Back by popular demand -Mikhael Tara Garver (@mtgexperience ) Founder of Culture House Immersive joins us once again for the Miami Immersive Intensive 2026.
"I love the idea -there is no place that makes more sense than Miami to become the hub for training and strengthening our craft in this field.
We need more knowledge of the craft to spread."
-Mikhael Tara Garver | MII 2025
And she is helping us do exactly that during MII2026.
🗓️June 4–7, 2026
📍Downtown Miami
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✨Train hands-on with the companies defining immersive today:
Punchdrunk . Third Rail Projects . Odyssey Works . Culture House Immersive . Albany Park Theater . Juggerknot Theatre Company .Live Arts Miami
🔥 A Look Back at MII 2025!
This summer, @juggerknot_theatre_company + @liveartsmiami turned Downtown Miami into the global stage with the Miami Immersive Intensive (MII). Over four days, world-renowned leaders in immersive theatre, dance, tech & visual arts came together with one mission mission: to train + inspire the next wave of creators.
🎥 In this recap, hear from the artists who are shaping the future of immersive:
Mikhael Tara Garver – Founder of Culture House Immersive
France Luce Benson – Playwright, Miami Bus Stop Stories
Tanya Bravo – Artistic Director, Juggerknot Theatre Company
Octavio Campos – Choreographer
Pioneer Winter – Artistic Director, Pioneer Winter Collective
Alexandra Renzo – Contracted Creative Director (Meow Wolf)
Kathryn Garcia – Executive Director, Live Arts Miami Miami is leading the way in immersive training, and we’re just getting started.
👉 Stay tuned: MII 2026 is coming!
MII is brought to you with the support of: @perezfamilyfoundation@miamidadearts@downtownmia@greatermiamicvb
Day 2 was deep. Workshops and powerful conversations took center stage at @ideacentermdc with @mtgexperience , @octavio.campos , and @laurenstorr throughout the day—and the roundtable dinners carried it into the night. Artists, producers, technologists, and dreamers all in one room, building something real. #MiamiImmersive #MII2025
Day 1, done. Yesterday, Miami Immersive Intensive kicked things off with intention, connection, and a whole lot of creative energy. We dove head first into an inspiring keynote by Mikhael Tara Garver (@mtgexperience ) and immersive experience by Le Clair Obscur presented by @filmgatemiami at @frostscience . Now on to day 2 with more workshops and creative play! #MiamiImmersive #MII2025
We’re just DAYS AWAY from the Miami Immersive Intensive — and the countdown is ON!
Get ready for 4 days packed with hands-on workshops, powerful keynote talks, eye-opening film screenings, curated artist outings, and round table dinners that bring our community together in unforgettable ways.
🎟️ Bags packed? Schedules set? Minds open?
Let’s do this. We’ll see you very soon.
#MiamiImmersive #MII2025 #ImmersiveTheatre #ArtistsUnite #DowntownMiami #JuggerknotTheatre #LiveArtsMiami #CountdownIsOn
📣 ANNOUNCEMENT
We are honored to welcome Mikhael Tara Garver as the Opening Keynote Speaker for the Miami Immersive Intensive, launching June 26.
Her keynote, “How We Human Together,” will set the tone for four days of exploration, connection, and innovation in immersive storytelling. Mikhael will also lead a Master Workshop in Immersive Involvement Training.
About Mikhael Tara Garver:
An immersive pioneer for over two decades, Mikhael is the Founder of Culture House Immersive and served as Director of Immersive Experience for the THEA award-winning Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser. She was staff director of A.R.T.’s Sleep No More, and Creative Director for the band Great Caesar’s fandom-building journey at SXSW, which grew their audience 100x in just eight days.
Mikhael has created award-winning experiences for AMC, Amazon, National Park Service, Bloomberg, BBDO, Hormel, Smirnoff, IDEO, Facebook, and Virgin. She is a founding board member of the Immersive Experience Institute, received the first-ever immersive commissions from The Kennedy Center and the National Theatre of Scotland, is a multi-year grantee of the Pop Culture Collaborative, an International Sacatar Fellow, and a Lead Creative Consultant internationally for Walt Disney Imagineering.
Her work centers artists, audiences, and culture change while building the future of immersive entertainment. She is currently launching Culture House Immersive’s inaugural Incubator.
Join us in Downtown Miami this June as we welcome Mikhael and other visionaries shaping the next wave of immersive storytelling.
#MiamiImmersive #MII2025 #ImmersiveTheatre #SiteSpecific #JuggerknotTheatre #liveartsmiami
Had a great day keynoting on #howwehumantogether @worldxo_org yesterday
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Old and new friends at the #londonexperienceweek
Photo credit my long time pal @alonafogel
