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The '''Simsgaubühne Söchtenau''' is the theatre section of the sports club ''SV Söchtenau-Krottenmühl e. V.'' in [[wikipedia:Söchtenau|Söchtenau]] near the [[wikipedia:Simssee|Simssee]], [[wikipedia:Rosenheim (district)|district of Rosenheim]], Bavaria, Germany. Founded in 1975, it stages Bavarian comedies on its regular stage at the Gasthaus zur Post in Söchtenau and has also performed open-air productions and ''Stubenspiele'' (plays performed among the audience in inn parlours).<ref name="chronik" /><ref name="vorwort" />

== History ==
Theatre was already performed in Söchtenau more than 50 years ago by a music and theatre society, but interest faded in the early 1960s and the plays stopped. On the initiative of Peter Hölzl, the sports club organised a ''Bunter Abend'' with several one-act plays in 1975; after its success, a full-length play was rehearsed the following year, and Hölzl led the newly founded theatre section, the Simsgaubühne Söchtenau, until 1986. He was followed by Gerhard Rüb (1986–1990) and Matthias Kirschner (from 1990).<ref name="chronik" />

For its 20th anniversary in 1995 the group staged its first open-air play, ''Keine kann’s wie die Leni'', at the Obinger farm in Dingbuch; the single performance drew more than 500 spectators sitting on straw bales. Further open-air productions followed in 1999 (a world premiere in Dingbuch), 2003 on the village square, 2008 and 2010. In 2003 the group staged its first ''Stubenspiel'', ''s’Almröserl'' about the poacher Jennerwein, touring inns in the surrounding area into 2004; its 2005 ''Stubenspiel'' ''Geierwally'' brought it recognition beyond the municipality. For its 30th anniversary in 2005 it invited six neighbouring stages to a ''Theater-Hoagascht''.<ref name="chronik" /> No productions took place in 2011, 2018, 2020–2022 (due to the [[wikipedia:COVID-19 pandemic in Germany|COVID-19 pandemic]]) and 2024. Since 2012 the productions have been directed by Alfred Kronast.<ref name="chronik" />

== Repertoire ==
The group mainly plays Bavarian comedies and farces, with occasional classics in Bavarian versions, children's and youth productions, ''Stubenspiele'' and barn-theatre (''Stadltheater'') productions.<ref name="chronik" />

