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The '''Neue Bühne Bruck e. V.''' (NBB) is an amateur theatre in [[wikipedia:Fürstenfeldbruck|Fürstenfeldbruck]], Upper Bavaria, Germany. Founded in 1984 by the teacher Harald Molocher, it works on the principle of amateur actors performing under professional directors, and runs a year-round programme of four to five productions per season in its own theatre at the Veranstaltungsforum Fürstenfeld.<ref name="about" /><ref name="merkur2025" />

== History ==
Harald Molocher, a teacher at the Graf-Rasso-Gymnasium in Fürstenfeldbruck who led its school drama group, founded the Neue Bühne Bruck in 1984 with the aim of letting amateurs work with professional directors on a demanding repertoire.<ref name="about" /><ref name="merkur2020" /> Its first premiere, ''Mensch Meier'' by [[wikipedia:Franz Xaver Kroetz|Franz Xaver Kroetz]], took place on 9 January 1985 in the school's gymnasium. A children's play followed in summer 1985 in a rented tent on the fairground; the group then played for a while in the theatre barn of the Brucker Brettl in Biburg.<ref name="merkur2025" /> In 1985 the association bought the discarded folding seats of a former cinema, and in 1987 it opened its own cellar theatre with a proscenium stage and bar in the Malchinger Straße in Neulindach, with Dario Fo's ''Offene Zweierbeziehung''.<ref name="about" /><ref name="merkur2025" /> It also played at other venues around [[wikipedia:Fürstenfeld Abbey|Fürstenfeld Abbey]], including the former granary and the catacombs.<ref name="about" />

Directors and actors such as [[wikipedia:Johanna Liebeneiner|Johanna Liebeneiner]], Rudolf Danker and Kurt Weinzierl worked at the theatre; Liebeneiner staged ''Kalte Hände'' by Thomas Baum, a play about sexual abuse within a family that, according to Molocher, a Munich theatre had turned down.<ref name="merkur2020" /><ref name="merkur2025" /> In 2001 the theatre moved from the cellar into its present playing space in Haus 11 of the newly opened Veranstaltungsforum Fürstenfeld.<ref name="about" /> After 35 years Molocher handed over the theatre in the 2019/20 season to a team of long-standing members led by Alexander Schmiedel and Philip Schultheiß; Molocher became director of the Altmühlsee-Festspiele in Muhr am See.<ref name="about" /><ref name="merkur2020" /> The new management added comedies and an annual children's play to the programme. The theatre celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2025, with a production of [[wikipedia:Woyzeck|''Woyzeck'']] directed by Molocher and a revue in May.<ref name="merkur2025" />

== Repertoire ==
The repertoire ranges from comedy to tragedy, from staged readings to musical productions, and from classical to contemporary plays, including children's plays; by 2025 the theatre had staged almost 200 productions.<ref name="about" /> Under its founder it became known for socially critical and experimental plays.<ref name="merkur2025" /> Each production is rehearsed for about six weeks; all are directed by professionals, and occasionally professional actors are engaged.<ref name="about" /> Since about 2000 the [[wikipedia:Improvisational theatre|improvisational theatre]] group ''In Impro Veritas'', led by Claus Hilgers, has been a regular part of the programme, alongside the improvised crime format ''Tatort Fürstenfeld''.<ref name="about" /><ref name="merkur2025" /><ref name="home" />

