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'''Work with People – Theater e. V.''' (WwP-Theater) is an amateur theatre association based in [[wikipedia:Haßloch|Haßloch]] in the [[wikipedia:Palatinate (region)|Palatinate]], [[wikipedia:Rhineland-Palatinate|Rhineland-Palatinate]], Germany.<ref name="ueberuns" /> Growing out of a theatre-education initiative started in 2009, it runs a children's and youth theatre academy and stages productions with an adult ensemble and a family theatre line, the ''Funkelfabrik''.<ref name="chronik" /><ref name="wb2020" />

== History ==
The idea for an educational theatre in Haßloch arose in June 2009 among a group of theatre pedagogues, in cooperation with the municipality and its youth and culture centre ''Blaubär''. In January 2010 the children's group ''Klecks'' (from age six) was formed, and in the same year the youth group ''Stilecht'' and the adult comedy group ''L'Adulte'' followed. Besides its own productions, the group ran projects with schools in its first years, among them a week-long project with 60 children and young people at the Gottlieb-Wenz-Schule, a school for pupils with learning difficulties.<ref name="chronik" /><ref name="stilecht" />

After the idea of a non-profit association had taken shape in 2012, the association was founded at a meeting of 13 founding members on 29 May 2013.<ref name="chronik" /><ref name="verein" /> In 2015 it worked with the [[Theaterverein Haßloch 1926 e. V.]] for the first time on a joint open-air production of ''Dracula'' at the Freilichtbühne am Eichelgarten.<ref name="dracula" /> The children's and youth groups were reorganised as the ''Kinder- und Jugendtheaterakademie'' (KiJuThea), which started in September 2016 with 16 new children and young people.<ref name="kijutheastart" />

In February 2019 the association's newly founded improvisational theatre group ''Gromala'' gave its first show in the Kulturviereck.<ref name="wbgromala" /> The same year it played for the first time on the open-air grounds of the Haßloch racecourse.<ref name="rp2019" /> In 2023 it marked its tenth anniversary with Sergej Gößner's comedy ''Brigitte Bordeaux''.<ref name="rp2023" /> Also in 2023 it launched the ''Funkelfabrik'', a line of family productions with mixed casts of experienced players, newcomers and members of the youth academy.<ref name="funkelfabrik" /> A production of ''Die Schatzinsel'' after [[wikipedia:Robert Louis Stevenson|Robert Louis Stevenson]], to be staged at the racecourse, is in preparation for 2027.<ref name="schatzinsel" /><ref name="regie" />

== Repertoire ==
The repertoire ranges from devised pieces by the children's and youth groups to comedies, crime plays, fairy-tale adaptations for families and issue-based theatre. Since 2023 the ''Funkelfabrik'' has staged one or two family productions a year.<ref name="funkelfabrik" /> The association also lets members gain experience as directors and co-directors of its productions.<ref name="regie" />

