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The '''Theater-Schmiede Bobingen''' is an amateur theatre group in [[wikipedia:Bobingen|Bobingen]], in the [[wikipedia:Augsburg (district)|district of Augsburg]], Bavaria, Germany.<ref name="chronik" /> Founded in 1989 in a Catholic parish of Bobingen, it stages comedies, serious folk plays, fairy-tale plays and crime plays, and since 2009 has revived the tradition of [[wikipedia:Passion Play|passion plays]] in the town.<ref name="chronik" /><ref name="archiv" />

== History ==
In 1988, when a Catholic kindergarten was being built in Bobingen-Siedlung, the leader of the youth working group of the parish ''Heilige Familie'' decided with young people of the parish to raise money for it with a play. In 1989 the group gave two performances of ''Pizza à la Schrapfing'' under the name Theater-Schmiede and donated the proceeds to the parish for the kindergarten. Five years later it was revived with the aim of staging one play a year in Bobingen-Siedlung. From 1996 it also played at the Laurentiushaus in the town centre, using its own stage set, and part of its takings each year goes to charitable causes.<ref name="chronik" />

At its tenth anniversary in 1999 the group turned from rural farce (''Bauerntheater'') to boulevard comedy, and from 2003 it aimed at two productions a year, one in spring and one in autumn. In April 2005 it founded a children's and youth section, the ''Schmiedlinge'', for players aged 8 to 15. In 2009 it staged a passion play in Bobingen for the first time in almost 250 years and has since repeated it at intervals.<ref name="chronik" /> It celebrated its 25th anniversary on 30 August 2014.<ref name="ts25" />

The town of Bobingen awarded its ''Kulturpreis 2012'' to the group's founder and director,<ref name="kp2012" /> and its ''Kulturpreis 2020'', presented in July 2021, to a long-standing actor of the group who had played the title role in its 2019 production of ''Jedermann''.<ref name="kp2020" /><ref name="archiv" /> In autumn 2026 the group announced the premiere of ''D'Artagnan und die drei Musketiere'', a play in three acts written by its director after [[wikipedia:Alexandre Dumas|Alexandre Dumas]]'s novel ''[[wikipedia:The Three Musketeers|The Three Musketeers]]'', with 55 performers.<ref name="aktuelles" />

== Repertoire ==
The repertoire ranges from farces and boulevard comedies (including plays by [[wikipedia:Ray Cooney|Ray Cooney]] and [[wikipedia:Peter Millowitsch|Peter Millowitsch]]) to serious folk plays such as [[wikipedia:Ludwig Thoma|Ludwig Thoma]]'s ''Magdalena'', fairy-tale and adventure plays, crime plays such as [[wikipedia:Agatha Christie|Agatha Christie]]'s ''Die Mausefalle'', and [[wikipedia:Hugo von Hofmannsthal|Hugo von Hofmannsthal]]'s ''Jedermann''. The passion plays were written by M. Bernard.<ref name="archiv" /> Between 1989 and 2015 the group also performed short Christmas plays and [[wikipedia:Nativity play|nativity plays]].<ref name="archiv" />

