The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts has announced events for the 2022-2023 season, including two world premieres, one U.S. premiere, one West Coast Premiere and one Los Angeles Premiere.
Among the celebrated artists whose work is represented are Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo, Bradley Bredeweg, Sheldon Epps, Xiang “Sean” Gao, Emma Rice, Kwame Alexander, Lisa Fischer, Thelma Houston, Osvaldo Golijov, Lillias White, Stephanie J. Block, Anthony McGill, Isaac Mizrahi, Ulysses Owens, Jr., J’Nai Bridges, Jeffrey Kahane, John Irving and Reza Aslan.
Dance and music companies from around Southern California, the United States and the world will be featured, ranging from Mambo Kings, Ballet Hispánico, Luminario Ballet of Los Angeles, andBODYTRAFFIC to Pacifica Quartet and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.
Sing for Hope, The Wallis’ 2022-2023 Season Company-in-Residence, and its founders, sopranos Camille Zamora and Monica Yunus, artists-in-residence, will present the Sing for Hope Production of “The Last Sorcerer (Le Dernier Sorcier),” an 1867 salon opera 150 years ahead of its time. Programming also features continued partnerships with Writers Bloc, ASCAP and Film Independent; the return of the signature Sorting Room series; and Sunday Fundays with free family entertainment. Under the leadership of executive director/CEO Rachel Fine, The Wallis’ ninth season begins in late September and runs into the summer of 2023.
“The Wallis launches its 2022-2023 stronger than ever,” Fine said. “With this full slate of bold, diverse and ambitious programming, we’re prepared to wow, engage and move our audiences during a time when we all need to be elevated and nurtured by the performing arts. We are pleased to be operating at full throttle, once again, thanks to the invaluable support of The Wallis’ Board of Directors, the city of Beverly Hills, the Annenberg Foundation and our loyal community of supporters, artists, staff and friends.”
“The Wallis’ 2022/23 season provides a place for our communities, our audiences and our artists to be revived with inventive programming that inspires, entertains, challenges, reflects and uplifts,” Associate Artistic Director Coy Middlebrook said. “The breadth and depth of the work being presented during this season showcases the work of some of LA’s and America’s leading and emerging, artistic thought-makers in dance, theater, music, film and literature. Their contemporary perspectives paired with their tremendous creativity generates work that is as fresh and gripping for these times we find ourselves in as it is timelessly poetic and enthralling.”
Subscriptions to are on sale now. Single tickets will be available at a later date. The Wallis is located at 9390 N. Santa Monica Blvd. For information, call (310)746-4000 or visit thewallis.org.
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