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'''Theatergruppe -studio 61-''' is an amateur theatre group based in [[wikipedia:Rheinböllen|Rheinböllen]] in the [[wikipedia:Hunsrück|Hunsrück]], [[wikipedia:Rhineland-Palatinate|Rhineland-Palatinate]], Germany.<ref name="lvat" /> Founded on 13 July 1961, it describes itself as the first theatre group in the Hunsrück devoted solely to theatre, and plays comedies, dramas, crime plays, short plays and fairy-tale plays for children.<ref name="ueberuns" />

== History ==
The group grew out of a cast of amateur players who performed ''An den Wassern zu Babel'', a play about Hunsrück emigrants written for the occasion by Karl Windhäuser, at a Heimatfest in Rheinböllen in early July 1961. At a celebration a few days later the cast decided to form a permanent theatre group, and on 13 July 1961 eight people signed a founding document; six more joined in the same week. From autumn 1961 the group was a section of the local gymnastics and sports club. It adopted the name "-studio 61-", written with two dashes and a lower-case "s", in 1963. Its stated aim was to make the best possible amateur theatre with regard to the local living environment, which it called "Gebrauchstheater" (utility theatre).<ref name="historie" />

From 1967 to 1980 the group organised seven international Hunsrück theatre days in Rheinböllen, in which, according to the group, 57 groups from 50 places in seven countries took part. In 1973 several members appeared in [[wikipedia:Edgar Reitz|Edgar Reitz]]'s feature film ''[[wikipedia:Trip to Vienna|Die Reise nach Wien]]'', and 17 members took part in the filming of Reitz's ''[[wikipedia:Heimat (film series)|Heimat]]'' in 1981 and 1982.<ref name="historie" /> The regional newspaper ''Rhein-Zeitung'' wrote in 2011 that members of studio 61 had played leading roles in both films.<ref name="presse" /> Members also took part in the filming of ''Heimat 3'' from 2002 and appeared in the television series ''[[wikipedia:Tatort|Tatort]]''.<ref name="historie" /><ref name="ueberuns" /> In 1982 a youth group was formed, and in 1986 a children's group; neither still exists. For its 25th anniversary in 1986 the group gave its membership as about 30 active and 15 passive members plus 10 children.<ref name="historie" />

From 1987 the group staged hardly any full-length plays, and from 1992 to 1994 it was practically inactive. After the municipality built a new cultural centre, a cast of almost 40 performed the local history revue ''rheinböllener szenen'' for its opening in 1995; more than 30 of them stayed together, and the group was officially revived in June 1995. In March and April 1996 it toured [[wikipedia:Namibia|Namibia]], following contacts with a German-language theatre group in [[wikipedia:Otjiwarongo|Otjiwarongo]] that had led to a friendship agreement in 1992.<ref name="historie" /> The group celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2001 with ''Theater, nix als Theater'', written for it by Horst Helfrich.<ref name="historie" /> For its 50th anniversary in September 2011 it revived ''Hier sind Sie richtig!''.<ref name="stuecke" /><ref name="presse" />

== Repertoire ==
The repertoire ranges from contemporary dramas and boulevard comedies to crime plays, evenings of short plays and [[wikipedia:Loriot|Loriot]] sketches, and an annual fairy-tale play before Christmas, with daytime performances for kindergartens and schools.<ref name="ueberuns" /><ref name="historie" /> Since 2004 the fairy-tale plays have been staged by a sub-group called the "Märchenstube".<ref name="historie" />

