The Technion Theater was established in 1986 in a limited framework, as part of the Department of Humanities and Arts at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. The founder is Professor Ouriel Zohar, who today serves as director, researcher and teacher. Zohar teaches 8 theater courses, and more than 300 students each year. The theater has presented till 2015 over 52 performances in different styles, some are by Hanoch Levin, Joshua Sobol, S. Anski in Hebrew. Zohar has directed classic plays written by Moliere, Shakespeare, Pierre de Marivaux, Henrik Ibsen and Bernard Shaw etc. Zohar has directed his own writings, as well as plays written by the actors and the actresses. The theater is developing especially in Fringe theatre. He is invited to many university festivals worldwide, and has won international recognition.