Joanna Lewicka: New acting director in Schwerin from 2026!

Joanna Lewicka: New acting director in Schwerin from 2026!

A fresh wind blows through the theater in Schwerin: Joanna Lewicka will take over the management of the drama division at the Mecklenburg State Theater from the 2026/2027 season. The theater recently announced this in a press release. The director, born in Poland, has an abundance of international experience that she has collected in Germany and Poland since 2005 and in numerous other countries. Their versatile projects and engagements in the theater world are impressive and show their passion and creativity.

Lewicka, who was director at the University of Music and Performing Art in Frankfurt/Main, has already worked on renowned stages, including at the Volkstheater Rostock, State Theater Wiesbaden and Teatr Współczesny Stettin. Her staging of "Antigone", which brought her the German Theater Prize of the Faust in 2024, are one of her most remarkable work. Her interpretation of Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's Dream" was also celebrated in 2012 as a cultural event of the year in the Gazeta Wyborcza. These awards testify to their sense of gripping productions and their ability to bring modern topics on stage.

commitment and education

But Lewicka is not just limited to the stage work. Since 2015 she has been regularly involved in the Khmer Community Development (KCD) in Cambodia. Here she uses the methodology of the Forum Theater from Augusto Boal and promotes capacity for local organizations. Her focus is on conflict management and the protection of ethnic minorities. She also teaches at the UMCS University in Lublin, where she brings theater studies closer to students. Their experiences range from the staging of classic pieces such as Czechows "Die Möwe" to modern productions that take up social issues.

These skills and their international perspective will certainly bring fresh wind to the Schwerin theater. In the 2025/26 season, the drama division is initially led by Nina Steinhilber before Lewicka will come to her new office in August 2026. Your anticipation for this challenge is clear, and many in the theater look forward to the new era under your direction.

A look into the future

Joanna Lewicka has a real feeling for the theater and uses your platform not only for artistic representations, but also for social reflection. Her work was not only celebrated on stage, but also in the media, since many of their productions were filmed for public law TV and sent on radio. In addition, their latest projects such as the experimental piece "Vulva" and the production "The Driblesess", which is based on Goethe's Faust, were presented in international festivals and were very well received.

The Mecklenburg State Theater will have a passionate and committed artist at his head with Joanna Lewicka, who believes in the community and combines several disciplinary boundaries. In the coming years it will be shown which new impulses she can set and how it will continue to enrich the Theater in Schwerin.

Further information about Joanna Lewickas impressive career and your projects can be found on the pages of Nachtkritik , Lewicka.org and Schleswig-holsteinischem Landestheater read.