Dad's Garage Theatre

Founding (1995)

Chris Blair, Marc Cram, Sean Daniels, George Faughnan, John Gregorio, David Keeton, Joseph Limbaugh, Matt Stanton, and Matt Young, all graduates of Florida State University, co-founded Dad's Garage in Atlanta, opening their first show, 'Fun with Science,' on 23 June 1995. The co-founders selected Atlanta in part because of the economic activity they anticipated around the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Inman Park Years (1995–2013)

Dad's Garage operated from Elizabeth Street in Atlanta's Inman Park neighbourhood for nearly two decades, developing a programme of improv comedy, scripted shows, original works, and musicals, and building a local following as one of Atlanta's primary alternative theatre companies.

Old Fourth Ward (2015–present)

In December 2015, Dad's Garage opened its current home at 569 Ezzard Street in the Old Fourth Ward neighbourhood, a new purpose-built space that enabled the company to expand its programme to more than 400 shows per year and 30,000 annual attendees.

Dad's Garage programmes improv comedy alongside scripted productions, original works, and musicals, functioning as a broadly-engaged comedy and alternative theatre company rather than a form-specific improv institution. The company's origins in a group of FSU graduates arriving in Atlanta with no pre-existing connection to the local theatre establishment gave it an outsider energy that has remained part of its institutional character.