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'''Theater für 99''' is an amateur theatre group based in [[wikipedia:Koblenz|Koblenz]], Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It describes its aims as cultivating amateur theatre and supporting people interested in theatre, and it offers training in acting as well as in set building, costume, lighting and sound.<ref name="site" />

== History ==
In 2013 the association stated on its website that it had been devoted to amateur performance for 60 years.<ref name="home2013" /> From 2019 its website described it as having been based in Koblenz for over 50 years.<ref name="site" />

From 2006 to 2013 its productions were billed as productions of the "Theater für 99, Ensemble der vhs Koblenz e.V.". In 2013 it staged the gangster comedy ''Swing'', an original play set in the 1920s, together with the [[Lichtspielbühne Rhein-Mosel e.V.]]<ref name="season" /> The play was the first production of the Lichtspielbühne, an amateur group from [[wikipedia:Rhens|Rhens]] founded the previous year; it had its world premiere on 20 April 2013 in the Kaisersaal in Rhens, followed by six performances in Koblenz in May 2013.<ref name="home2013" /> The two groups continued to cooperate, and rehearsals and performances have since taken place in Koblenz, Rhens and [[wikipedia:Spay, Germany|Spay]].<ref name="site" />

== Repertoire ==
The group's productions since 2006 range from classic drama such as [[wikipedia:Albert Camus|Albert Camus]]'s ''Die Gerechten'' to contemporary comedies and farces.<ref name="season" />

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Productions (incomplete)<ref name="season" />
! Year !! Title !! Author !! Notes
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| 2006 || ''[[wikipedia:The Just Assassins|Die Gerechten]]'' || Albert Camus ||
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| 2007 || ''Gretchen 89ff'' || Lutz Hübner ||
|-
| 2008 || ''Hier sind Sie richtig!'' || [[wikipedia:Marc Camoletti (playwright)|Marc Camoletti]] ||
|-
| 2009 || ''Amerika ich komme!'' || Boris Weber ||
|-
| 2010 || ''Magnolien aus Stahl'' (''[[wikipedia:Steel Magnolias|Steel Magnolias]]'') || Robert Harling ||
|-
| 2012 || ''Komödie im Dunkeln'' (''[[wikipedia:Black Comedy (play)|Black Comedy]]'') || [[wikipedia:Peter Shaffer|Peter Shaffer]] ||
|-
| 2013 || ''Swing'' || original play || With the Lichtspielbühne Rhein-Mosel; world premiere in Rhens<ref name="home2013" />
|-
| 2016 || ''Doppelt leben hält besser'' || [[wikipedia:Ray Cooney|Ray Cooney]] ||
|-
| 2018 || ''Das Abschiedsdinner'' || Matthieu Delaporte, Alexandre de la Patellière ||
|-
| 2019 || ''Die Niere'' || Stefan Vögel ||
|-
| 2024 || ''Außer Kontrolle'' || Ray Cooney || Cooperation with the Lichtspielbühne Rhein-Mosel<ref name="home" /><ref name="lsbprod" />
|}

== Venue ==
In 2013 the group's Koblenz performances took place in the theatre hall (Theatersaal) of the [[wikipedia:Folk high school|Volkshochschule]] Koblenz at Hoevelstraße 6.<ref name="home2013" />

== References ==
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<ref name="site">[https://www.theater-fuer-99.com/%C3%BCber-uns/ Über 50 Jahre Vereinsarbeit], Theater für 99, retrieved 27 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261027165358/https://www.theater-fuer-99.com/%C3%BCber-uns/ Archived] on 27 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="home">[https://www.theater-fuer-99.com/ Neue Spielzeit], Theater für 99, retrieved 27 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261027165504/https://www.theater-fuer-99.com/ Archived] on 27 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="season">[https://www.theater-fuer-99.com/spielzeit/ Spielzeit], Theater für 99, retrieved 27 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261027165712/https://www.theater-fuer-99.com/spielzeit/ Archived] on 27 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="home2013">[https://web.archive.org/web/20130512000517/http://www.theater-fuer-99.com:80/ Aktuelles], Theater für 99, archived 12 May 2013, retrieved 27 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="lsbprod">[https://www.lichtspielbuehne.de/produktionen/ Produktionen], Lichtspielbühne Rhein-Mosel e.V., retrieved 27 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261027163505/https://www.lichtspielbuehne.de/produktionen/ Archived] on 27 October 2026.</ref>
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