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Productions (incomplete)<ref name="stuecke" />
! Year !! Title !! Author !! Notes
|-
| 1961 || ''An den Wassern zu Babel'' || Karl Windhäuser<ref name="dewiki" /> || Heimatfest, July 1961, before the founding<ref name="historie" />
|-
| 1961 || ''Malmgren'' || ||
|-
| 1961 || ''Ein Wirtschaftswunderweihnachtstag'' || ||
|-
| 1961 || ''Hänsel und Gretel'' || after the [[wikipedia:Brothers Grimm|Brothers Grimm]] ||
|-
| 1962 || ''An den Wassern zu Babel'' || Karl Windhäuser || Revival
|-
| 1962 || ''Malmgren'' || || Revival
|-
| 1962 || ''Parkstraße 13'' || ||
|-
| 1962 || ''Worte der Freiheit'' || ||
|-
| 1962 || ''Denn der Mensch stirbt nicht zweimal'' || ||
|-
| 1962 || ''Der Narr von Chouville'' || ||
|-
| 1962 || ''Luzifer steht am Weg'' || ||
|-
| 1963 || ''Das lebenslängliche Kind'' || ||
|-
| 1963 || ''Mahnung'' || ||
|-
| 1963 || ''Das Echo'' || ||
|-
| 1963 || ''Stacheldraht und Nesselkraut'' || ||
|-
| 1963 || ''Hiroshima'' || ||
|-
| 1963 || ''Es weihnachtet (zu) sehr'' || ||
|-
| 1963 || ''Weihnachten im Zwergenhaus'' || ||
|-
| 1964 || ''Frau Pilatus'' || ||
|-
| 1964 || ''Die Erstgeburt'' || ||
|-
| 1964 || ''Brave Diebe'' || ||
|-
| 1965 || ''Ein Inspektor kommt'' ([[wikipedia:An Inspector Calls|An Inspector Calls]]) || [[wikipedia:J. B. Priestley|J. B. Priestley]] ||
|-
| 1965 || ''Turandot'' || ||
|-
| 1965 || ''Ein Todesfall wird vorbereitet'' || ||
|-
| 1966 || ''Mensch sein …'', ''Er kam pünktlich'', ''Dialog am Fenster'', ''Die Flucht'', ''Der Leuchtturm'' || || Evening of short plays
|-
| 1966 || ''Die Ella ist weg!'' || ||
|-
| 1966 || ''Denn der Mensch stirbt nicht zweimal'' || || Revival
|-
| 1966 || ''Mit besten Empfehlungen'' || ||
|-
| 1966 || ''Philemon und Baukis'' || ||
|-
| 1966 || ''Turandot'' || || Revival
|-
| 1966 || ''Malmgren'' || || Revival
|-
| 1967 || ''Blick von der Brücke'' ([[wikipedia:A View from the Bridge|A View from the Bridge]]) || [[wikipedia:Arthur Miller|Arthur Miller]] ||
|-
| 1967 || ''Der kleine Muck'' || after [[wikipedia:Wilhelm Hauff|Wilhelm Hauff]] ||
|-
| 1967 || ''Malmgren'' || || Revival
|-
| 1967 || ''Fuchsjagd'' || ||
|-
| 1968 || ''Das Blumenmädchen'' || ||
|-
| 1968 || ''Das Haus in Montevideo'' || [[wikipedia:Curt Goetz|Curt Goetz]] ||
|-
| 1969 || ''Brave Diebe'' || || Revival
|-
| 1969 || ''Pünktchen und Anton'' || after [[wikipedia:Erich Kästner|Erich Kästner]] ||
|-
| 1969 || ''Tollwut'', ''Der Hund im Hirn'' || Curt Goetz ||
|-
| 1969 || ''Die deutschen Kleinstädter'' || [[wikipedia:August von Kotzebue|August von Kotzebue]] ||
|-
| 1970 || ''Mord in St. Tropez'' || ||
|-
| 1970 || ''Der Narr von Chouville'' || || Revival
|-
| 1970 || ''Die Kaktusblüte'' ([[wikipedia:Cactus Flower (play)|Cactus Flower]]) || Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Grédy ||
|-
| 1971 || ''Philemon und Baukis'' || || Revival
|-
| 1971 || ''Minna Magdalena'' || ||
|-
| 1972 || ''Belvedere'' || ||
|-
| 1972 || ''Minna Magdalena'' || || Revival
|-
| 1972 || ''Eine Nacht mit Marie-Isabell'' || ||
|-
| 1973 || ''[[wikipedia:Boeing-Boeing (play)|Boeing-Boeing]]'' || Marc Camoletti ||
|-
| 1973 || ''Der Leuchtturm'' || ||
|-
| 1973 || ''Fisch zu viert'' || ||
|-
| 1974 || ''Nur keine Blumen!'' || ||
|-
| 1974 || ''Frau Pilatus'' || || Revival
|-
| 1974 || ''Der Leuchtturm'', ''Minna Magdalena'' || || Revivals
|-
| 1974 || ''Auf und davon'' || ||
|-
| 1975 || ''Trau nicht, schau nicht wem'' || ||
