The municipal theatre building was built at the beginning of the 17th Century (1607–1609) as a grammar school, that was established by the Konstanz Jesuit monastery.
[3] In the 1930's, its exterior was also changed by the installation of a stage tower; the current shape of the auditorium was also created during this conversion.
Musical plays and performances calling for discussion have been offered by the city of Konstanz since it was commissioned in 1952.
Before the move to the Spiegelhalle, the Young Theatre's performances took place in an old engine shed.
After the end of each season in July, the ensemble regularly gives guest performances with its summer theatre on the other side of Lake Constance: in the former Capuchin church in Überlingen (formerly in Meersburg).
In the anniversary season 2006–2007, when the theatre was the host of the Baden-Württemberg Theater Days, a visitor record was achieved with more than 112,000 spectators.