Association collects 75,000 euros in donations for the Gera Puppet Theater | Gera

2023-09-06 18:48:51

The association collects 75,000 euros in donations for the Gera puppet theater

Updated: 06/09/2023 18:47

During the renovation, the performances of the Gera puppet theater will take place in the former theater restaurant, among other places.

Photo: Peter Michaelis

Gera. It is the largest single donation in the history of the Gera Society of Theater and Concert Friends.

While the renovation of the puppet theater in Gera is in full swing, the Society of Theater and Concert Friends in Gera presented the theater with a donation of 75,000 euros at the opening gala of the Theater Altenburg Gera. According to the deputy chairwoman of the theater association, Helga Klinger, the money is intended for new seating and part of the event technology for the puppet theater that opened in 1967 on Gustav-Hennig-Platz.

“The 120 seats should provide more comfort for young and old visitors after the opening. The 75,000 euros is the largest single donation that we have presented to the theater in our 33-year association history,” says Helga Klinger, who founded the association in 1990 with other comrades-in-arms and has since supported many theater projects together.

Construction work is expected to last two years

Construction work on the puppet theater started in early 2023 and is expected to last two years. The main aim is to renew fire protection and escape routes and to improve the accessibility of the listed building. Because the budget for the work, according to the theater, does not include any new furnishings, the Gera Society of Theater and Concert Friends launched the fundraising campaign.

Since the beginning of the reconstruction, the puppet theater has been playing in the former theater restaurant “Szenario”, in the Bühne am Park and in the Tonhalle Gera. “The donation is invaluable to the theatre. Thank you to all big, small, younger and older puppet theater friends for the generous donation,” says the commercial director of the theatre, Volker Arnold.