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Productions (incomplete)<ref name="produktionen" />
! Year !! Title !! Author !! Notes
|-
| 2010 || ''Der kleine Tannenbaum'' || || Christmas play by the children's group ''Klecks''<ref name="chronik" />
|-
| 2010 || ''Hilflos gefangen in mir'' || || Devised piece on [[wikipedia:Bullying|bullying]] by the youth group ''Stilecht''<ref name="chronik" /><ref name="stilecht" />
|-
| 2011 || ''Haltet den Hasen'' || || Comedy by the adult group ''L'Adulte''; premiere in January<ref name="chronik" />
|-
| 2011 || ''Die Knirpse'' || || Christmas play by ''Klecks''<ref name="chronik" />
|-
| 2012 || ''Seelendiebe'' || || ''Klecks''; also performed in Mußbach, Ruppertsberg and Friedelsheim<ref name="chronik" />
|-
| 2013 || ''Aschenherz'' || || Devised piece by ''Klecks''; gymnasium of the Ernst-Reuter-Schule, 7–8 December<ref name="aschenherz" />
|-
| 2015 || ''Lilly hasst Geburtstag!'' || || Devised piece by the ''Miniklecks'' group (ages 6–8); Kulturviereck, 20 June<ref name="miniklecks" />
|-
| 2015 || ''Dracula – Die Gruselmödie'' || after [[wikipedia:Bram Stoker|Bram Stoker]], adapted by Claus Martin || Co-production with the Theaterverein Haßloch 1926; Freilichtbühne am Eichelgarten, August<ref name="dracula" />
|-
| 2018 || ''Teuflische Göttinnen'' || || Musical comedy with 23 players; Kulturviereck, premiere 4 May<ref name="tg2018" /><ref name="rp2018" />
|-
| 2019 || ''[[wikipedia:Jack the Ripper|Jack the Ripper]]'' || || Crime play on a 50-metre stage at the Haßloch racecourse; premiere 16 August<ref name="jtr" /><ref name="rp2019" />
|-
| 2023 || ''[[wikipedia:Leonce and Lena|Leonce und Lena]]'' || [[wikipedia:Georg Büchner|Georg Büchner]] || Twelve-member cast<ref name="leonce" />
|-
| 2023 || ''Die Zauberlehrlinge'' || after [[wikipedia:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe|Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]] || Free adaptation of the ballad ''[[wikipedia:The Sorcerer's Apprentice|Der Zauberlehrling]]''; first ''Funkelfabrik'' production<ref name="zauber" />
|-
| 2023 || ''Brigitte Bordeaux'' || Sergej Gößner || Staged as a Palatine [[wikipedia:Revue|revue]] for the association's tenth anniversary; premiere in September<ref name="bordeaux" /><ref name="rp2023" />
|-
| 2024 || ''John und Pocahontas'' || || ''Funkelfabrik''<ref name="funkelfabrik" /><ref name="rp2024" />
|-
| 2024 || ''Das Gruselkabinett'' || || Immersive Halloween production; Saal Löwer, premiere 25 October<ref name="gruselweb" /><ref name="wb2024" />
|-
| 2025 || ''Oha, eine Leiche'' || Peter Förster || Crime comedy, announced as a guest performance; Saal Löwer, 3–4 May<ref name="wb2025" />
|-
| 2025 || ''Der gestiefelte Kater'' || || Adaptation of the fairy tale ''[[wikipedia:Puss in Boots|Puss in Boots]]''; ''Funkelfabrik''<ref name="kater" />
|-
| 2026 || ''Fait gaffe #youtoo'' || || Devised piece on [[wikipedia:Violence against women|violence against women]]; premiere 14 February<ref name="faitgaffe" />
|-
| 2026 || ''Gefühlskarussell'' || || ''Funkelfabrik''<ref name="gefuehl" /><ref name="lvrlp" />
|-
| 2026 || ''Mädchenhafte Wahl der Qual'' || || Youth academy group ''KuK''; Pauluskirche Haßloch, 26–27 September<ref name="veranstaltungen" />
|-
| 2026 || ''Die Legende des Winterwunderlichts'' || || Christmas play written by its director; ''Funkelfabrik''; Saal Löwer, scheduled for 4–10 December<ref name="winter" /><ref name="funkelfabrik" />
|}

== Venue ==
The association has no permanent theatre of its own. Its children's and youth groups rehearse in the youth and culture centre ''Blaubär'' in Haßloch.<ref name="kijuthea" /> Between 2015 and 2019 several productions were staged in the Kulturviereck in Haßloch;<ref name="tg2018" /><ref name="miniklecks" /> in 2019 it used the open-air grounds of the Haßloch racecourse, with the audience in front of the grandstand.<ref name="wb2019jtr" /> Since 2024 its productions have been staged in the Saal Löwer (Alte Brauerei) in Haßloch's Langgasse.<ref name="site" /><ref name="funkelfabrik" />

== Organisation ==
Besides the stage productions, the association offers theatre training for children, young people and adults. The ''Kinder- und Jugendtheaterakademie'' teaches groups by age on Saturdays.<ref name="kijuthea" /> In 2020 it added a [[wikipedia:Musical theatre|musical]] academy, ''Broadway'', for 13- to 17-year-olds and a theatre group for people over 60.<ref name="wb2020" /> Since January 2025 it has also run a youth theatre course in [[wikipedia:Dörrenbach|Dörrenbach]] in the Southern Palatinate.<ref name="doerrenbach" /> In 2026 it held ''Bühne für Alle'', an [[wikipedia:Inclusion (disability rights)|inclusive]] theatre project for people with and without disabilities.<ref name="inklusion" />

From 2013 the association organised the ''KULTURFIZ'', a [[wikipedia:Benefit concert|benefit]] evening in the Kulturviereck at which artists from the region performed without fee; the proceeds went to local social causes, among them a counselling service for single mothers (2013), a planned theatre project for children and young people from poor families (2015) and the volunteers of an outpatient hospice in [[wikipedia:Neustadt an der Weinstraße|Neustadt an der Weinstraße]] (2016).<ref name="kulturfiz13" /><ref name="kulturfiz15" /><ref name="kulturfiz16" /> The event was also held in 2014 and 2018.<ref name="kulturfiz14" /><ref name="rp2018" /> ''Fait gaffe #youtoo'' was developed in cooperation with the municipality's equal opportunities office and premiered on the [[wikipedia:One Billion Rising|One Billion Rising]] day of action.<ref name="faitgaffe" />

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