Schwabenbühne Roth and Illertal

The Schwabenbühne Roth- und Illertal (also: Schwabenbühne Illertissen ) is an open-air theater in Illertissen . The stage is operated by the non-profit association of the same name , which is financed exclusively from entrance fees and donations. In addition to the numerous amateur actors, professional directors are usually hired. It is played every year - mostly from June to August - alternately with the youth ensemble and between January and March on various indoor stages.

Emergence

The Schwabenbühne Roth- und Illertal eV association was founded in 1981. Since then, the home of the Schwabenbühne has been the former palace garden of the Vöhlin Palace in Illertissen .

Heinrich Finkele and Gustaf Schlögel were among the founding members .

The Schwabenbühne built its open-air theater only as a four-month sub-tenant of the palace, and later (1981) as the official leaseholder of half of the palace garden.

The first premiere of the newly founded association was on July 3, 1981 with the " Michl Streit " written by the founding board member Heinrich Finkele . A true story about one of the leaders of the peasant uprising of 1525 in Illertissen .

The stage

In 1983 the first work was done on the stage. The filling of a wall (for light and sound) in the center of the stage as well as the construction of various stage elements and / or permanently installed backdrops, plantings and the purchase of a grandstand were financed by donations.

In 1984 a tent was bought to cover the grandstand. This was only replaced in 2002 by a permanently installed construction made of wood and concrete. In 2016/17 the old grandstand was replaced by a new construction made of wood.

The play area consists partly of lawn and gravel. On the left side of the stage there is a round turntable built in 1991, which can be used to play on several sets. In addition, there is a shaft under the revolving stage through which the actors can get onto the stage from below. The right side has a small pond. In the middle of the stage is the so-called "threshing floor". A permanently installed house which is used both as a backdrop, as a cloakroom and mask. The stage is framed by a multitude of conifers and deciduous trees.

The stage has 400 seats. In recent years, between 4,000 and 8,000 spectators have attended the performances on the open-air stage every year. According to the city of Illertissen, including the winter productions, the club even has up to 12,000 spectators annually, and the catchment area extends far beyond its own region.

Awards and memberships

In 2005 the operating association received the Rupert-Gabler Foundation's great culture award. The Schwabenbühne is a member of the Association of German Open Air Theaters . The city of Illertissen describes the Schwabenbühne as “one of two cultural figureheads of the city that are attracting national attention”.

Productions

	Winter theater	Summer theater	Youth theater
1981		Michl argument
1982	The Entaklemmer
1983	The conceited sick man	Ulrichsfrieden von Tissen	Snow white
1984	Amanda the robber aunt	Village on the border	The moon lantern
1985	The haughty ones	Michl argument	Robber Hotzenplotz
1986	The Hurasiach	The inn in the Spessart	the little witch
1987	The widows	The tailor from Ulm	Puss in Boots
1988	Help you sell, but koiner will help you	The women of Weinsberg	Ali Baba and the robbers
1989	Oh holy Saint Benedict or the ways of the Lord	The alpine king and the misanthropist	The meerkat
1990	The Swabian Tartuff	The lucky charm	Momo
1991	The merry women of Tissa	The Brandner Kaspar ond's eternal Leaba	the beauty and the Beast
1992	Mirandolina	The Brandner Kaspar ond's eternal Leaba	The jungle Book
1993			Ronja the robber's daughter
1994	The servant of two masters	William Tell	The Wizard of Oz
1995	Transmission interference	A midsummer night's dream	Krabat
1996	Horriblibrifax, or intricate love affairs	As you Like It
1997	The forgotten devil	The happy vineyard	The cold heart
1998	Lumpazivagabundus	Zuagricht, hergricht, higricht	Robin Hood
1999	The auditor	Woe to him who lies	Jorinde and joringel
2000	How important it is to be serious	Thieves' Ball	Bill Bo and his friends
2001	D'r Entaklemmer	Magician fist	The three puzzles of the fire hawk
2002	The great day	Anyone	The Wawuschels with the green hair
2003	D'r Ocheler	The farmer as a millionaire	The midnight bride
2004	Without Titl, Koine Mittl	A lot of noise about nothing	The robber Hotzenplotz
2005	moral	Seppe from the valley	Alice in Wonderland
2006	The broken jar	The inn in the Spessart	The jungle book 2
2007	The marriage certificate	It's all that glitters is gold	The Lionheart brothers
2008	He wants to make a joke	The furious	Max and Moritz
2009	Pension Schiller	Who digs oim a Gruab	Peterchens and Anneliese's trip to the moon
2010	Clothes make the man	The Geierwally	Aladin and the magic lamp
2011	The robbery of the Sabine women	A midsummer night's dream	My friend Wickie
2012	Charly's aunt	The Freischütz	Rösti and gust
2013	The Spanish fly	Don Camillo	The Wizard of Oz
2014	D´r sold grandfather	Till Eulenspiegel	King Drosselbart
2015	The master boxer	Brandner Kaspar	Momo
2016	8 women	The forgotten devil	Peter Pan
2017	And that on the wedding morning	The storm	sleeping Beauty
2018	Don't look under the rose bed	Don Camillo 2	The small muck
2019	Rumors, rumors	Dracula	The Thief Lord
2020	Guns'n'Well	Not applicable (Covid-19)	Not applicable (Covid-19)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} website of the Schwabenbühne. Retrieved February 10, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Freilichtbühne Aktuell; Association magazine of the Association of German Open-Air Theaters, December 2014-2019 issues
3. ↑ ^{a b} Schwabenbühne. City of Illertissen, accessed on February 11, 2020 . 
4. ↑ New grandstand for the Schwabenbühne. Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung, July 7, 2016, accessed on March 8, 2020 .