Waldbühne Heldritt, Outdoor theater in Heldritt, Germany.

Waldbühne Heldritt is an open-air theater nestled in the forested landscape of Upper Franconia with roughly 800 covered seats arranged in an amphitheater form. The structure uses the natural slope of the terrain for the seating areas and provides weather protection through its partial roof covering.

The theater opened in 1930 with backing from local poet and composer Adolf Büttner-Tartier, who helped establish its standing in the region. It developed into a notable cultural venue for Upper Franconia over the following decades.

The venue hosts performances by local theater groups and amateur actors throughout the year, staging comedies, children's plays, and regional productions. Audiences experience theater as a community gathering where people from the area come together in the surrounding natural landscape.

The stage lies in Heldritt, a district of Bad Rodach in Upper Franconia, and has around 800 covered seats, so performances go ahead in most weather. The season runs through the summer months, with the Heimatverein Heldritt e.V. organising the programme; check the schedule before travelling.

The Coburger Sommeroperette, founded in 1994, has performed one or sometimes two operettas here each year. In 2009 Johann Strauss's Wiener Blut was shown thirteen times, and a matinee honoured Robert Stolz. About 25,000 visitors are counted each season.