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Improv and Anime: The Unholy Union
12.17.2015

Improv and Anime: The Unh...

Posted by Jon Carr
    anime, comedy, improv

By Perry Frost The Niche Performance Circuit Glomp. Crunch. Yiff. Scritches. Tsundere. Dildo on a Reciprocating Saw. That was a sampling of some exotic terminology I’ve encounter..

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Improverinas Take the Dad’s Garage Stage
01.22.2016

Improverinas Take the Dad...

Posted by Jon Carr
    Ballet, collaboration, comedy, family, improv

Photo by Mike Hillman. By Alessa Rogers Ballet and Improv Comedy? So a few years ago Kevin Gillese, artistic director of Dad’s, came to the Atlanta Ballet (which may I point out ..

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Dad’s Garage Gets ImprOper
01.27.2016

Dad’s Garage Gets ImprO...

Posted by Jon Carr
    comedy, family, improv, musical improv, opera

Photo by Stacey Bode By Jonathan Spuhler Determined to Be Funny When I was in college getting my bachelor’s in voice performance a group came in and taught us about improv. The k..

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The Curious Case of Matt Horgan and the Salsa Trio
02.01.2016

The Curious Case of Matt ...

Posted by Jon Carr
    comedy, improv

By Travis Sharp Photo By Stacey Bode Atlanta’s Best For many years, Dad’s Garage has had the good fortune to be acknowledged as Atlanta’s Best Improv Group, and sometimes..

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“Check it out! There are more women than men on stage tonight.”
02.19.2016

“Check it out! There ar...

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

Photos by Mike Hillman Written By Megan Leahy, Creator of Woman of the Year Beginning in the Boys Club When I first started taking classes at Dad’s Garage, almost 14 years ago, t..

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10 Questions with Mark Kendall: Creator of “The Magic Negro” Now at The Alliance Theatre
04.05.2017

10 Questions with Mark Ke...

Posted by Jon Carr
    comedy, family, improv

Mark Kendall—badass improviser and full-time African American male—has a great show up right now at The Alliance Theatre called “The Magic Negro and Other Blackity Blackness..

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Yes, and Namaste: Acceptance On the Stage and On the Mat
05.23.2017

Yes, and Namaste: Accepta...

Posted by Jon Carr
    acceptance, comedy, failure, improv, yoga

By Sarah Ackerman Improv and yoga. One is for an audience, the other very much for yourself. Both require acceptance. Both things I can’t claim my dad necessarily brags to his fr..

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Improviser Profile: Jonathan Spuhler, the Baritone Opera singing Improviser
06.30.2017

Improviser Profile: Jonat...

Posted by Jon Carr
    collaboration, comedy, family, improv, musical improv, opera

Story by Maggie Beker Photo by Stacey Bode While those lucky enough to have witnessed him hang upside down by his legs and dance in a punk cowboy outfit at Burning Man call him “..

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09.26.2017

Big Laughs, Small Improvi...

Posted by Jon Carr
    acceptance, comedy, family, improv, Uncategorized

By Maggie Beker Karen Cassady has been a devout Daddian for seven years. She was first converted to our ways through a Dad’s Garage Improv for Actors class. “Basically, it was ..

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Black Nerd Essay Series: Pulled Over
06.07.2018

Black Nerd Essay Series: ...

Posted by Jon Carr
    African American, comedy, Race

Dad’s Garage latest scripted show, Black Nerd is based on a series of essays produced for the shows WriteClub and Song & Scene Missing. These essays are the true stories of D..

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Dad's Garage is a comedy improv theatre located in Atlanta, GA. Where you can find scripted plays, improv classes, and Atlanta improv comedy every Thursday - Saturday. Dad’s Garage engages, cultivates and inspires artists and audiences alike by producing innovative, scripted and improvised works that are recognized locally, nationally and internationally for being undeniably awesome.

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