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Productions<ref name="chronik" />
! Year !! Title !! Author !! Notes
|-
| 1975 || ''Bunter Abend'' ||  || Several one-act plays
|-
| 1976 || ''Die Preiskuh'' ||  || First full-length play
|-
| 1977 || ''Die heiße Liebeserklärung'' ||  || 
|-
| 1978 || ''Die gemischte Sauna'' ||  || 
|-
| 1979 || ''Die eiserne Fanny'' ||  || 
|-
| 1980 || ''Die adelige Susanne'' ||  || 
|-
| 1981 || ''Tumult in Hachlbach'' ||  || 
|-
| 1982 || ''Der Jagerfranzl von Marzoll'' ||  || 
|-
| 1984 || ''s’Herz am rechten Fleck'' ||  || 
|-
| 1985 || ''Das rotseidene Höserl'' ||  || 
|-
| 1986 || ''Die zwei Halbschönen'' ||  || Director Gerhard Rüb
|-
| 1987 || ''Der Postillion von Rodendorf'' ||  || 
|-
| 1988 || ''Wirbelwind ums Findelkind'' ||  || 
|-
| 1989 || ''Die drei Dorfapostel'' ||  || 
|-
| 1990 || ''Die Spitzbuamjagd'' ||  || Director Matthias Kirschner
|-
| 1991 || ''Der Kriminalinspektor'' ||  || 
|-
| 1992 || ''Hypotheken-Poker'' ||  || 
|-
| 1993 || ''Nix Gwiß’s woaß ma ned'' ||  || 
|-
| 1994 || ''Die falsche Katz'' ||  || 
|-
| 1995 || ''Keine kann’s wie die Leni'' ||  || First open-air production, at the Obinger in Dingbuch; single performance with over 500 spectators
|-
| 1995 || ''Wenn der Klempner kommt'' ||  || Postwirt, Söchtenau
|-
| 1996 || ''Jakob Hirnmoser’s Wiedergeburt'' ||  || 
|-
| 1998 || ''Jetzt schaun ma mal, dann sehn ma scho'' ||  || 
|-
| 1998 || ''Gottlieb Weichbrunner'' ||  || 
|-
| 1999 || ''Negermusi'' ||  || Open-air world premiere, Dingbuch
|-
| 2000 || ''Die drei lusadn Krumbauern'' ||  || 
|-
| 2001 || ''Dümmer geht’s nimmer'' ||  || 
|-
| 2002 || ''Der zerbrochene Krug auf bayrisch'' || after [[wikipedia:Heinrich von Kleist|Heinrich von Kleist]] || Bavarian version of ''[[wikipedia:The Broken Jug|The Broken Jug]]''; a first attempt in 1997 was abandoned
|-
| 2003 || ''Da Leitenmüller und sei Wichtel'' ||  || Open air, village square of Söchtenau
|-
| 2003 || ''s’Almröserl'' ||  || First ''Stubenspiel'', on the poacher Jennerwein; toured inns 2003–2004
|-
| 2004 || ''Pension Schöller auf Bayrisch'' || after Carl Laufs and Wilhelm Jacoby || ''[[wikipedia:Pension Schöller (play)|Pension Schöller]]''
|-
| 2005 || ''Geierwally'' || after [[wikipedia:Wilhelmine von Hillern|Wilhelmine von Hillern]] || ''Stubenspiel''
|-
| 2006 || ''Hochzeit auf Raten'' ||  || 
|-
| 2007 || ''Der Meineidbauer'' || [[wikipedia:Ludwig Anzengruber|Ludwig Anzengruber]] || ''Stubenspiel''
|-
| 2008 || ''Der Meineidbauer'' || Ludwig Anzengruber || Open-air version
|-
| 2009 || ''Der Tag, an dem der Papst entführt wurde'' ||  || 
|-
| 2009 || ''s’Schwalberl'' ||  || ''Stubenspiel''
|-
| 2010 || ''Wirtshaus im Wald'' ||  || Open air
|-
| 2012 || ''Christbaumkerzerl'' ||  || Children's theatre
|-
| 2013 || ''Die Falle'' ||  || ''Stubenspiel''
|-
| 2014 || ''Hände hoch – sonst knallt’s'' ||  || Youth theatre, Doffe-Stadl
|-
| 2015 || ''Alles neu macht der Mai'' ||  || ''Stadltheater'' (barn theatre)
|-
| 2016 || ''Immer dieser Vollmond'' ||  || ''Stadltheater''
|-
| 2017 || ''Nebelreißn'' ||  || ''Stubenspiel''
|-
| 2019 || ''QuadratRatschnSchlamassl'' ||  || 
|-
| 2023 || ''Heiße Nächte – kalte Füße'' ||  || Doffe-Stadl
|-
| 2025 || ''s’Jubiläum'' ||  || Performances sold out<ref name="auff" />
|-
| 2026 || ''Der Vorname'' ||  || After a film comedy; Gasthof zur Post, Söchtenau, and Theaterinsel Rosenheim<ref name="vorwort" />
|}

== Venue ==
The group's regular stage is at the Gasthaus zur Post (Postwirt) in Söchtenau; some productions have been staged in the Doffe-Stadl in Schwabering.<ref name="chronik" /><ref name="vorwort" /> In 2026 it also performed at the Theaterinsel in [[wikipedia:Rosenheim|Rosenheim]].<ref name="vorwort" />

== References ==
<references>
<ref name="chronik">[https://www.sv-soechtenau.de/abteilungen/theater-simsgaub%C3%BChne/chronik/ Chronik der Simsgaubühne Söchtenau], SV Söchtenau-Krottenmühl e. V., retrieved 21 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261021151426/https://www.sv-soechtenau.de/abteilungen/theater-simsgaub%C3%BChne/chronik/ Archived] on 21 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="vorwort">[https://www.sv-soechtenau.de/abteilungen/theater-simsgaub%C3%BChne/vorwort/ Vorwort], SV Söchtenau-Krottenmühl e. V., retrieved 21 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261021151454/https://www.sv-soechtenau.de/abteilungen/theater-simsgaub%C3%BChne/vorwort/ Archived] on 21 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="auff">[https://www.sv-soechtenau.de/abteilungen/theater-simsgaub%C3%BChne/auff%C3%BChrungen/ Aufführungen], SV Söchtenau-Krottenmühl e. V., retrieved 21 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261021151521/https://www.sv-soechtenau.de/abteilungen/theater-simsgaub%C3%BChne/auff%C3%BChrungen/ Archived] on 21 October 2026.</ref>
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