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'''Theaterverein Apfeldorf e. V.''' is an amateur theatre group in [[wikipedia:Apfeldorf|Apfeldorf]], [[wikipedia:Landsberg (district)|district of Landsberg am Lech]], [[wikipedia:Upper Bavaria|Upper Bavaria]], Germany. Founded in 1994 to continue a village theatre tradition going back to the early 20th century, it stages one play each autumn in the Apfeldorf multi-purpose hall.<ref name="verein" />

== History ==
Performances were given in Apfeldorf from the early 20th century, mostly at the former Gasthaus Schwaller, but not regularly and without surviving records. After the Second World War the ''Trachtenverein'' (traditional costume club) staged four plays there between 1949 and 1956, among them ''Die drei Eisbären'' by Maximilian Vitus, after which theatre lapsed again. From 1977 the rural youth (''Landjugend'') and the Trachtenverein took turns in staging plays in the hall of the Gasthaus Rose. Some of the players formed the semi-professional group ''Bühnenstich'', which toured German-speaking stages for almost 15 years.<ref name="verein" />

After ''Der G'wissenswurm'' in 1991 the players had no suitable venue. To keep theatre alive in the village, 18 members founded the Theaterverein Apfeldorf e. V. on 25 April 1994 under its first chairman Delfo Viviani; its first production, ''Die hölzerne Jungfrau'', followed in 1995 at the Gasthaus Rose under director Paul Doetsch-Perras. Since 2000 the group has played in the newly extended multi-purpose hall, and it moved its performances to the autumn to avoid clashing with neighbouring villages. Its 2004 production of ''Der Brandner Kaspar und das ewig' Leben'' drew almost 2,000 spectators in nine performances, with more than 70 people involved.<ref name="verein" /> A 2011 production of [[wikipedia:Ray Cooney|Ray Cooney]]'s ''Außer Kontrolle'', relocated by Doetsch-Perras to Upper Bavaria, was praised by the regional press.<ref name="kreisbote" />

== Repertoire ==
The club alternates serious plays with "sophisticated" boulevard comedies, mostly by Bavarian authors and in dialect versions.<ref name="verein" />

