The Miracle Theatre is home to Actors' Playhouse and is considered a landmark in Coral Gables. It is just one of the many locations that hosts performances all year long in the community.
Actors’ Playhouse is a private nonprofit organization that strives to enrich South Florida culture by providing a full season of high quality theatre productions. They produce mainstage productions and children's programs as well as offer educational outreach programs and do a lot of community service.
The Miracle Theatre was established in 1988 and was a movie theatre for its first seven years. In 1995, Actors’ Playhouse entered a partnership with the City of Coral Gables to renovate the Miracle Theatre and transformed the theatre into their new home. Actors' Playhouse now has full responsibility of operating the facility and in return they get to use it rent free under a 40-year lease. Actors' Playhouse must raise all the money to operate and to make any improvements they would like. They have been successful in doing so with help from the State of Florida, Miami-Dade County, and many generous private donors.
In 2008 Actors’ Playhouse was awarded South Florida’s Theatre Company of the Year by the Carbonell Committee for overall season excellence and community outreach.
Actors’ Playhouse serves a multi-cultural audience of local residents. Programming is developed to appeal to audiences of diverse ages, ethnicity and cultural background. Over 1,500,000 children have experienced cultural and educational experiences through Actors’ Playhouse youth programs. They give back to the community not only through community service but by donating sixteen percent of their tickets each year to people that cannot afford admission.
Upcoming Plays at the Miracle Theatre
January 13 - March 12: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
An award-winning children's book is turned into a musical. In the play, Alexander knows it's going to be a terrible day when he wakes up - and he's right. See how the day unfolds. Performances are on Saturdays at 2 p.m.
March 9 - April 10: August: Osage County
The play is about is about a father who disappears, a mother caught in the grip of addiction, a marriage unraveling, and a family approaching total meltdown. Performances take place Wednesdays through Fridays at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets for weeknights and matinees are $42, and on Friday and Saturday evenings $50. The theatre offers a 10 percent senior discount rate the day of performance and $15 student rush tickets 15 minutes prior to curtain with identification.
May 11 - June 5: Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps
The play, adapted by Patrick Barlow, mixes Hitchcock's masterpiece with a spy novel and Monty Python to give you a fast paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre. Miracle Theatre is located at 280 Miracle Mile.
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