The University Theater

For over 30 years, the adjunct lecturer Thomas Butz was the director of the Mannheim University Theater. The group was called “Compagnia Palatina” and it was one of the oldest university theater groups in Germany. Together with the actresses and actors, Butz developed over 40 plays, for which he received the university medal in July 2003. After 2003, it turned quiet around the university theater.

In September 2019, the university theater group was re-established. In the fall semester 2019, the rehearsals for the first production of the newly founded group began. They were working on the comedy “Ach diese Lücke, diese entsetzliche Lücke” (“Oh, this void, this unspeakable void”) based on the best-selling novel by J. Meyerhoff and G. Mehmert. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, only in May 2022 did they successfully perform the piece at the Theaterhaus G7.

Over the course of two semesters, the theater group rehearses a new play. Students can join the group and either act on stage or work behind the scenes in the directing, dramaturgy, or technical team.