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'''Musik und Theater Eichstätt e. V.''' (MuT) is an amateur music theatre and drama association in [[wikipedia:Eichstätt|Eichstätt]], [[wikipedia:Bavaria|Bavaria]], Germany. It grew out of an ensemble that staged ''[[wikipedia:The Rocky Horror Show|The Rocky Horror Show]]'' in 1997 and was registered as an association in 2000. It mainly produces musicals, usually one about every second year, alongside plays, a carnival gala and an annual ''[[wikipedia:Heuriger|Heuriger]]'' evening.<ref name="verein" />

== History ==
The ensemble formed around Florian Schmidt, who gathered musicians, singers, actors, technicians and make-up artists at the newly opened small-arts stage ''Zum Gutmann'' in Eichstätt to stage ''The Rocky Horror Show''; it premiered on New Year's Eve 1997/98. Further productions followed: the musicals ''Under Broadway'' (1998/99) and ''Die Geister, die ich rief'' (1999) and the plays ''Der Brandner Kasper'' (from 1998) and ''[[wikipedia:Much Ado About Nothing|Viel Lärm um nichts]]'' (2000).<ref name="verein" />

To give this loose group a legal and financial framework, the association ''Musik und Theater Eichstätt e. V.'' was founded on 22 May 2000 under the chairmanship of Dieter Eichiner. Its first productions as an association were the play ''Geige und Elster'' (2001), written by Florian Schmidt, and [[wikipedia:Alan Menken|Alan Menken]]'s musical ''[[wikipedia:Little Shop of Horrors (musical)|Little Shop of Horrors]]'' (2002). In 2003 and 2005 the club organised ''ArTipi'', a festival of several days in a circus tent with its own contributions and invited acts; according to the club it was not a success, caused financial losses and was discontinued.<ref name="verein" />

The club has received the prize of the Eichstätter Kulturstiftung and the cultural prize of the town of Eichstätt. It states that it has more than 200 members.<ref name="verein" />

== Repertoire ==
Besides its musicals, the association holds a carnival gala (''Prunksitzung'') and a ''Heuriger'', two regular events it has staged more or less every year.<ref name="verein" /> Its list of projects includes the musicals and plays ''Im weißen Rössl'', ''Der Watzmann'', ''Der Sandlerkönig'', ''Ganz oder gar nicht'', ''Pizza Mortale'', ''Swing Sisters'', ''[[wikipedia:Rock of Ages (musical)|Rock of Ages]]'' and ''Tropical Scream'' (2024).<ref name="projekte" />

The 2026 production was ''Disco Inferno – Das 1970er Musical'' by Justin Sepple, with German dialogue by Daniel Call and English song lyrics, a story inspired by Goethe's ''[[wikipedia:Goethe's Faust|Faust]]''. It was performed in Eichstätt's Boxerhalle.<ref name="disco" />

== References ==
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<ref name="verein">[https://www.mut-ev.de/verein/ Verein – Geschichte], Musik und Theater Eichstätt e.V., retrieved 14 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261014211652/https://www.mut-ev.de/verein/ Archived] on 14 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="projekte">[https://www.mut-ev.de/projekte/ Projekte], Musik und Theater Eichstätt e.V., retrieved 14 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20260423034517/https://www.mut-ev.de/projekte/ Archived] on 23 April 2026.</ref>
<ref name="disco">[https://www.mut-ev.de/aktuelles/celebrate_good_times-11/ Celebrate good Times!], Musik und Theater Eichstätt e.V., 7 April 2026, retrieved 14 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261014211740/https://www.mut-ev.de/aktuelles/celebrate_good_times-11/ Archived] on 14 October 2026.</ref>
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