Dad's Garage nurtures new artists early in their careers and is a launch pad for creative success. By saying "Yes, and..." to emerging creative voices, we give them the support necessary to succeed in the arts. Our performers, designers, and other creative professionals are leaders in their fields on a national level, particularly film, television, and theatre. You may have seen or heard them in Archer, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Too Many Cooks, and Selma. Our ensemble members are usual suspects at the Atlanta Fringe Festival, Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival, and some very fancy film festivals!

Most of the shows we produce are created entirely in-house by our artistic ensemble, and the work incubated here goes on to other theatres. While nearly everyone in the artistic group at Dad’s Garage is an improv comic, our artists also write, direct, design, and perform in our scripted shows.

We support the creation of new and experimental works that travel around the country and transform the careers of their creators, but we also support young artists outside of our ensemble and conservatory. Through our youth workshops, children’s shows, and summer camps, we kick-start a love for theatre and improv at an early age. We build confidence, resiliency, and teamwork in a positive and uplifting environment for young performers. We love to give class clowns throughout the metro area a renewed sense of purpose, and to bring shy students out of their shells.

Until 2013, Dad’s Garage was a long-term resident in a rented building on Elizabeth Street in Atlanta’s Inman Park, but we lost our original home to a mixed-use development. The following two years became the finest in our history: we overcame the challenges of rebuilding by leveraging relationships across the community and developing a plan of action to establish a new home.

We partnered with another local theatre, 7 Stages, for temporary performance space. We raised over a million dollars from a mix of private foundations, corporations, and more than 1,200 donors in 28 states and six countries. Then, we secured our new “forever home,” a former church in Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward. We worked with experts who donated their time and services to develop a renovation design. We completed the project on time and on budget, and our new Ezzard Street location opened its doors in December 2015. We’ve been here ever since.