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'''Chamäleon – Alles nur Theater e.V.''' is an amateur theatre and cultural association based in [[wikipedia:Neuwied|Neuwied]], [[wikipedia:Rhineland-Palatinate|Rhineland-Palatinate]], Germany. Its productions, which range from drama and comedy to [[wikipedia:Musical theatre|musicals]], bring together amateur performers and professionals from acting, directing, dance and singing.<ref name="ueberuns" />

== History ==
The group grew out of a theatre course at the Neuwied ''Volkshochschule'' ([[wikipedia:Folk high school|adult education centre]]) in 2007. Its first production, ''Jagdszenen'', premiered there on 30 June 2007; ''Romeo und Julia'' followed in 2008 as the last production staged as a Volkshochschule course, after which the association was set up. By 2012 it had about 80 members.<ref name="virus" /> The association itself dates its existence from 2009.<ref name="ueberuns" />

Within its first six years the association staged more than 20 productions and grew to over 110 members. In 2013 it opened the ''Kulturkuppel'', a cultural venue in a largely empty shopping arcade in Neuwied.<ref name="ueberuns" />

== Repertoire ==
The repertoire combines modern and classical drama, comedies, original plays and musicals; at its peak around 2012–2014 the association ran several productions in parallel each year.<ref name="prod2016" /> Besides conventional stage productions it has staged ''Prinz Max ist zurück – Eine Zeitreise durch Neuwied'', a theatrical city tour given on selected Sundays for five years,<ref name="prinzmax" /> and the interactive horror theatre ''Horrorhaus Schlabbeck'', which ran for almost three years.<ref name="ueberuns" />

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Productions (incomplete)<ref name="prod2016" />
! Year !! Title !! Author !! Notes
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| 2007 || ''Jagdszenen'' || [[wikipedia:Martin Sperr|Martin Sperr]] || Volkshochschule Neuwied<ref name="jagd" />
|-
| 2008 || ''Romeo und Julia'' || [[wikipedia:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare]] ||
|-
| 2009 || ''Ringcourt Castle'' || Oliver Grabus ||
|-
| 2010 || ''Achtzehn – Die Vergangenheit vergisst nichts…'' || Oliver Grabus ||
|-
| 2010 || ''Frohes Fest'' || [[wikipedia:Anthony Neilson|Anthony Neilson]] ||
|-
| 2010–2011 || ''Gretchen 89ff.'' || Lutz Hübner ||
|-
| 2011 || ''Eine traumhafte Sommernachtsrevue'' || Oliver Grabus ||
|-
| 2011–2014 || ''Janus und Selina – Ein römisches Abenteuer'' || Oliver Grabus ||
|-
| 2011–2015 || ''Prinz Max ist zurück – Eine Zeitreise durch Neuwied'' || || Theatrical city tour
|-
| 2012 || ''Seelengift – Von der Kunst zu vergeben'' || ||
|-
| 2012–2014 || ''Kunst'' || ||
|-
| 2012 || ''Der Streit'' || [[wikipedia:Pierre de Marivaux|Marivaux]] || Werkstatt im Schlosstheater Neuwied<ref name="virus" />
|-
| 2013 || ''[[wikipedia:Evita (musical)|Evita]]'' || [[wikipedia:Andrew Lloyd Webber|Andrew Lloyd Webber]], [[wikipedia:Tim Rice|Tim Rice]] || Musical; Schlosstheater Neuwied<ref name="hair" />
|-
| 2013–2015 || ''Horrorhaus Schlabbeck'' || || Interactive [[wikipedia:Haunted attraction|horror theatre]]
|-
| 2014 || ''Die acht Frauen'' || [[wikipedia:Robert Thomas (director)|Robert Thomas]] ||
|-
| 2014–2015 || ''[[wikipedia:Der Kontrabaß|Der Kontrabass]]'' || [[wikipedia:Patrick Süskind|Patrick Süskind]] || Solo play<ref name="kontrabass" />
|-
| 2015 || ''NICHTS. Was im Leben wichtig ist'' || after [[wikipedia:Janne Teller|Janne Teller]] || Stage version by Andreas Erdmann<ref name="nichts" />
|-
| 2015–2016 || ''Der kleine Tag'' || || Musical
|-
| 2016 || ''[[wikipedia:Hair (musical)|Hair]]'' || || Musical<ref name="hair" />
|-
| 2018–2019 || ''Die geheimnisvolle Spieluhr'' || || Family musical<ref name="menu2019" />
|}

