The group plays exclusively comedies, mostly three-act farces and boulevard comedies by contemporary German-language authors for amateur stages, with one production per year.<ref name="verein" /><ref name="rueckblick" /> Since 2004 it has additionally given short performances at Schweinfurt's medieval festival.<ref name="geschichte" />

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Productions (incomplete)<ref name="rueckblick" />
! Year !! Title !! Author !! Notes
|-
| 1992 || ''Herztropfen'' || Emil Stürmer || February; first production
|-
| 1993 || ''Der irre Theodor'' || Emil Stürmer || February
|-
| 1994 || ''Der Zwillingsbruder'' || Martin Stecher || February
|-
| 1995 || ''Alles wegen einer Nacht'' || || February
|-
| 1996 || ''Blos koan Schnaps'' || Heidi Hillreiner || February
|-
| 1997 || ''Die Jagd nach dem Zylinder'' || Peter Hinrichsen (Peter Steiner) || February
|-
| 1997 || ''Kurzschlüsse'' || Frank M. Ziegler || November
|-
| 1998 || ''Männer sind auch bloß Menschen'' || Uschi Schilling ||
|-
| 2000 || ''Tante Jutta aus Kalkutta'' || Max Reimann ||
|-
| 2001 || ''Wohin mit der Leiche?'' || Walter G. Pfaus ||
|-
| 2002 || ''Alles nur Theater!'' || Hans-Christian Lange ||
|-
| 2003 || ''Aphrodites Zimmer'' || Walter G. Pfaus ||
|-
| 2004 || ''Die Brautschau'' || || September; Mittelalterliches Bürgerfest Schweinfurt<ref name="geschichte" />
|-
| 2004 || ''Blaues Blut und Erbsensuppe'' || Dieter Adam ||
|-
| 2005 || ''Napoleon lebt'' || Martina Worms ||
|-
| 2006 || ''Saitensprünge'' || Tina Segler ||
|-
| 2007 || ''Chaos im Penthouse'' || Claudia Gysel ||
|-
| 2008 || ''Künstlerpech'' || Jürgen Baumgarten ||
|-
| 2009 || ''Kein Mann für eine Nacht'' || Uschi Schilling ||
|-
| 2011 || ''Wer krank ist, muss kerngesund sein'' || Uschi Schilling ||
|-
| 2012 || ''Wer glaubt schon an Geister'' || Uschi Schilling ||
|-
| 2013 || ''Vor Familie wird gewarnt'' || Uschi Schilling ||
|-
| 2014 || ''Ein krummes Ding'' || Reto Gmür ||
|-
| 2015 || ''Irgendwo im Nirgendwo'' || Wolfgang Binder ||
|-
| 2016 || ''Der verfluchte Baron'' || Heinz-Jürgen Köhler ||
|-
| 2017 || ''Putzfrauen und Waschlappen'' || Rolf Sperling || <ref name="mainpost2017" />
|-
| 2018 || ''Sei im Pool mein Krokodil'' || Bernd Spehling ||
|-
| 2019 || ''Dauermieter oder Ein Schmitt wohnt selten allein'' || Andreas Heck ||
|-
| 2022 || ''Verein gegen das Bettelwesen'' || || September; Mittelalterliches Bürgerfest Schweinfurt<ref name="buergerfest2022" />
|-
| 2023 || ''Ohne Kies ist's mies!'' || Brigitte Wiese and Patrick Siebler || First production as a registered association
|-
| 2024 || ''Auch Superhelden sind nur Menschen'' || Hans Schimmel || <ref name="swanzeiger2024" />
|-
| 2025 || ''Es fährt kein Zug nach Irgendwo'' || Winnie Abel || <ref name="mainpost2025" />
|-
| 2026 || ''Der Nächste bitte!'' || Hans Schimmel || November 2026<ref name="saison" /><ref name="mainpost2026" />
|}

== Venue ==
The group performs in the parish hall (''Pfarrsaal'') of the Maria Hilf parish in Fritz-Soldmann-Straße, Schweinfurt, which lies beneath the church and is reached through the church tower.<ref name="kontakt" /><ref name="swanzeiger2024" />

== Organisation ==
Residents of the homes of the disability organisation Lebenshilfe are traditionally invited to the group's dress rehearsal each year. The members also meet for a monthly regulars' table and rehearsal weekends.<ref name="verein" />

== References ==
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