I always had that childhood dream of bringing live entertainment, but I knew we had to start with movies, and so I began researching and devising what I thought would be a more sustainable path for the theater.”Īlfvin put in the work and came up with an agreement with the Catalina Island Company to reopen the theater for visitors. “…And I thought there has to be a way forward. “When the theater sadly closed its doors, you know I heard the news, and I was saddened,” said Alfvin. So naturally, as an adult, when he learned the theater was closed, he looked for a plan to open it back up.
Under the leadership of Wesley Alfvin, a life-long visitor to Catalina, the theater is now open again and showing new movies every week.Īlfvin grew up visiting the island with his family and fell in love with the theater at a young age. The movie theater is housed in the classic theater in the Catalina Casino, which offers classic architecture from the 1920s.ĬATALINA ISLAND- The Avalon Theater closed its doors in 2019 but has reopened this summer to offer movie-goers on the island a wide variety of shows to fill in their evenings.
