Until 2013, we were long-term residents in a rented building on Elizabeth Street in Atlanta’s Inman Park, but we lost our theatre 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.

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.

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 also known winners at 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.

Improv theatre is what Dad’s Garage is best known for. Our ensemble represents Dad’s Garage in performances and festivals all over the world! We’re one of the few theatres in America performing the patented TheatreSports format (and the only one to do it in the southeast), and are proud to be perform work known internationally for being really, really funny.

If you don’t know what improv is, here’s how it works: the audience gives us a little inspiration in the form of suggestions, and we use your them to create entirely new, cohesive stories! Each performance is singular and unique thanks to audience input.

We perform our signature brand of off-the-cuff improvised fun four to five nights pretty much every week of the year at price points that ensure everyone can enjoy an evening of levity and fun. This includes free shows, too!

Dad’s Garage is known for its improv comedy, but we do “real” theatre too—meaning, we do scripted plays.

We’re the world-premiere venue for tons of hilarious original shows created by our own company members, including Song of the Living Dead, Woman of the Year, Wicket (the Star Wars Parody Musical), Invasion: Christmas Carol, Wrath of Con, and the Suzi Bass Award-winning play Black Nerd. Come see the newest cutting-edge comedy plays in town before they sail off to Broadway…or disappear like an ephemeral, laugh-laden dream after the final curtain.

Reversible Lane debuted our improv-to-sketch writing process, which ran through spring 2023 to rave reviews.

Our process was further polished in the creation of To Peach Their Own, which debuted in spring 2024. This totally new sketch show was created by the ensemble and conservatory members seen onstage—the cast was chosen not only based on performance ability, but writing their ability as well. Each piece was shaped by audience reception during our Thursday workshop sessions. The final product is full of unique perspectives, original music, and comedy with a distinctly Dad’s Garage feel.