It was founded in 1958 at the Law School of the University of São Paulo by Amir Haddad, José Celso Martinez Correa, Carlos Queiroz Telles and Ron Daniels.

[6][7][2] Teatro Oficina was created in 1958 during an artists' meeting at the 11 de Agosto Academic Center of the Law School of the University of São Paulo, which included José Celso Martinez Corrêa, Renato Borghi, Etty Fraser, Fauzi Arap, Ronaldo Daniel and Amir Haddad.

[10][11][4] Cacilda Becker granted its theater for the group to present the plays Awake and Sing!, The Philistines and Andorra to raise funds for the reconstruction of the new venue.

The governor of Paraná, Paulo Pimentel, supported the troupe by sponsoring the reopening of the theater with Oswald de Andrade's O Rei da Vela, on September 29, 1967.

Zé Celso was inspired by the movie Entranced Earth, by Glauber Rocha, which later also influenced Caetano Veloso to create the Tropicália movement.

Later, it reappeared with another team, but still under the leadership of Zé Celso and Renato Borghi, who sponsored the arrival of the American experimental group The Living Theatre.

The extended design with iron scaffolding, an exposed brick structure, internal plant beds, a large window and the stage-platform connection represent the start of a new phase for the company.

[19][18]On December 4, 2018, the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office (MPF) in São Paulo organized a meeting to resolve an impasse between Zé Celso and Grupo Silvio Santos.

In December 2019, the Municipal Council for the Preservation of the Historical, Cultural and Environmental Heritage of the City of São Paulo (Conpresp) approved the project for the Silvio Santos towers.

[18][20] In February 2020, Bill 805 of 2017, which called for the implementation of the Bixiga Park on the site where the residential towers would be erected, was unanimously approved in a second vote by the São Paulo City Council.

On December 19, 2023, the Public Prosecutor's Office and São Paulo City Hall announced that they would allocate R$51 million for the implementation of the Bixiga Park.