portraittheater is a Viennese theatre ensemble that focuses on extraordinary persons, especially women, and brings their lives and work to the stage. Since 2006, the ensemble has produced and performed a large number of plays about such diverse personalities as Marie Curie, Lise Meitner, Hedy Lamarr, Emmy Noether, Hannah Arendt and Simone de Beauvoir. The ensemble has performed throughout Europe in Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine and also in Australia, Iran, Tunisia and the United States.

In 2006, Anita Zieher founded portraittheater in Vienna (Austria) together with director Brigitte Pointner and musician Margarethe Herbert. Sandra Schüddekopf has been working as a director for portraittheater since 2013. From 2020 – 2026, the portraittheater management team has consisted of Anita Zieher (Chairwoman), Sandra Schueddekopf (Deputy Chairwoman) and Rudi Hausmann (Treasurer). Since January 20, 2026 the the portraittheater management team consists of Anita Zieher (Chairwoman), Barbara Willensdorfer (Deputy Chairwoman) and Rudi Hausmann (Treasurer).

These plays are available for guest performances in English or German: „Curie_Meitner_Lamarr_indivisible“