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Productions (incomplete)<ref name="archiv" />
! Season !! Title !! Author !! Director !! Notes
|-
| 1984/85 || ''Mensch Meier'' || [[wikipedia:Franz Xaver Kroetz|Franz Xaver Kroetz]] ||  || First production, gymnasium of the Graf-Rasso-Gymnasium; premiere 9 January 1985<ref name="merkur2025" />
|-
| 1986/87 || ''Offene Zweierbeziehung'' || [[wikipedia:Dario Fo|Dario Fo]] ||  || Opening of the cellar theatre, 1987<ref name="about" />
|-
| 1995/96 || ''Urfaust'' || [[wikipedia:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe|Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]] ||  || Former granary of Fürstenfeld Abbey, 1996<ref name="about" />
|-
| 1998/99 || ''Mirandolina'' || [[wikipedia:Carlo Goldoni|Carlo Goldoni]] ||  || Former granary of Fürstenfeld Abbey, 1999<ref name="about" />
|-
| 2001 || ''Offene Zweierbeziehung'' || Dario Fo ||  || Opening production in Haus 11; the only play staged twice<ref name="about" />
|-
| 2001 || ''Der eingebildete Kranke'' || [[wikipedia:Molière|Molière]] ||  || <ref name="about" />
|-
| 2011/12 || ''Wer zahlt’s?'' || Kerstin Krefft (revue) || Ensemble || 
|-
| 2011/12 || ''Der Hässliche'' || [[wikipedia:Marius von Mayenburg|Marius von Mayenburg]] || Frank Piotraschke || 
|-
| 2011/12 || ''Kleine Eheverbrechen'' || [[wikipedia:Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt|Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt]] || Veronika Wolff || 
|-
| 2012/13 || ''Tschick'' || [[wikipedia:Wolfgang Herrndorf|Wolfgang Herrndorf]] || Veronika Wolff || 
|-
| 2012/13 || ''Die Weberischen'' || Felix Mitterer and Martyn Jacques || Philipp Jescheck || 
|-
| 2012/13 || ''Die 39 Stufen'' || after [[wikipedia:Alfred Hitchcock|Alfred Hitchcock]] || Philipp Jescheck || 
|-
| 2012/13 || ''Michel in der Suppenschüssel'' || [[wikipedia:Astrid Lindgren|Astrid Lindgren]] || Veronika Wolff || 
|-
| 2013/14 || ''Was Ihr wollt'' || [[wikipedia:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare]] || Veronika Wolff || 
|-
| 2013/14 || ''2 Stück Leben'' || after texts by [[wikipedia:Ernst Jandl|Ernst Jandl]] || Philipp Jescheck || 
|-
| 2013/14 || ''An der Arche um 8'' || Ulrich Hub || Barbara Lackermeier || 
|-
| 2013/14 || ''Der Gott des Gemetzels'' || [[wikipedia:Yasmina Reza|Yasmina Reza]] || Philipp Jescheck || 
|-
| 2013/14 || ''Fahr zur Hölle, Orpheus!'' || Andreas Harwath, Barbara Lackermeier and Christina Schmiedel || Harwath, Lackermeier & Schmiedel || 
|-
| 2014/15 || ''Benefiz'' || Ingrid Lausund || Philipp Jescheck || 
|-
| 2014/15 || ''Ox und Esel'' || Norbert Ebel || Andreas Harwath and Harald Molocher || 
|-
| 2014/15 || ''Die Präsidentinnen'' || [[wikipedia:Werner Schwab|Werner Schwab]] || Philipp Jescheck || 
|-
| 2015/16 || ''Rosa Winkel'' || Martin Sherman || Ralph Hüttig || 
|-
| 2015/16 || ''Kaspar Häuser Meer'' || Felizia Zeller || Philipp Jescheck || 
|-
| 2015/16 || ''Die Firma dankt'' || Lutz Hübner || Ensemble || 
|-
| 2015/16 || ''Zusammen ist man weniger allein'' || [[wikipedia:Anna Gavalda|Anna Gavalda]] || Philipp Jescheck || 
|-
| 2016/17 || ''Nur ein Tag'' || Martin Baltscheit || Philipp Jescheck || 
|-
| 2016/17 || ''King Kongs Töchter'' || [[wikipedia:Theresia Walser|Theresia Walser]] || Philipp Jescheck || 
|-
| 2016/17 || ''Mr. Punch and Mrs. Judy'' || [[wikipedia:Debbie Isitt|Debbie Isitt]] || Felix Ebner || 
|-
| 2016/17 || ''Meier Müller Schulz'' || Marc Becker || Ensemble || 
|-
| 2017/18 || ''Shoppen'' || Ralf Westhoff || Harald Molocher || 
|-
| 2017/18 || ''Elektra'' || [[wikipedia:Hugo von Hofmannsthal|Hugo von Hofmannsthal]] || Philipp Jescheck || 
|-
| 2017/18 || ''Zwei wie Bonnie und Clyde'' || Tom Müller and Sabine Misiorny || Harald Molocher || 
|-
| 2017/18 || ''Paradiso'' || Lida Winiewicz || Harald Molocher || 
|-
| 2018/19 || ''Der Vorname'' || Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de la Patellière || Frank Piotraschke || 
|-
| 2018/19 || ''Die Geschichte von den Pandabären'' || Matéi Visniec || Olaf Dröge || 
|-
| 2019/20 || ''Frauenquote'' || Petra Wintersteller || Petra Wintersteller || 
|-
| 2019/20 || ''All you need is love'' || Olaf Dröge || Olaf Dröge || 
|-
| 2019/20 || ''Effi Briest'' || Sandra Schüddekopf, after [[wikipedia:Theodor Fontane|Theodor Fontane]] || Ralph Hüttig || First production under the new management<ref name="merkur2020" />
|-
| 2019/20 || ''Zweifel'' || [[wikipedia:John Patrick Shanley|John Patrick Shanley]] || Frank Piotraschke || 
|-
| 2019/20 || ''Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull'' || John von Düffel, after [[wikipedia:Thomas Mann|Thomas Mann]] || Tim Freudensprung and ensemble || 
|-
| 2020/21 || ''Das Abschiedsdinner'' || Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de la Patellière || René Oltmanns || 
|-
| 2020/21 || ''Der ewige Spießer'' || [[wikipedia:Ödön von Horváth|Ödön von Horváth]] ||  || Staged reading
|-
| 2021/22 || ''Die kleinste Fessel'' || Kerstin Krefft after [[wikipedia:Lena Christ|Lena Christ]] and [[wikipedia:Fanny zu Reventlow|Fanny zu Reventlow]] || Ernst Matthias Friedrich || Staged reading
|-
| 2021/22 || ''Ein Schaf fürs Leben'' || Maritgen Matter ||  || 
|-
| 2021/22 || ''Falscher Abgang'' || Andreas Harwath ||  || 
|-
| 2021/22 || ''6 Tanzstunden in 6 Wochen'' || [[wikipedia:Richard Alfieri|Richard Alfieri]] || Petra Wintersteller || 
|-
| 2022/23 || ''König und Meister'' || Theresa Hannig || Christina Schmiedel || World premiere
|-
| 2022/23 || ''Der Fänger'' || Frank Piotraschke || Heiko Dietz || 
|-
| 2022/23 || ''3 Schwestern'' || Ian de Toffoli, after [[wikipedia:Anton Chekhov|Anton Chekhov]] || Ernst Matthias Friedrich || 
|-
| 2022/23 || ''Pinocchio'' || Erpho Bell, after [[wikipedia:Carlo Collodi|Carlo Collodi]] || Andreas Harwath || 
|-
| 2022/23 || ''Biedermann und die Brandstifter'' || [[wikipedia:Max Frisch|Max Frisch]] || Ralph Hüttig || 
|-
| 2022/23 || ''A long way down'' || [[wikipedia:Nick Hornby|Nick Hornby]] || René Oltmanns || 
|-
| 2023/24 || ''Die Tür nebenan'' || Fabrice Roger-Lacan || Petra Wintersteller || 
|-
| 2023/24 || ''Die kleine Hexe'' || [[wikipedia:Otfried Preußler|Otfried Preußler]], adapted by John von Düffel || Barbara Lackermeier || 
|-
| 2023/24 || ''Die acht Frauen'' || [[wikipedia:Robert Thomas (director)|Robert Thomas]] || René Oltmanns || 
|-
| 2023/24 || ''Furor'' || Lutz Hübner and Sarah Nemitz || Frank Piotraschke || 
|-
| 2024/25 || ''Der Watzmann ruft'' || [[wikipedia:Wolfgang Ambros|Wolfgang Ambros]] and others || Barbara Lackermeier || 
|-
| 2024/25 || ''Der gestiefelte Kater'' || Frank Pinkus, after the Brothers Grimm || Ernst Matthias Friedrich || 
|-
| 2024/25 || ''Woyzeck'' || [[wikipedia:Georg Büchner|Georg Büchner]] || Harald Molocher || 40th-anniversary production; premiere 24 January 2025<ref name="merkur2025" />
|-
| 2024/25 || ''Die Steilwand'' || [[wikipedia:Jordi Galceran|Jordi Galceran]] || René Oltmanns || 
|-
| 2024/25 || ''Der Lebenslauf des Boxers Samson-Körner'' || [[wikipedia:Bertolt Brecht|Bertolt Brecht]] || Dennis Krauß || 
|-
| 2024/25 || ''Wir werden 40!'' || Ensemble ||  || Anniversary revue
|-
| 2025/26 || ''Die Frau von früher'' || [[wikipedia:Roland Schimmelpfennig|Roland Schimmelpfennig]] || Philipp Jescheck || 
|-
| 2025/26 || ''Clevergirl'' || Hartmut El Kurdi || Gianna Formicone || 
|-
| 2025/26 || ''Stolz und Vorurteil* (*oder so)'' || Isobel McArthur, after [[wikipedia:Jane Austen|Jane Austen]] || Barbara Lackermeier || 
|-
| 2025/26 || ''Drei Mal Leben'' || Yasmina Reza || Ernst Matthias Friedrich || 
|}

