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The '''Theatergruppe Süd-München e. V.''' is an amateur theatre association in [[wikipedia:Munich|Munich]], [[wikipedia:Bavaria|Bavaria]], Germany. Since 2009 it has worked together with the Theatergruppe Siemens München, a staff leisure group dating back to 1957, as the ''Theater-Ensemble tgsm''. The ensemble stages classical drama, comedies, crime plays, children's theatre and [[wikipedia:Improvisational theatre|improvisational theatre]], and won the German amateur theatre prize ''amarena'' in 2022.<ref name="home" /><ref name="about" />

== History ==
The ensemble's roots go back to 1957, when a theatre leisure group was founded within [[wikipedia:Siemens|Siemens AG]]. Since 2009 this group has cooperated with the Theatergruppe Süd-München to form the ''Theater-Ensemble tgsm''; a new team is put together for each production.<ref name="home" /> The ensemble has also played improvisational theatre for more than 15 years, and during the cultural lockdown of the [[wikipedia:COVID-19 pandemic in Germany|COVID-19 pandemic]] in 2020 it began performing live "Zoom theatre" via video conference.<ref name="about" />

== Repertoire ==
Productions include [[wikipedia:Jean-Paul Sartre|Jean-Paul Sartre]]'s adaptation of [[wikipedia:Euripides|Euripides]]' ''[[wikipedia:The Trojan Women|Die Troerinnen]]'', performed in 2019 and 2020 at several Munich venues; [[wikipedia:Wolfgang Hildesheimer|Wolfgang Hildesheimer]]'s grotesque ''Pastorale'' (2022); two one-act comedies by [[wikipedia:Anton Chekhov|Anton Chekhov]], ''[[wikipedia:The Bear (play)|Der Bär]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:A Marriage Proposal|Der Heiratsantrag]]'' (2024); ''Tödliches Glas Rotwein'' (2025); and, for 2027, a stage version of ''[[wikipedia:The 39 Steps (play)|Die 39 Stufen]]''. Children's productions include ''[[wikipedia:The Robber Hotzenplotz|Der Räuber Hotzenplotz]]'', ''Dornröschen'' and ''König Drosselbart''.<ref name="home" /><ref name="troerinnen" /><ref name="tschechow" /><ref name="pastorale" />

== Organisation ==
Together with the Theatergruppe Siemens München e. V., the Theatergruppe Süd-München forms the Theater-Ensemble tgsm, with separate boards for each association.<ref name="about" />

== References ==
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<ref name="home">[http://www.tgsm.de/ Amateurtheater auf hohem Niveau], Theater-Ensemble tgsm, retrieved 14 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261015082624/http://www.tgsm.de/ Archived] on 15 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="about">[http://www.tgsm.de/%C3%BCber-uns Über uns], Theater-Ensemble tgsm, retrieved 14 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261015082658/http://www.tgsm.de/%C3%BCber-uns Archived] on 15 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="troerinnen">[http://www.tgsm.de/2020-troerinnen Die Troerinnen des Euripides], Theater-Ensemble tgsm, retrieved 14 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20250608005625/https://www.tgsm.de/2020-troerinnen Archived] on 8 June 2025.</ref>
<ref name="tschechow">[http://www.tgsm.de/2024-Tschechow „Der Bär“ und „Der Heiratsantrag“], Theater-Ensemble tgsm, retrieved 14 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261015082735/http://www.tgsm.de/2024-Tschechow Archived] on 15 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="pastorale">[http://www.tgsm.de/2022-pastorale Pastorale], Theater-Ensemble tgsm, retrieved 14 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261015082832/http://www.tgsm.de/2022-pastorale Archived] on 15 October 2026.</ref>
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