Meet our 2020/2021 LA County Arts Interns!

Hannah Burnett (Digital Marketing & PR Intern) is a recent graduate from UCLA and double majored in Art (Studio Practice) and World Arts and Cultures. Albert Tran (Education Intern) is a third-year student attending Pasadena City College […]

Q&A with Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers

In light of Anne Akiko Meyers’ concert with pianist Fabio Bidini in our Virtual Sorting Room nightclub on January 9, 2021, The Wallis had the pleasure of chatting with Anne to uncover everything from the […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Staged Stories

On October 16, 2019,   a sold out crowd in the Lovelace Studio Theater heard stories by seventeen storytellers from the new GRoW @ The Wallis program, Staged Stories. This class gives older adults (55+) a chance […]