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Productions (incomplete)<ref name="archiv" />
! Year !! Title !! Author !! Notes
|-
| 1989 || ''Pizza à la Schrapfing'' || U. Kling || Farce; first production
|-
| 1994 || ''Wer steckt in der Lederhose – Alois – Aloisia?'' || R. Hüttinger || Farce; spring
|-
| 1996 || ''Jedem die Seine – und mir die Meine'' || F. Rieder || Comedy; spring
|-
| 1997 || ''Die Verjüngungskur – oder die alten Sünder'' || H. Gnade || Comedy; spring
|-
| 1998 || ''Pizza à la Schrapfing'' || U. Kling || Autumn; revival of 1989 production
|-
| 1999 || ''Das Heiratsgenie – oder die alten Kameraden'' || F. Rieder || Comedy; spring
|-
| 1999 || ''Lügen über Lügen'' || W. G. Pfaus || Boulevard comedy; autumn
|-
| 2000 || ''Einer spinnt immer'' || W. Reinehr || Farce; autumn
|-
| 2001 || ''Quartett im Doppelbett'' || W. Reinehr || Comedy; autumn
|-
| 2002 || ''Currywurst mit Pommes'' || Pinkus / Walsh || Satire; autumn
|-
| 2003 || ''Der rote Jackl'' || G. Maier || Serious folk play; spring
|-
| 2003 || ''Liebesgrüße aus Schwabing'' || Peter Millowitsch || Boulevard comedy; autumn
|-
| 2004 || ''Magdalena'' || Ludwig Thoma || Serious folk play; spring
|-
| 2004 || ''Und ewig rauschen die Gelder'' || M. Cooney || Boulevard comedy; autumn
|-
| 2005 || ''Komödianten'' || P. Landstorfer || Folk play; spring
|-
| 2005 || ''Der Lumpenlois'' || S. Faltermaier || Serious folk play; autumn
|-
| 2006 || ''Die blaue Maus'' || C. Laufs || Boulevard comedy; spring
|-
| 2006 || ''Die Abenteuer des kleinen Muck'' || after [[wikipedia:Wilhelm Hauff|Wilhelm Hauff]] || Fairy-tale play; autumn
|-
| 2007 || ''Wegkreuz'' || M. Vitus || Serious folk play; spring
|-
| 2007 || ''Und alles auf Krankenschein'' || Ray Cooney || Boulevard comedy; autumn
|-
| 2008 || ''Die Mausefalle'' || Agatha Christie || Crime play; spring; ''[[wikipedia:The Mousetrap|The Mousetrap]]''
|-
| 2008 || ''Die Prinzessin und das Bettlermädchen'' || Kolarik after [[wikipedia:Mark Twain|Mark Twain]] || Adventure play; autumn
|-
| 2009 || ''Maria Magdalena'' || M. Bernard || Passion play; spring
|-
| 2009 || ''Ein toller Dreh'' || [[wikipedia:Anthony Marriott|Anthony Marriott]] / Foot || Boulevard comedy; autumn
|-
| 2010 || ''Maria Magdalena'' || M. Bernard || Passion play; spring; revival of 2009 production
|-
| 2010 || ''Der Glöckner von Notre Dame'' || Hahn after [[wikipedia:Victor Hugo|Victor Hugo]] || Autumn
|-
| 2011 || ''Der Bräutigam meiner Frau'' || Schwartz / Lengbach || Boulevard comedy; spring
|-
| 2011 || ''Der Korbflechter von Bagdad'' || Schilmann / Lankenau || Fairy-tale play; autumn
|-
| 2012 || ''Jesus oder Barabbas'' || M. Bernard || Passion play; spring
|-
| 2012 || ''Aladdin und die Wunderlampe'' || M. Hinrichs || Fairy-tale play; autumn
|-
| 2013 || ''Gute Besserung'' || B. Gombold || Comedy; spring
|-
| 2013 || ''Schneewittchen'' || R. Schneider after the [[wikipedia:Brothers Grimm|Brothers Grimm]] || Fairy-tale play; autumn
|-
| 2014 || ''Gnadentod'' || I. Storz-Popp || Spring
|-
| 2014 || ''Das Phantom der Oper'' || C. Wagner after [[wikipedia:Gaston Leroux|Gaston Leroux]] || Autumn
|-
| 2015 || ''Matthäus der Zöllner'' || M. Bernard || Passion play; spring
|-
| 2016 || ''Der schwarze Berg'' || O. A. Krätke || Fantasy fairy-tale play; spring
|-
| 2016 || ''Amnesie für Fortgeschrittene'' || K. A. Hahn || Comedy; autumn
|-
| 2017 || ''Judas der Verräter'' || M. Bernard || Passion play; spring
|-
| 2017 || ''Der schwarze Abt'' || M. Hahn after [[wikipedia:Edgar Wallace|Edgar Wallace]] || Crime play; autumn
|-
| 2018 || ''Sindbad der Seefahrer'' || J. Bodinus || Fairy-tale play; spring
|-
| 2019 || ''Jedermann'' || Hugo von Hofmannsthal / Wekwerth || Summer; open-air
|-
| 2019 || ''Jedermann'' || Hugo von Hofmannsthal / Wekwerth || Autumn
|-
| 2023 || ''Grand malheur'' || B. Gombold || Comedy; spring
|-
| 2024 || ''Der ungläubige Thomas'' || M. Bernard || Passion play; spring
|-
| 2025 || ''Guns 'n' Nuns'' || K. Hinkelmann || Crime comedy; autumn
|-
| 2026 || ''D'Artagnan und die drei Musketiere'' || the group's director, after Alexandre Dumas || Premiere scheduled for 23 October 2026, Singoldhalle<ref name="aktuelles" />
|}

== Venue ==
The group first played in Bobingen-Siedlung and from 1996 also at the Laurentiushaus in Bobingen; from 2004 it played only at the Laurentiushaus. From 2009 it also used the stage of the Singoldhalle, the town's event hall, and since 2014 it has performed only there.<ref name="chronik" />

== Organisation ==
The passion plays have their own website.<ref name="passion" />

== References ==
<references>
<ref name="chronik">[http://www.theater-schmiede.de/chronik.html Chronik], Theater-Schmiede Bobingen, retrieved 22 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261022111930/http://www.theater-schmiede.de/chronik.html Archived] on 22 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="archiv">[http://www.theater-schmiede.de/archiv.html Archiv], Theater-Schmiede Bobingen, retrieved 22 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261022112036/http://www.theater-schmiede.de/archiv.html Archived] on 22 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="ts25">[http://www.theater-schmiede.de/ts25jahre.html 25 Jahre Theater-Schmiede – Dankgottesdienst und Feier], Theater-Schmiede Bobingen, retrieved 22 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261022112107/http://www.theater-schmiede.de/ts25jahre.html Archived] on 22 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="kp2012">[http://www.theater-schmiede.de/kulturpreis2012.html Kulturpreis 2012], Theater-Schmiede Bobingen, retrieved 22 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261022112134/http://www.theater-schmiede.de/kulturpreis2012.html Archived] on 22 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="kp2020">[http://www.theater-schmiede.de/kulturpreis2020.html Kulturpreis 2020], Theater-Schmiede Bobingen, retrieved 22 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261022112202/http://www.theater-schmiede.de/kulturpreis2020.html Archived] on 22 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="aktuelles">[http://www.theater-schmiede.de/aktuelles.html Aktuelles], Theater-Schmiede Bobingen, retrieved 22 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20260617004826/http://www.theater-schmiede.de/aktuelles.html Archived] on 17 June 2026.</ref>
<ref name="passion">[http://www.passionsspiele-bobingen.de/passionsspiele.html Passionsspiele Bobingen], Theater-Schmiede Bobingen, retrieved 22 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261022112303/http://www.passionsspiele-bobingen.de/passionsspiele.html Archived] on 22 October 2026.</ref>
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