Saturday, 11/29/2025
at 8:00 PM


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500 Years of Peasants' War
by Jean-Michel Räber, for the Cultural Summer 2025 “Forever Young?”

Freedom! Under this banner, citizens, peasants, and the oppressed march through the land. They finally march against their oppressors, against the nobility and the church. In the year 1525, a different world seems within reach. From Alsace through Swabia to Franconia and Thuringia, they came together to demand a reduction of dues and an improvement of their rights in their 12 articles. In the Palatinate, the "Nußdorfer Haufen" formed. Castles and monasteries were besieged, victories were won, hope and the concept of freedom grew. The great reformer Martin Luther turned away from them, and in the end, the heroes fell.

In the 500th anniversary year of the Peasants' Wars, the Chawwerusch Theater searches in its new outdoor play for what this first great German popular uprising still means today. It raises the question of when revolution is justified. And what must come together for the cry for freedom and rights to become unmistakable. How can a spark fade powerless on one day and ignite a fire of change on another?

The story of a woman from Alsace is also told. Driven from her homeland, she finds herself in the Palatinate. At the Kerwe in Nußdorf, she witnesses the founding of the Nußdorfer Haufen and soon takes on an increasingly significant role among the rebels. She evolves into a charismatic leader. Her story extends beyond the crushing of the Nußdorfer Haufen to the last battle of the Palatine Peasants' War in Pfeddersheim.

A play about the dream of change – and the price that revolutions demand.

Admission: 19:00 Uhr

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