German and Austrian classics beside Shakespeare, Sophocles, Russian comedy and the first postwar German premieres of Giraudoux, O'Neill and Zuckmayer.(DEA = Deutsche Erstaufführung — German premiere.)
1945 — 1946
Opening season, from 6 October 1945 — the Schauspielhaus reopens just months after capitulation, alternating with the British 'Garrison Theater' use of the house.
- 06 Oct 1945Der Revisor · Nikolai GogolOpening production, 6 Oct 1945
- 1945–46Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung · William Shakespeare
- 1945–46Jedermann · Hugo von Hofmannsthal
- 1945–46JugendfreundeFriends of One's Youth · Ludwig Fulda
- 1945–46Nathan der Weise · G. E. Lessing
- 1945–46Iphigenie · J. W. von Goethe
- 1945–46Das Glas WasserA Glass of Water · Eugène Scribe
- 1945–46Weh dem, der lügtWoe to Him Who Lies · Franz Grillparzer
- 1945–46Volpone · Ben Jonson
- 1945–46Antigone · Sophocles
- 1945–46Liliom · Ferenc Molnár
- 1945–46Raub der Sabinerinnen · Franz von Schönthan
- 1945–46Sodom und Gomorrha · Jean GiraudouxGerman premiere (DEA)
- 1945–46Der Sturm · William Shakespeare
- 1945–46Am hellichten Tage · Werner Helwig
1946 — 1947
Hellmer's first full season as Intendant — Büchner and Brecht beside Shakespeare, O'Neill, and a Russian comedy evening.
- 1946–47Die Sündflut · Ernst Barlach
- 1946–47Dantons Tod · Georg Büchner
- 1946–47Die DreigroschenoperThe Threepenny Opera · Bertolt Brecht / Kurt Weill
- 1946–47Pinkepunk · Buch
- 1946–47Undine · Jean Giraudoux
- 1946–47Zweierlei Maß · William Shakespeare
- 1946–47Die WeberThe Weavers · Gerhart Hauptmann
- 1946–47Lumpacivagabundus · Johann Nestroy
- 1946–47Trauer muß Elektra tragen · Eugene O'NeillGerman premiere (DEA)
- 1946–47Der Spieler · Nikolai GogolRussian comedy evening
- 1946–47Er ist an allem schuldHe Is to Blame for Everything · Lev TolstoyRussian comedy evening
- 1946–47Der Bär / Der Heiratsantrag · Anton TschechowRussian comedy evening
1947 — 1948
Hellmer's final season — capped by the German premiere of Zuckmayer's Des Teufels General.
- 08 Nov 1947Des Teufels General · Carl ZuckmayerGerman premiere, 8 Nov 1947 — Robert Meyn as General Harras; the celebrated highlight of the Hellmer years