The Haifa Theatre (Hebrew: תיאטרון חיפה; Teatron Hefa) is the municipal theater company of Haifa, Israel.
Haifa Theater, Israel's first municipal theater, was established by Haifa mayor Abba Hushi.[1]Founded in 1961, the Haifa Theater employs Jewish and Arab actors, and has an international reputation for performing provocative works. Its first director was Yosef Milo.[2]
The troupe performs eight to 10 plays a year to a subscription audience of more than 30,000. It performs in cities, kibbutzim and settlements throughout Israel, and regularly presents works of modern theater in Hebrew and Arabic.[3]
The troupe's home base is the Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Theater of Haifa in Haifa's Hadar Hacarmel neighborhood. [4]