page_title: The English Theatre Frankfurt
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: The English Theatre Frankfurt / History
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Hamburger Allee 45 in Frankfurt. Ursprünglich Sitz einer bedeutenden typographische Industrie, der Bauersche Gießerei, 1837 in Frankfurt gegründet, seit 1872 in Bockenheim). später Sitz des English Theatre, heute Galli-Theater und des Kinos und Restaurant Orfeos Erben.
context_page_description: The English Theatre Frankfurt is a 300-seat theatre located at the Gallileo skyscraper. Founded more than 30 years ago, it is continental Europe's largest English-speaking theatre. Each season, more than 60,000 patrons visits its wide range of classics, comedies, thrillers and musicals. In terms of its audience, 70 percent are native German speakers and 30 percent are from the extensive English-speaking community at home in and around Frankfurt.
context_section_description: 1979 Frankfurt's first English-language theatre is founded in Sachsenhausen by Kevin Oakes from South Africa and Jon Johnson, Mary Jackson and Ken Elrod from the United States. Kevin Oakes becomes the theatre's artistic director. The ensemble is called cardboard clowns.
  1980 Judith Rosenbauer joins the ensemble as an actress and later on becomes its managing director. Shortly thereafter the ensemble disbands. Judith Rosenbauer, Darryl Lockwood and Keith LeFevre continue its activities under the name “Café Theater.”
  1981 The theatre moves from Sachsenhausen into a larger space in the Hamburger Allee and is now called “English Theater Frankfurt, Café Theater.”
  1990 Thanks to its growing popularity under Judith Rosenbauer's direction, the theatre again relocates and is now housed in a 230-seat facility in Frankfurt's famous Kaiserstraße.
  1992, the English Theatre in Frankfurt became the first German theatre to stage a play by August Wilson ("Fences").
  2001 The Kaiserstrasse is now too small for the English Theatre's growing programme. Thanks to Judith Rosenbauer's initiative and Dr. von Harbou's far-sighted vision, the Dresdner Bank agrees to include a playhouse in its new Gallileo skyscraper. Unfortunately, as a result of economic difficulties, the “English Theater e.V.” must close its doors. Judith Rosenbauer terminates her involvement with the English Theatre.
  2002 To keep the tradition of English-language theatre in Frankfurt alive, The English Theatre, a limited charity, is founded. Daniel John Nicolai becomes artistic and executive director of the new organization, which begins co-producing with other theatres in Vienna, Los Angeles and New Jersey.
  2003 The English Theatre GmbH moves into its new 300-seat home, sponsored by the Dresdner Bank (now Commerzbank).
caption: Hamburger Allee 45
  1981–1990 venue of the theatre
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