Vilar Center for the Arts
A state-of-the-art facility, the Vail's Vilar Center for the Arts
boasts a 530-seat theater, two 2,200 square-foot lobbies and the 2,000
square-foot May Gallery Patrons Lounge that displays 17th and 18th
century architectural watercolors.
The intimate performance space was designed to exacting specifications
in order to create ideal acoustics and unobstructed views for each and
every seat. Littman's Künstler theater in Munich provided inspiration
for the wood-paneled columns, walls and ceilings that are combined with
the curved horseshoe-seating layout also found in many traditional
European halls.
The founders of Beaver Creek had imagined a central performing arts
theater since the town was first projected as a resort community. In
February of 1998, that vision was realized. With the opening of the
Vilar Center for the Arts, Beaver Creek became one of the first
mountain resort communities in the world to include its own performing
arts facility presenting a year-round series of diverse cultural
events.
A non-profit theater managed by the Vail Valley Foundation, the
construction of the Vilar Center was financed by donors who are both
full and part-time residents of the Vail Valley. The majority of
today's operating expenses still come from private and corporate
donations.
The Vilar Center for the Arts, while perched atop the mountain in the
heart of Beaver Creek, is the epicenter of the Vail Valley's
performing-arts cultural life. The facility features about 60
performances annually, most of which are booked by a nationally
recognized agency,
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The Vilar Center for the Arts
The Vilar Center for the Arts at Beaver Creek organizes and presents performances including jazz, comedy, musicals, theater, and film.
