Ohnsorg-Theater comedies, the majority of them set in the typical environment of Northern German farmers, fisher men or merchants from Hamburg, the theatre also performs more serious works of traditional literature and musical theatre as well as adaptations in "Platt" of international material such as the stage version of Stephen King's "Misery" and original plays such as Tennessee Williams's "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", Robert Thomas's "8 Women", Willy Russell's "Shirley Valentine", Lawrence Roman's "Alone Together" or Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". The theatre was founded by Dr. Richard Ohnsorg (May 3, 1876 - May 11, 1947) in 1902 as
Rita Atria Falcone had been killed. Rita wrote in her diary: "You have died for what you believed in, but without you, I too am dead." A week later Rita locked herself into the apartment and wrote a note, which said: "I am devastated by the killing of Judge Borsellino. Now there's no one to protect me, I'm scared and I can't take it any more." Then she threw herself out of the window. Many people regard Rita as a heroine because of her willingness to sacrifice everything, including the affection of her mother (who after her daughter's death destroyed her tombstone