Fränkisches Theater Schloss Maßbach

The Franconian theater is a private theater in Maßbach ( Lower Franconia ), which is run as a limited company.

Director since 2003, Anne Maar (January 2008), granddaughter of the founder couple. The theater is home to three permanent venues in Maßbach castle, the Intimate Theatre (87 seats), the open-air theater (326 seats) and the TiP - Theatre in the horse stable (the youth theater venue ) with 60 seats. It regularly plays at about 25 performance venues from Fürth to Aschaffenburg, from Schweinfurt to Pfronten, so even in places beyond the borders of Franconia. In over 300 performances in front of about 65,000 spectators will be played. There are 11 new productions a year, each suite will be played 6 weeks. The Franconian Theater at Maßbach is the longest existing government-dependent private Gastspieltheater Germany and fulfills the functions of a national stage.

History

Personalities

That are most Franconian theater or were:

• Peer Augustinski, actor
• Michael Ballhaus, son of the founder Oskar Ballhaus and Lena Hutter
• Helga Ballhaus, actress, wife of Michael Ballhaus
• Oliver Bokern, actor
• Traugott Buhre, actor
• Gert Burkard, actor
• Claus Eberth, actor
• Thomas Klischke, actor, director and author
• Anne Maar, writer and now director of the " Franconian theater"
• Nele Maar, born Ballhaus, daughter of the theater 's founder, wife of Paul Maar
• Paul Maar, author
• Florian Odendahl, actor
• Barbara Redl, Actress
• Kristina Söderbaum, Actress
• Alexander Stefi, actor, director, Musical arrangements
• Wolfgang Wagner, actor
• Gila von Weitershausen, Actress
• Anneliese Wertsch, Actress, second wife of the founder Oskar Ballhaus
• Frédéric Vonhof, actor