Zohar Wexler

Born in Haifa in 1971, Zohar Wexler left Israel after his military service to study abroad.   He decided to devote himself to theatre and trained as an actor in Chicago and then in Paris where he entered the Conservatoire as a foreign trainee in 1998 in the class of Stéphane Braunschweig and Daniel Mesguich.
In parallel to his practical training, Zohar Wexler studied theatre in Paris III where he obtained a Master’s degree in «Israeli theatre during the second Intifada 2000-2005».
In 1999 Zohar Wexler founded the company «Le Réséda». From his first productions, Zohar Wexler wonders how to turn his gaze towards Israel from France and the role of «bridge» that he must play.
In 2010, he directed Kichinev 1903 at La Maison de la Poésie in Paris, an intimate show around Bialik’s poem Zohar Wexler is the artistic collaborator of Charles Tordjman for the show Vers toi terre promise by J-C Grumberg (2009 Critics' Prize) and for La Fabbrica by Ascanio Celestini and Moi je crois pas by J-C Grumberg. It is also featured in Sylvain Estibal’s The Pig of Gaza