Inaugural Season Announced at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

The Wallis Annenberg Centerfor the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills announced its inaugural season, beginning with performances by the Martha Graham Dance Company, which opens the 500-seat Goldsmith Theater on Nov. 8 and 9, followed by the play Parfumerie by Miklos Laszlo, adapted by Edward P. Dowdall and directed by Mark Brokaw, from Nov. 26 to Dec. 22.


"In this season, we celebrate the transformation of the post office and its return to public use as well as the community's influence past and present that brought us to this historic moment," said Lou Moore, executive director, in a press release.

Located in the heart of Beverly Hills, the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts will officially open its doors to the public in October 2013, aiming for the new venue to transform a city block into a vibrant new cultural destination with two distinct, elegant buildings: the historic 1933 Italianate-style Beverly Hills Post Office and the new, contemporary 500-seat, state-of-the-art Goldsmith Theater.

Within the treasured post office, existing spaces are re-imagined into the 150-seat Lovelace Studio Theater, a theater school for young people (opening in 2014), a café and gift shop. The Wallis, the first performing arts center to be built in Beverly Hills, will be a home for artists from around the world.

"Children's programming is a major part of who we are," Reed added. "This year, we are bringing two productions from Scotland, a country known worldwide for its high quality professional theater for young people."

For more information on the inaugural season, visit the venue's website.