Bringing Theatre Back to the Grove!

The Coconut Grove Theatre Festival is coming back April 16-19, 2026! After an inaugural year with 8 plays, 16 of Miami’s leading and emerging theatre creatives, the talent of 42 actors from across South Florida, and the applause of more than 700 audience members, CGTFest returns with new plays and new voices, and with YOUR support!

CGTFest is devoted to bringing theatre to life in its original Miami home: Coconut Grove. Over four days in April, the Festival brings to life staged readings of original new works that will become the mainstage productions of years to come. And in 2026, CGTFest will expand the audience of festival goers to include our youngest theatre fans, with an original full-length children’s play being added to the weekend's lineup of exciting new works by South Florida’s theatre talent.

Your support is critical in bringing CGTFest to life. The Festival is funded entirely by donors like you, with contributions going directly to actors, writers, directors and production. Through Lost Girls Theatre 501(c)(3), our fiscal agent, all donations are tax-deductible. Just like the Coconut Grove Art Festival started with a Parisian-inspired “clothesline art show” and the King Mango Strut began with Glenn Terry and Bill Dobson marking off their street and bringing out kazoos, conch shells, and garbage can drums, the Coconut Grove Theatre Festival brings this same Grove spirit to a new audience. Together we can bring theatre to life in the Grove. Thank you for being a part of it!