== Venue ==
Since 2001 the theatre has played in Haus 11 of the Veranstaltungsforum Fürstenfeld, the event centre in the former abbey buildings. The larger space and better technical equipment made large productions possible, such as Brecht's ''[[wikipedia:The Threepenny Opera|Die Dreigroschenoper]]''.<ref name="about" /> At the move the theatre had only 20 spotlights instead of the 70 to 80 it needed; Molocher paid for much of the equipment himself, including 100 seats from an old cinema.<ref name="merkur2020" />

== Organisation ==
The theatre also hosts guest performances, such as those of the Altmühlsee-Festspiele and the Schlossfestspiele Thurnau.<ref name="home" /><ref name="enkeltrick" />

== Awards ==
The theatre has received the ''Kulturförderpreis'' of the Kulturverein Fürstenfeld twice, in 2006 and 2023.<ref name="about" /><ref name="merkur2025" /> According to the theatre, it has also been awarded the ''Tassilo'' prize of the [[wikipedia:Süddeutsche Zeitung|Süddeutsche Zeitung]].<ref name="about" />

== References ==
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<ref name="archiv">[https://buehne-bruck.de/archiv/ Archiv – Was wir waren], Neue Bühne Bruck e. V., retrieved 20 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20260618082936/https://buehne-bruck.de/archiv/ Archived] on 18 June 2026.</ref>
<ref name="enkeltrick">[https://buehne-bruck.de/der-enkeltrick/ Der Enkeltrick], Neue Bühne Bruck e. V., 16 January 2026, retrieved 20 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261021104227/https://buehne-bruck.de/der-enkeltrick/ Archived] on 21 October 2026.</ref>
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