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'''Hut ab! Schifferstadt e. V.''' is an amateur theatre association in [[wikipedia:Schifferstadt|Schifferstadt]], [[wikipedia:Rhineland-Palatinate|Rhineland-Palatinate]], Germany. Founded in early 2023, it has staged comedies since 2024 and also performs [[wikipedia:Mime artist|mime]] pieces at local events and in care homes.<ref name="gruendung">[https://www.hut-ab-schifferstadt.de/2023/05/14/hut-ab-in-schifferstadt/ „Hut ab! in Schifferstadt"], Hut ab! Schifferstadt e.V., 14 May 2023, retrieved 14 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261014163605/https://www.hut-ab-schifferstadt.de/2023/05/14/hut-ab-in-schifferstadt/ Archived] on 14 October 2026.</ref><ref name="auftritte">[https://www.hut-ab-schifferstadt.de/auftritte/ Auftritte/Berichte], Hut ab! Schifferstadt e.V., retrieved 14 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261014163717/https://www.hut-ab-schifferstadt.de/auftritte/ Archived] on 14 October 2026.</ref>

== History ==
The association was founded at the beginning of 2023 on the initiative of Melanie Bier, who had acted for many years before setting up her own group. In May 2023 it had ten members, most of them with little or no stage experience, and had just been recognised as a non-profit organisation. Its name refers to the [[wikipedia:Golden Hat of Schifferstadt|Golden Hat of Schifferstadt]], a Bronze Age gold-sheet hat found near the town in 1835 and now in the [[wikipedia:Historical Museum of the Palatinate|Historical Museum of the Palatinate]] in Speyer, and to the gesture of raising one's hat to the audience. The group saw itself as a complement to the Kolpingtheater, which was already established in Schifferstadt.<ref name="gruendung" />

Before its first full production, the group performed the mime piece ''Pantomime im Park'' for residents of a Schifferstadt senior citizens' home in April 2023 and appeared with short mime scenes at the town's fruit and vegetable day in September 2023.<ref name="auftritte" /> Its first comedy, ''Künstlerpech'' by Jürgen Baumgarten, premiered on 9 March 2024. Because the lead actress lost her voice before the premiere, a professional actress from the [[wikipedia:Störtebeker Festival|Störtebeker Festival]] spoke her lines while she acted the part silently.<ref name="auftritte" /> In spring 2025 the group staged ''Haus Seelenfrieden''. In early 2026 it built its own stage elements, and in the summer of 2026 it again toured ''Pantomime im Park'' to care homes.<ref name="galerie">[https://www.hut-ab-schifferstadt.de/galerie/ Galerie], Hut ab! Schifferstadt e.V., retrieved 14 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261014163743/https://www.hut-ab-schifferstadt.de/galerie/ Archived] on 14 October 2026.</ref> Its next production is the comedy ''Ein genialer Plan'' by Dominik Wittmann.<ref name="auftritte" />

== Venue ==
The group rehearses weekly in the Protestant community centre in the Lillengasse in Schifferstadt, where the parish provided it with a rehearsal room.<ref name="gruendung" /><ref name="stadt">[https://www.schifferstadt.de/strukturierte-daten/organisationen/vereine/hobby/hut-ab-schifferstadt-e-v-theatergruppe/ Hut ab! Schifferstadt e.V. – Theatergruppe], Stadtverwaltung Schifferstadt, retrieved 14 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261014163819/https://www.schifferstadt.de/strukturierte-daten/organisationen/vereine/hobby/hut-ab-schifferstadt-e-v-theatergruppe/ Archived] on 14 October 2026.</ref>

== Organisation ==
Hut ab! Schifferstadt is a registered non-profit association ([[wikipedia:Voluntary association|e. V.]]), entered in the register of associations at the Ludwigshafen local court.<ref name="impressum">[https://www.hut-ab-schifferstadt.de/impressum/ Impressum], Hut ab! Schifferstadt e.V., retrieved 14 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261014163942/https://www.hut-ab-schifferstadt.de/impressum/ Archived] on 14 October 2026.</ref> The group aims for one production of four to six performances a year.<ref name="ueber">[https://www.hut-ab-schifferstadt.de/ueber-uns/ Über uns], Hut ab! Schifferstadt e.V., retrieved 14 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261014164015/https://www.hut-ab-schifferstadt.de/ueber-uns/ Archived] on 14 October 2026.</ref> Its performances have been reported in the ''Schifferstadter Tagblatt'' and ''Die Rheinpfalz'', and in the magazine ''Vorhang Auf'' of the Landesverband Amateurtheater Rheinland-Pfalz.<ref name="auftritte" />

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