Maßbach Castle Theater
The Theater Schloss Maßbach - Unterfränkische Landesbühne is a private theater in Maßbach ( Lower Franconia ) that is run as a GmbH .
Anne Maar , the granddaughter of the founding couple , has been the director since 2003 (January 2008). The theater is located in Maßbach Castle with three permanent venues, the Intime Theater (87 seats), the open-air stage (326 seats) and the TiP - Theater im Pferdestall (the youth theater) with 60 seats. It regularly plays at around 25 guest venues from Fürth to Aschaffenburg , from Schweinfurt to Pfronten , i.e. also in places beyond the borders of Lower Franconia . Over 300 performances are played in front of around 65,000 spectators each year. There are 11 new productions a year, each played ensuite for 6 weeks. The house, known until the 2015/16 season as the Franconian Theater Schloss Maßbach, is the longest-running state-subsidized private guest theater in Germany and fulfills the functions of a state stage .
history
- 1946 Lena Hutter and Oskar Ballhaus founded the “Coburg Cultural Circle” as a forerunner of the “Franconian Theater”
- 1948 The theater moves to Wetzhausen Castle through the mediation of a Kommerzienrat Kaiser after the ensemble has performed in Schweinfurt
- 1955 Relocation of the theater to Stöckach Castle ( Hofheim district in Lower Franconia ) after the water supply and the structural condition of Wetzhausen Castle deteriorated and renovation was beyond financial possibilities
- 1960 move to Maßbach Castle
- 1961 Construction of the open-air theater
- 1972 Death of the theater founder Oskar Ballhaus, continuation by his ex-wife Lena Hutter and her second husband Herbert Heinz
- 1977 Foundation of the "Friends of the Franconian Theater Schloss Maßbach"
- 2000 Granddaughter Anne Maar joins the management of the private theater
- 2002 Death of the director and theater manager Herbert Heinz
- 2003 Death of co-founder Lena Hutter, Anne Maar takes over sole theater management
Personalities
who are or were at the Franconian Theater:
- Peer Augustinski , actor
- Michael Ballhaus , son of the founders Oskar Ballhaus and Lena Hutter
- Helga Ballhaus , actress, wife of Michael Ballhaus
- Oliver Bokern , actor
- Traugott Buhre , actor
- Gert Burkard , actor
- Claus Eberth , actor
- Andreas Jähnert , actor
- Thomas Klischke , actor, director and author
- Anne Maar , author and current director of the "Franconian Theater"
- Nele Maar , née Ballhaus , daughter of the theater founder, wife of Paul Maar
- Paul Maar , author
- Florian Odendahl , actor
- Barbara Redl , actress
- Kristina Söderbaum , actress
- Oliver Korittke , actor
- Alexander Stefi , actor, director, musical arrangements
- Wolfgang Wagner , actor
- Gila von Weitershausen , actress
- Anneliese Wert , actress, second wife of the founder Oskar Ballhaus
- Tommy Völckers , actress
- Frédéric Vonhof , actor
Web links
- Maßbach Castle Theater - Maßbach
- Alexander Stefi - actor, director
- Roberto Russo - musician
- Andreas Armand Aelter - actor
- Thomas Klischke - actor, director and author
- Robert Pflanz - set designer
Coordinates: 50 ° 10 ′ 52 ″ N , 10 ° 16 ′ 52 ″ E