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The '''Allgäuer Theaterkästle Altusried e. V.''' is the association that runs the ''Theaterkästle'', a small amateur theatre in [[wikipedia:Altusried|Altusried]] in the district of [[wikipedia:Oberallgäu|Oberallgäu]], [[wikipedia:Swabia (Bavaria)|Bavarian Swabia]], Germany. Opened in 1985 in a converted former gymnasium, the theatre presents a full season each year from October to May, staged by local clubs, and runs without public subsidy.<ref name="verein" />

== History ==
According to the association, the Theaterkästle was founded by Altusried's amateur actors, who wanted to play more often than the large open-air productions of the [[wikipedia:Freilichtspiele Altusried|Freilichtspiele Altusried]], staged only every few years. Volunteers built the theatre in a former gymnasium, and the curtain rose on the first production in the 1985/86 season. Later alterations added a foyer, a rehearsal stage, new seating and a new façade.<ref name="verein" /><ref name="rep" />

By its own count the theatre had staged 245 plays in 2,910 performances for 451,035 spectators since 1985, with an average occupancy of 96%; the 2020/21 and 2021/22 seasons were cancelled entirely because of the [[wikipedia:COVID-19 pandemic in Germany|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name="rep" /> In the 2025/26 season it reported 10,596 spectators at 66 theatre performances.<ref name="home" />

== Repertoire ==
Each season comprises six productions with at least eleven performances each, ranging from classics and boulevard comedy to contemporary drama and children's plays. Matinées and readings are also held, and since 2019 the theatre has run its own small-scale arts festival, ''Gäste im Kästle''.<ref name="verein" /> Each production is the responsibility of one of the member clubs; in 2025/26, for example, plays were staged by the Theaterkästle's own ensemble, the Theaterfreunde Altusried, the TSV Altusried, the U50 choir and the Chorgemeinschaft Altusried.<ref name="rep" />

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Selected productions<ref name="rep" />
! Season !! Title !! Author
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| 1997/98 || ''Der Meisterboxer'' ||
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| 2001/02 || ''Der Kontrabass'' || [[wikipedia:Patrick Süskind|Patrick Süskind]]
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| 2002/03 || ''Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer'' || after [[wikipedia:Michael Ende|Michael Ende]]
|-
| 2006/07 || ''Räuber Hotzenplotz'' || after [[wikipedia:Otfried Preußler|Otfried Preußler]]
|-
| 2012/13 || ''Die Räuber'' ([[wikipedia:The Robbers|The Robbers]]) || [[wikipedia:Friedrich Schiller|Friedrich Schiller]]
|-
| 2014/15 || ''Romeo und Julia'' || [[wikipedia:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare]]
|-
| 2017/18 || ''Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald'' ([[wikipedia:Tales from the Vienna Woods|Tales from the Vienna Woods]]) || [[wikipedia:Ödön von Horváth|Ödön von Horváth]]
|-
| 2018/19 || ''Endstation Sehnsucht'' ([[wikipedia:A Streetcar Named Desire|A Streetcar Named Desire]]) || [[wikipedia:Tennessee Williams|Tennessee Williams]]
|-
| 2018/19 || ''Tschick'' || after [[wikipedia:Wolfgang Herrndorf|Wolfgang Herrndorf]]
|-
| 2019/20 || ''Nora oder Ein Puppenhaus'' ([[wikipedia:A Doll's House|A Doll's House]]) || [[wikipedia:Henrik Ibsen|Henrik Ibsen]]
|-
| 2019/20 || ''Männerhort'' || [[wikipedia:Kristof Magnusson|Kristof Magnusson]]
|-
| 2024/25 || ''[[wikipedia:Oleanna (play)|Oleanna]]'' || [[wikipedia:David Mamet|David Mamet]]
|-
| 2024/25 || ''Kleine Eheverbrechen'' || [[wikipedia:Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt|Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt]]
|-
| 2025/26 || ''Indien'' || [[wikipedia:Josef Hader|Josef Hader]] and Alfred Dorfer
|-
| 2025/26 || ''Und das am Hochzeitsmorgen'' || [[wikipedia:Ray Cooney|Ray Cooney]] and John Chapman
|-
| 2025/26 || ''Der eingebildete Kranke'' ([[wikipedia:The Imaginary Invalid|The Imaginary Invalid]]) || [[wikipedia:Molière|Molière]]
|}

== Organisation ==
The Allgäuer Theaterkästle Altusried e. V. is an umbrella association whose members are Altusried clubs, among them the Chorgemeinschaft, Frauenbund, Gartenbauverein, Landjugend, Schützenverein, Theaterfreunde, Trachtenverein, TSV Altusried and the U50 choir. The mayor of Altusried sits on its volunteer board.<ref name="verein" />

== Awards ==
The association lists the following awards:<ref name="verein" />
* 1994: ''Anerkennungspreis'' of the Bayerische Volksstiftung.
* 1996: ''Silberne Distel'' of the ''[[wikipedia:Augsburger Allgemeine|Augsburger Allgemeine]]'' and the ''Allgäuer Zeitung''; according to the association, the first time the award went to a theatre.
* 1998: ''Kulturpreis'' of the district of Oberallgäu, as part of the third ''Bayerischer Heimatpreis''.
* 2019: ''brillux design award'' for the theatre's new façade.

== References ==
<references>
<ref name="verein">[http://www.theaterkaestle.de/index.php/der-verein Der Verein], Allgäuer Theaterkästle Altusried e.V., retrieved 15 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20260618115003/https://www.theaterkaestle.de/index.php/der-verein Archived] on 18 June 2026.</ref>
<ref name="rep">[http://www.theaterkaestle.de/index.php/repertoire Repertoire], Allgäuer Theaterkästle Altusried e.V., retrieved 15 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20260611040313/http://theaterkaestle.de/index.php/repertoire Archived] on 11 June 2026.</ref>
<ref name="home">[http://www.theaterkaestle.de/ Willkommen zum Theaterkästle], Allgäuer Theaterkästle Altusried e.V., retrieved 15 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20260611041953/http://theaterkaestle.de/ Archived] on 11 June 2026.</ref>
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