Highest auction bids included a Mediterranean holiday aboard SeaDream Yacht Club, 4 day/3 night accommodations at worldwide Hotel Intercontinental locations including China and Japan, a 7-day cruise for two to Alaska, Bermuda, or the Caribbean on Norwegian Cruise Line, two roundtrip business class tickets to Europe from Lufthansa, and a Florida Marlins memorabilia and VIP package.

Special guests at the auction included Coral Gables Mayor Donald Slesnick and wife Jeannett Slesnick, Azmat and Hina Syed of Lufthansa Airlines, Phillis Oeters of Baptist Health South Florida, Lourdes Rey-Wilson of TotalBank with husband Jeff, Rolando Rodriguez of Jackson Memorial Foundation, Gabriella Arango and Elena Iturriaga of Gabriella Arango Couture, Ana Maria Davide of Davide Realty and husband Royal Webster, Former mayor of Coral Gables Dorothy Thomson and husband Jack, Thomas Jelke of T. Jelke Solutions, Dr. Larry Kessler, Ricardo Gonzalez of Beaux Art Gallery, and Billy the Marlin. Guest auctioneer was South Florida's own Bob Soper of WFOR Channel 4 joined with announcer David Arisco, Artistic Director for the theatre.

The auction was proceeded by dinner provided by 27 local restaurants, including Atlanta Bread Company, Bacardi USA, Inc., Brasserie Les Halles, Cacao, Caf« Ibiza, Carmen the Restaurant, Catering by Lovables, Christy's Restaurant, Chispa Restaurant, Edda's Cake Designs, Izakaya Japanese Restaurant, Jamba Juice, John Martin's Irish Pub & Restaurant, Le Chocolatier Fine Chocolate, Los Ranchos CocoWalk, M&D Bartenders, Norman Brothers Produce, Ortanique on the Mile, Peppy's Gourmet Italian Restaurant, Premier Beverage Co., Special Events Catering by Les, Starbucks Coffee, Tambo, The Palm, Tropical Chinese Restaurant, Two Chefs, and Two Sisters at the Hyatt.

Other donors this year included British Airways, Alitalia, Atlantis in Paradise Island, MartinAir, Aeromexico, Amtrak, Cayman Islands, Islands of the Bahamas, Hyatt Regency Coral Gables, Biltmore Hotel, Copa Airlines, Continental Connection, All Nippon Airways Ana Tours, Jamaica Tourist Board, and others.

Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre, a not-for-profit state regional theatre, is located in Coral Gables and is one of 20 Major Miami-Dade County Cultural Institutions. Co-founded by Chairman Dr. Lawrence E. Stein, Actors' Playhouse is an award-winning professional company with an agreement with Actors' Equity Association, New York. Executive producing director is Barbara S. Stein, and artistic director is David Arisco. Actors' Playhouse has produced more than 90 Mainstage productions since 1988 and has been awarded Carbonell Awards (the South Florida equivalent of the Tony Award) for artistic excellence as “Best Production of a Musical” for The Mystery of Edwin Drood, West Side Story, Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, Violet and Floyd Collins. The theatre recently won eight 2003 Carbonell Awards for Floyd Collins and The Big Bang and was nominated for 26 for its productions of Floyd Collins, Comic Potential, The Big Bang, Sherlock's Last Case, and The Sound of Music.

Actors' Playhouse recently announced a blockbuster 2004-05 season, including the nationally-noted, interactive comedy Shear Madness in September, followed by rare regional productions of Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Elton John's and Tim Rice's Aida, and the Alan Ayckbourn new and innovative inter-locking House and Garden plays. The summer 2005 production will be the Carbonell Award winning musical comedy The Big Bang, returning by popular demand.

Season subscriptions for the blockbuster 2004-05 season are on sale now, with prices ranging from $136 for preview nights, $198 for Wednesday and Thursday evenings and Sunday matinees, $235 for Friday and Saturday evenings, and $250 for VIP Flexible/Anytime tickets for best seats in any performance. Opening night tickets, including a gala dinner party, are $375. Student subscriptions for students 16 years and younger with a full adult subscription are $95.

Actors' Playhouse subscribers also receive generous membership benefits from Coral Gables' finest restaurants and establishments, including Christy's, Ortanique, Chispa, The Palm, Carmen's, Pescado, and the Biltmore Hotel Cellar Club, among others.