Sandra Wissmann

After studying musicology, theatre studies and art history at the Ruhr University Bochum, Sandra Wissmann has been working at the MiR since 2004. During this time, she directed, amongst other works, Georg Kreislers’ musical *Adam Schaf hat Angst*, as well as *Die Comedian Harmonists* by Wittenbrink and Greiffenhagen and Kander and Ebb’s *Cabaret*. In 2014, she was awarded the Gelsenkirchen Theatre Prize for her work.

Since the 2014–15 season, Sandra Wissmann has been working as a freelance director, though she has remained associated with the MiR, staging productions there including Georg Kreisler’s musical *Heute Abend – Lola Blau*, Arlen’s *The Wizard of Oz*, Lehár’s *The Merry Widow* and, most recently, the revue operetta *Three Men in the Snow* by Eichhorn, Koselleck, Israel and Pigor, based on the novel by Erich Kästner.

Other directing credits include Lortzing’s *Der Wildschütz* at the Osnabrück Theatre, Loewe’s *Brigadoon* at the Hof Theatre, Kálmán’s *The Csárdás Princess* and Fall’s *Madame Pompadour* at the Koblenz Theatre.

Since 2017, Wissmann has been a regular guest at the Gandersheim Cathedral Festival – where she has staged ‘The Comedian Harmonists – Part II’, ‘Spatz und Engel’, ‘Die Drei von der Tankstelle’, ‘The Little Shop of Horrors’ and, most recently, Wildhorn’s ‘Bonnie & Clyde’.

In 2023, her production of the musical “The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes” by Schubring and Adenberg premiered at the Bielefeld Theatre – this production received two nominations at the 2024 German Musical Theatre Awards.

​In 2025, Wissmann directed Puccini’s *La Bohème* at her home theatre in Gelsenkirchen. Most recently, during the 2026 season, she was a guest director at the Mecklenburg State Theatre in Schwerin, where she directed Stephen Sondheim’s *Sweeney Todd*.

Alongside her work as a director, Wissmann works as a freelance stage manager and artistic production manager, including at the RuhrTriennale. She has been employed as a stage manager at the MiR since the 23/24 season.