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Productions<ref name="verein" />
! Year !! Title !! Author !! Notes
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| 1949 || ''Heimatsonne, Heimaterde'' || || Staged by the Trachtenverein
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| 1953 || ''Emma von Rauhenlechsberg oder Die Brautkämpfe'' || Franz X. Rümel ||
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| 1954 || ''Die drei Eisbären'' || Maximilian Vitus ||
|-
| 1956 || ''S’Abendglöckerl'' || J. Gode ||
|-
| 1960 || ''Der Freischütz'' || Hubert Graf, after the opera by [[wikipedia:Carl Maria von Weber|Carl Maria von Weber]] ||
|-
| 1977 || ''Unkraut verdirbt net'' || Georg Harrieder ||
|-
| 1978 || ''Kurbetrieb beim Kräuterblasi'' || Franz Schaurer ||
|-
| 1979 || ''Seine Majestät der Kurgast oder Herzlich Unwillkommen'' || Peter Jahl ||
|-
| 1980 || ''Kavalier am Steuer oder Weil mir zwoa Spezi san'' || Maximilian Vitus ||
|-
| 1981 || ''Das Wunder des hl. Florian'' || Adele Meyer-Kaufmann ||
|-
| 1982 || ''S’listige Ahnd’l'' || Ulla Kling ||
|-
| 1983 || ''Mattheis bricht’s Eis'' || Georg Queri ||
|-
| 1983 || Evening of short plays: ''Jugend von heute'' (Margarete Gering), ''Der Wilddieb'' and ''Wo ist meine Brille'' ([[wikipedia:Karl Valentin|Karl Valentin]]) || ||
|-
| 1984 || ''[[wikipedia:Romulus the Great|Romulus der Große]]'' || Friedrich Dürrenmatt ||
|-
| 1986 || ''Birnbaum und Hollerstauden'' || Joseph Maria Lutz ||
|-
| 1988 || ''Der Geisterbräu'' || Josef Maria Lutz ||
|-
| 1989 || ''No amol a Lausbua sei'' || Franz Schauer ||
|-
| 1990 || ''Der arme Millionär'' || [[wikipedia:Ludwig Thoma|Ludwig Thoma]] ||
|-
| 1991 || ''Der G’wissenswurm'' || Ludwig Anzengruber ||
|-
| 1995 || ''Die hölzerne Jungfrau'' || Ridi Walfried || First production of the association
|-
| 1998 || ''Die Fahnenweihe'' || Josef Ruederer ||
|-
| 2000 || ''Die falsche Katz''' || Maximilian Vitus || First production in the Mehrzweckhalle
|-
| 2001 || ''Bloß koan Schnaps'' || Heidi Hillreiner ||
|-
| 2002 || ''Der verschwundene Alois'' || Anton Erlinger ||
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| 2003 || ''Das rotseidene Höserl'' || Josef Zeitler ||
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| 2004 || ''Der Brandner Kaspar und das ewig Leben'' || Kurt Wilhelm, after Franz von Kobell || About 2,000 spectators in nine performances<ref name="verein" />
|-
| 2005 || ''Der Passauer zu Rauhenlechsberg'' || Erwin Filser || With an excerpt from Karl Valentin's ''Ritter Unkenstein''
|-
| 2006 || ''[[wikipedia:Einen Jux will er sich machen|Einen Jux will er sich machen]]'' || Johann Nestroy ||
|-
| 2007 || ''[[wikipedia:A Flea in Her Ear|Der Floh im Ohr]]'' || Georges Feydeau, adapted by Paul Doetsch-Perras ||
|-
| 2008 || ''Birnbaum und Hollerstauden'' || Joseph Maria Lutz ||
|-
| 2009 || ''Pension Alpenhof'' || Wilhelm Jacoby und Carl Laufs, adapted by Paul Doetsch-Perras ||
|-
| 2011 || ''Außer Kontrolle'' || Ray Cooney ||
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| 2013 || ''Der Geisterbräu'' || Joseph Maria Lutz ||
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| 2014 || ''Hotel Seerose'' || Pierre Chesnot ||
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| 2015 || ''Die drei Dorfheiligen'' || Max Neal und Max Ferner ||
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| 2016 || ''Es bleibt in der Familie'' || Ray Cooney ||
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| 2017 || ''Mattheis bricht’s Eis'' || Georg Queri ||
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| 2018 || ''[[wikipedia:Arsenic and Old Lace (play)|Arsen und Spitzenhäubchen]]'' || Joseph Kesselring ||
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| 2019 || ''Der böse Geist Lumpacivagabundus'' || Johann Nestroy ||
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| 2021 || ''Lügen haben Flinke Beine'' || Ray Cooney ||
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| 2022 || ''Da Rauberpfaff'' || Peter Landstorfer ||
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| 2024 || ''John Stanky Privatdetektiv'' || Andreas Kroll ||
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| 2025 || ''Die falsche Katz'' || Maximilian Vitus ||
|}

== Venue ==
Since 2000 the group has performed in the ''Mehrzweckhalle'' (multi-purpose hall) of Apfeldorf, whose extension added a separate stage room.<ref name="verein" />

== Organisation ==
Besides the autumn play, the club takes part in the village's ''Schmankerltage'' and Christmas market, has organised an annual cabaret evening with guest artists since 2009, runs a [[wikipedia:Kasperle|Kasperle]] puppet theatre for children founded in 2000, and organises theatre trips.<ref name="verein" />

== References ==
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<ref name="verein">[https://www.apfeldorf.de/vereine-freizeit/theaterverein Theaterverein], Gemeinde Apfeldorf, retrieved 26 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261027140841/https://www.apfeldorf.de/theaterverein/ Archived] on 27 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="kreisbote">[https://www.kreisbote.de/lokales/landsberg/koestliche-verwicklungen-2571700.html Köstliche Verwicklungen], Kreisbote Landsberg, retrieved 26 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261027140926/https://www.kreisbote.de/lokales/landsberg/koestliche-verwicklungen-2571700.html Archived] on 27 October 2026.</ref>
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