|-
| 1975 || ''Anaesthesie'' || ||
|-
| 1975 || ''Kennen Sie die Milchstraße?'' || ||
|-
| 1975 || ''Das Geld liegt auf der Bank'' || ||
|-
| 1976 || ''Der Hund im Hirn'' || Curt Goetz || Revival
|-
| 1976 || ''Fröhliche Geister'' ([[wikipedia:Blithe Spirit (play)|Blithe Spirit]]) || [[wikipedia:Noël Coward|Noël Coward]] ||
|-
| 1976 || ''Dialog am Fenster'', ''Trau nicht, schau nicht wem'', ''Anaesthesie'', ''Schreie in der Nacht'' || || Short plays, partly revivals
|-
| 1976 || ''Der Froschkönig'' || after the Brothers Grimm ||
|-
| 1977 || ''Schreie in der Nacht'' || ||
|-
| 1977 || ''Frau Pilatus'' || || Revival; guest performance in Switzerland<ref name="ueberuns" />
|-
| 1977 || ''Das Unterseeboot'' || ||
|-
| 1977 || ''Kalif Storch'' || after Wilhelm Hauff ||
|-
| 1978 || ''Die Folter'' || ||
|-
| 1978 || ''Dracula'' || ||
|-
| 1978 || ''Zwerg Nase'' || after Wilhelm Hauff ||
|-
| 1979 || ''Schichtwechsel'' || || Scenes for 1 May
|-
| 1979 || ''Hier sind Sie richtig!'' || ||
|-
| 1979 || ''Rumpelstilzchen'' || after the Brothers Grimm ||
|-
| 1980 || ''Fisch zu viert'' || || Revival
|-
| 1981 || ''Der Schweinehirt'' || after [[wikipedia:Hans Christian Andersen|Hans Christian Andersen]] ||
|-
| 1981 || ''Flitterwochen'' || ||
|-
| 1981 || ''Schneewittchen'' || after the Brothers Grimm ||
|-
| 1982 || ''Der Schaukelstuhl'' || ||
|-
| 1982 || ''Das tapfere Schneiderlein'' || after the Brothers Grimm ||
|-
| 1983 || ''Beim Zahnarzt'', ''Nasen zu verkaufen'' || || Hunsrück evening with reading and play
|-
| 1983 || ''Urlaub'' || ||
|-
| 1983 || ''Frau Holle'' || after the Brothers Grimm ||
|-
| 1984 || ''Holleri di dudl dö oder „Es muß gehen, andere machen es ja auch!“'' || || Evening of short plays, including ''Dunkelrote Rosen'', the youth group's debut<ref name="historie" />
|-
| 1984 || ''Der Kaiser und die Nachtigall'' || after Hans Christian Andersen ||
|-
| 1984 || ''Mehr als genug'' || ||
|-
| 1985 || ''Die deutschen Kleinstädter'' || August von Kotzebue || Revival, also open-air
|-
| 1985 || ''Dornröschen'' || after the Brothers Grimm ||
|-
| 1985 || ''Das Spinnennetz'' ([[wikipedia:Spider's Web (play)|Spider's Web]]) || [[wikipedia:Agatha Christie|Agatha Christie]] ||
|-
| 1986 || ''Benjamin Blümchen im Krankenhaus'' || ||
|-
| 1986 || ''Mr. Silberlöffel'' || ||
|-
| 1986 || ''Ach oder Etwas Süßes in Ehren kann niemand verwehren'' || Loriot || Evening of Loriot sketches
|-
| 1995 || ''rheinböllener szenen'' || Horst Helfrich<ref name="historie" /> || Local history revue for the opening of the Kulturhaus, before the official revival
|-
| 1995 || ''Kosakenzipfel'', ''Herrenmoden'' and other sketches || Loriot || Several sketch evenings
|-
| 1995 || ''Der Froschkönig'' || after the Brothers Grimm ||
|-
| 1996 || ''Mutters Klavier – und andere Spielwaren'' || Loriot || Sketches; also on the Namibia tour
|-
| 1996 || ''Frau Pilatus'' || || New production; also on the Namibia tour<ref name="ueberuns" />
|-
| 1996 || ''Der falsche Prinz von Bagdad'' || ||
|-
| 1997 || ''Keine Leiche ohne Mörder'' || Horst Helfrich<ref name="historie" /> ||
|-
| 1997 || ''Rheinböllen, 50 Jahre in Rheinland-Pfalz'' || || Revue devised by the group
|-
| 1997 || ''Die Dame mit dem kleinen Wendekreis'', ''Nix verstehn'', ''Besuch'' || || Short plays
|-
| 1997 || ''Penner …'' || ||
|-
| 1997 || ''Sebastian Sternenputzer und der Sonnenstrahl'' || ||
|-
