The Steven D. Cochran Memorial Fund

We are thrilled to announce The Steven D. Cochran Memorial Fund at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, a fund committed to inspiring and encouraging young people’s love for the performing arts through […]

The Wallis DreamBuilders: 25 Years in the Making

The Wallis is proud to present The Wallis Delivers: Dreambuilders. Honoring our roots and paying homage to our beginnings as a Post Office in Beverly Hills, this fabulous virtual benefit tips its hat to where […]

Year in Review 2019/20

The 2019/20 season was unlike any other for GRoW @ The Wallis. While we began September with the usual excitement and anticipation that greets every season, we had no way to know a pandemic was […]

Connecting Generations Amidst a Pandemic

The onset of COVID-19 led GRoW @ The Wallis to move all of our programs online. While each class or program was meeting online we saw similar needs and challenges emerge. We thought it could […]

Fairyland Foibles

With our theaters dark due to the pandemic, our Wallis Studio Ensemble decided to create an eight episode online series called “Fairyland Foibles.” The goal of these early career actors was to offer a fun […]

The Opportunity of Discovery: The Wallis’ Board Development Co-Chairs Envision a Bright Future

Board Development Co-Chairs Daphna Nazarian and Stephanie Blackmore Vahn, or as they endearingly call each other, “Yin and Yang,” sat down for a (virtual) interview to convey their steadfast love for The Wallis and its […]

“What The World Needs Now”

Q&A with Wallis Ambassadors Co-Chair Eunice David The arts help us remember the past, endure the present, and envision a better future. The beloved song “What the World Needs Now” was written by the late […]

Staged Stories, a tribute to the power of our communal moment in history

Thanks to the Staged Stories program at The Wallis, eleven disparate people with a wide spectrum of life experience under their belts, came together willing to take a risk and share intimate stories. Great storytellers […]

The Wallis Hosts From The Top

In March, 2020 GRoW @ The Wallis hosted the NPR radio program “From The Top.”  “From The Top” is a non-profit organization dedicated to celebrating the stories, talents, and character of young classically-trained musicians.  The […]

Is There a Good Part?

March 25, 2020 We are settling in to a new normal.  With The Wallis closed for now, we are all working from home.  While our administrative and planning work can continue, I feel disconnected from […]