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Production Blog: BATTLE SPACE WARS
02.06.2015

Production Blog: BATTLE S...

Posted by Jon Carr
    improv

By Ed Morgan, Assistant Director for Battle Space Wars Let me start by saying this: Kevin Gillese is a madman. Or rather, Kevin and his partner Arlen Konopaki are madmen. They’ve..

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From Dad’s Garage to Primetime Television: Amber Nash
02.13.2015

From Dad’s Garage t...

Posted by Jon Carr
    comedy, family, improv, women in comedy

How did you start this journey to improv and acting? I was in college studying biology at Georgia State University, and I was a terrible biology student. I changed my major to psyc..

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The Dark Side Of The Room – Who we are and how we became your cool black friends
02.18.2015

The Dark Side Of The Room...

Posted by Jon Carr
    comedy, improv

By Cris Gray One day I was watching the classic John Hughes movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. I love John Hughes movies: Pretty in Pink, The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles. They w..

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Dad’s Garage Superfan Jonathan Strickland Remembers “Improvathons” in all their Sleep-Deprived Glory
02.26.2015

Dad’s Garage Superf...

Posted by Jon Carr
    family, improv

Jonathan Strickland, a long-time Dad’s Garage fan (and awesome host at HowStuffWorks.com), wrote this piece about a long-lost bit of our history.  Fans of Dad’s Garage—a..

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Attorney in the Day, Improviser at Night—Our Barely Legal Rookie, Liz Grofic
03.05.2015

Attorney in the Day, Impr...

Posted by Jon Carr
    improv, law

By Liz Grofic, Rookie Improviser I moved to Atlanta in 2010 after graduating from law school. Law school was in Washington, D.C. When I moved, I didn’t know anyone in the Atlanta..

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BaconFest Founder George Faughnan Brings Decades of Greasy Goodness
03.13.2015

BaconFest Founder George ...

Posted by Jon Carr
    BaconFest, family, improv

BaconFest.  I don’t know where the capitalization of the “F” started, but apparently, somebody thinks that is the way it should now be presented.  Originally, way back in n..

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Mike King and Amber Nash On Improv, Atlanta, Being Drunk, and Finding Their Voice
03.19.2015

Mike King and Amber Nash ...

Posted by Jon Carr
    comedy, family, improv

Way back, in what we think was 1997, Amber Nash and Mike King took their first improv class together at Whole World Theatre. Since then, improv has had a profound impact on their l..

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Dad’s Garage: Home of the Original, Badass, Beer-Soaked Bacon Festival
03.26.2015

Dad’s Garage: Home ...

Posted by Jon Carr
    BaconFest, comedy

Let’s get something clear here: Dad’s Garage originated the bacon festival. Way back before everybody and their cousin got into the festival/event business, a bunch of ..

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BaconFest 2015: A Look Back at the Greasy Good Times
04.02.2015

BaconFest 2015: A Look Ba...

Posted by Jon Carr
    BaconFest, family, improv

Well, it took several Bloody Marys on Sunday, a long afternoon nap on Monday, and washing our clothes twice to get rid of the bacon-grease smell—BUT WE’VE FINALLY RECOVERED..

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How the “Dad’s Garage Sausage” Gets Made
04.16.2015

How the “Dad’...

Posted by Jon Carr
    comedy, family, improv, sales

By Lara Smith, Managing Director The “Reverse Mullet” Model Every time I tell somebody I work at Dad’s Garage, they exclaim how fun of a job it must be! I am quick to..

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