| 1998 || ''Die Dame mit dem kleinen Wendekreis'', ''Besuch'', ''Schweifträger'' || || Short plays and Loriot sketches, partly revivals
|-
| 1998 || ''Jorinde und Joringel'' || after the Brothers Grimm ||
|-
| 1999 || ''Turandot'' || || New production
|-
| 1999 || ''Kleine Hexe Toscanella'' || after Gunter Preuss<ref name="historie" /> ||
|-
| 2000 || ''Unsere kleine Stadt'' ([[wikipedia:Our Town|Our Town]]) || [[wikipedia:Thornton Wilder|Thornton Wilder]] ||
|-
| 2000 || ''Der Hund im Hirn'' || Curt Goetz || Revival, open-air<ref name="historie" />
|-
| 2000 || ''Dracula'' || || New production
|-
| 2001 || ''Theater, nix als Theater'' || Horst Helfrich<ref name="historie" /> || 40th anniversary
|-
| 2002 || ''Planet der Frauen'' || ||
|-
| 2002 || ''Verflixte Hexenprüfung'' || ||
|-
| 2003 || ''Die Rechenaufgabe'', ''Die kleine Verwechselung'', ''Gespräch im Zug'' || || Short plays
|-
| 2003 || ''Du bist dran'' || ||
|-
| 2004 || ''Der glückliche Hans'' || after the Brothers Grimm ||
|-
| 2004 || ''Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot'' || after the Brothers Grimm || First production of the Märchenstube<ref name="historie" />
|-
| 2005 || ''Zickenalarm'' || ||
|-
| 2005 || ''Die Fürsorge'' || Ephraim Kishon<ref name="historie" /> ||
|-
| 2005 || ''Die Schneekönigin'' || after Hans Christian Andersen ||
|-
| 2006 || ''Das Ei'', ''Kosakenzipfel'' || Loriot || Revivals
|-
| 2006 || ''Nasen zu verkaufen'' || || Revival
|-
| 2006 || ''Wer berühmt sein will, muss sterben'' || ||
|-
| 2006 || ''Die Entführung aus dem Serai'' || adapted by two group members<ref name="historie" /> || Fairy-tale version of the opera
|-
| 2007 || ''Kein Glück mit der Post'' || ||
|-
| 2007 || ''Peterchens Mondfahrt'' || ||
|-
| 2008 || ''Helena und wer küßt das trojanische Pferd'' || ||
|-
| 2008 || ''Überraschungen'' || Jürgen Baumgarten<ref name="historie" /> ||
|-
| 2008 || ''Max und Moritz'' || after [[wikipedia:Wilhelm Busch|Wilhelm Busch]] ||
|-
| 2009 || ''Nix währt ewisch'' || ||
|-
| 2009 || ''Geld spielt keine Rolle'' || || Also at the Rheinland-Pfalz-Tag in [[wikipedia:Bad Kreuznach|Bad Kreuznach]]
|-
| 2009 || ''Räuber Fürchtemich und der verschwundene Weihnachtsbaum'' || ||
|-
| 2010 || ''Nasen zu verkaufen'', ''Die Kokosnuss'', ''Abendfrieden'', ''Ach hätt ich sie doch nie gesehen'', ''Nix währt ewisch'', ''Email für Lola'' || || Evening of short plays
|-
| 2010 || ''Dunkelrote Rosen'' || || Revival
|-
| 2010 || ''Die Regentrude'' || after [[wikipedia:Theodor Storm|Theodor Storm]] ||
|-
| 2011 || ''Otmars Tellerrand'' || a group member<ref name="historie" /> || Scenes
|-
| 2011 || ''Hier sind Sie richtig!'' || || Revival, 50th anniversary
|-
| 2011 || ''Ophelia und die Schublade vom verlorenen Glück'' || ||
|-
| 2012 || ''Otmars Rückenschmerzen'' || ||
|-
| 2012 || ''Das Ei'', ''Die Garderobe'', ''Feierabend'' || Loriot || Revivals
|-
| 2012 || ''Rumpelstilzchen'' || after the Brothers Grimm || New production<ref name="presse" />
|-
| 2013 || ''Der Himmel ist ein Videospiel'' || ||
|-
| 2013 || ''Abendfrieden oder Oh du fröhliche'' || ||
|-
| 2013 || ''Das kleine Gespenst'' || after [[wikipedia:Otfried Preußler|Otfried Preußler]] || <ref name="programm2013" />
|-
| 2025 || ''Aladin'' || || <ref name="lvat" />
|-
| 2025 || ''Der Himmel ist ein Videospiel'' || || Revival<ref name="lvat" />
|-
| 2026 || ''Acht Frauen'' || [[wikipedia:Robert Thomas (director)|Robert Thomas]] || <ref name="lvat" />
|}