== Venue ==
Early productions were staged at the Volkshochschule Neuwied and at guest venues in the region.<ref name="prod2016" /> In 2013 members of the association converted the former ''Schlemmerkuppel'', an arcade opposite Neuwied Palace that had largely stood empty, into the ''Kulturkuppel''.<ref name="kuppel" /> It hosts a monthly [[wikipedia:Poetry slam|poetry slam]] and, since summer 2015, the live [[wikipedia:Escape room|escape game]] ''66 Minuten''.<ref name="ueberuns" /> Larger productions such as ''Evita'' and ''Hair'' were staged at the Schlosstheater Neuwied in cooperation with the Landesbühne Rheinland-Pfalz.<ref name="hair" />

== Organisation ==
Besides its productions, the association offers acting workshops and, since September 2022, a modern jazz dance group.<ref name="workshops" />

== Awards ==
In 2011 the Lions Club Neuwied-Andernach awarded the association and its artistic director its ''Kulturförderpreis''.<ref name="ueberuns" />

== References ==
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<ref name="ueberuns">[https://alles-nur-theater.de/ueber-uns Über uns], Chamäleon – Alles nur Theater e.V., retrieved 27 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261027161102/https://alles-nur-theater.de/ueber-uns Archived] on 27 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="virus">[https://web.archive.org/web/20230605201821/https://www.alles-nur-theater.de/allgemein/chamaleon-virus-hat-schon-80-leute-angesteckt Chamäleon-Virus hat schon 80 Leute angesteckt], Chamäleon – Alles nur Theater e.V. (press article reproduced on the association's website, 2012), archived 5 June 2023, retrieved 27 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="prod2016">[https://web.archive.org/web/20160520200405/http://www.alles-nur-theater.de:80/produktionen Produktionen], Chamäleon – Alles nur Theater e.V., archived 20 May 2016, retrieved 27 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="jagd">[https://web.archive.org/web/20160520201256/http://www.alles-nur-theater.de:80/produktionen/jagdszenen 2007: Jagdszenen], Chamäleon – Alles nur Theater e.V., archived 20 May 2016, retrieved 27 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="prinzmax">[https://web.archive.org/web/20160520200141/http://www.alles-nur-theater.de:80/produktionen/2011-prinz-max-ist-zuruck 2015-2011: Prinz Max ist zurück – Eine Zeitreise durch Neuwied], Chamäleon – Alles nur Theater e.V., archived 20 May 2016, retrieved 27 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="kontrabass">[https://web.archive.org/web/20160111213330/http://www.alles-nur-theater.de:80/der-kontrabass Der Kontrabass von Patrick Süskind], Chamäleon – Alles nur Theater e.V., archived 11 January 2016, retrieved 27 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="nichts">[https://web.archive.org/web/20150109163731/http://www.alles-nur-theater.de:80/2015-nichts-was-im-leben-wichtig-ist 2015 – NICHTS. Was im Leben wichtig ist], Chamäleon – Alles nur Theater e.V., archived 9 January 2015, retrieved 27 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="hair">[https://web.archive.org/web/20160520024941/http://www.alles-nur-theater.de:80/produktionen/2016-hair 2016 Hair (Musical)], Chamäleon – Alles nur Theater e.V., archived 20 May 2016, retrieved 27 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="menu2019">[https://web.archive.org/web/20191020144834/https://www.alles-nur-theater.de/neuigkeiten/chamaleon-hat-namen ChamäLEON hat Namen] (site navigation listing productions), Chamäleon – Alles nur Theater e.V., archived 20 October 2019, retrieved 27 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="kuppel">[https://web.archive.org/web/20160518053404/http://www.alles-nur-theater.de:80/die-kulturkuppel Die Kulturkuppel] (reproducing a Rhein-Zeitung article of 14 January 2013), Chamäleon – Alles nur Theater e.V., archived 18 May 2016, retrieved 27 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="workshops">[https://alles-nur-theater.de/workshops Workshops], Chamäleon – Alles nur Theater e.V., retrieved 27 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261027161233/https://alles-nur-theater.de/workshops Archived] on 27 October 2026.</ref>
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