The children's play ''Der größte Zauberer aller Zeiten'' was announced for December 2026.<ref name="home" />

== Venue ==
Since 1995 the group has played mainly in the Kulturhaus Rheinböllen (KiR), the cultural centre built by the municipality between 1993 and 1995.<ref name="historie" /><ref name="home" /> It has also performed at open-air theatre events in the area, such as on the "Pützbacher Kopp" near Gemünden and in Erbach.<ref name="historie" />

== Organisation ==
Until 1992 the group was an independent section of the Turn- & Sportverein 1899 Rheinböllen e.V.; it was independent from 1992 to 1998, and since October 1998 it has belonged to the Kulturverein Region Rheinböllen e.V.<ref name="ueberuns" /> Besides its own productions it has appeared at local festivals, anniversaries and garden events, at the opening of the Rhein-Hunsrück district's cultural days in 1998 and at the Rheinland-Pfalz-Tag in 2009, and in 2009 it took part in a theatre day with other groups from the Verbandsgemeinde Rheinböllen in [[wikipedia:Ellern (Hunsrück)|Ellern]].<ref name="historie" />

== References ==
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<ref name="lvat">[https://theaterrlp.de/mitgliedsbuehnen/ Mitgliedsbühnen], Landesverband Amateurtheater Rheinland-Pfalz e.V., retrieved 27 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20260611224232/https://theaterrlp.de/mitgliedsbuehnen/ Archived] on 11 June 2026.</ref>
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