Dad's Garage Theatre Announces Their 2009-2010 Scripted and Unscripted Season

2009-2010 SCRIPTED (and script inspired) SHOWS:

The Dad's Garage Going Out of Business Show! Created by Matt Horgan

Written by the Dad's Garage Artistic Family

Directed by Scott Warren

October 2 - October 30, 2009 (Thurs, Fri, Sat @ 8pm) on the Main Stage

Pay What You Can Performance - Monday, October 12 @ 8pm

Thursday $13 Online, $15 Phone & Door, ½ price student tickets

Friday $15 Online, $17 Phone & Door

Saturday $18 Online, $20 Phone & Door

It's an "everything must go" sketch show! It's a laugh liquidation sale! It's the comedy clearance on the century! Okay, okay, we admit - the state of the economy is no laughing matter. With all of the talk about foreclosures, layoffs, and the upcoming class war - it's hard to feel good about the current recession unless there are massive discounts involved!!! We've got video, we've got song, we've got dance - we've got the inside scoop on Stephen Hawking's summer job. So, stock up now on a variety of hilarious bits and skits about the present hard times because when they're gone, they're gone.

Large Animal Games

Written by Steve Yockey

Directed by Melissa Foulger

November 06 - November 29, 2009 (Fri, Sat @ 8pm plus select performances) in the Top Shelf

Pay What You Can Performances - Monday, November 16 & 23 @ 8pm

Sunday performances on November 22 and 29 @ 7pm

Friday $15 Online, $17 Phone & Door

Saturday $18 Online, $20 Phone & Door

Sunday $15-18 Online, $17-20 Phone & Door

Appearances and reality don't always align...especially when one's true identity is involved. Anchored at a lingerie shop, three unique stories collide in a brand spankin' new stage play by award-winning playwright Steve Yockey (Skin, Sleepy). Staying true to his darkly comedic meets erotic sensibility; Steve delivers a mix of confusion, wit, pleasure, and fervor in this World Premiere featuring cross-dressing fiancés, Spanish speaking lovers, and shoot-to-kill safaris.

 

Invasion: Christmas Carol

Concept by The Dad's Garage Improv Ensemble

Directed by Chris Blair

November 27 - December 23, 2009 (Thurs, Fri, Sat @ 8pm) on the Main Stage

Pay What You Can Performance - December 14 @ 8pm

Sunday, Tuesday, & Wednesday performances - December 20, 22 & 23 @ 8pm

Special Thanksgiving weekend performance on Friday, November 27!

Thursday $15 Online, $17 Phone & Door, ½ price student tickets

Friday $17 Online, $19 Phone & Door

Saturday $20 Online, $22 Phone & Door

* A $2 per ticket discount will be available for patrons participating in our canned food drive

It's time to replace your regular holiday tradition with a Dad's Garage tradition - kicking classic theatre in the tookus! After last year's success, the award-winning Dad's Garage Ensemble will again be skewering the quintessential Christmas play - A Christmas Carol. You'll see your favorite characters acting in ways that might not be so familiar as our improvisers create a whole new holiday experience right before your very eyes. Visited by different ghosts every evening (that are a complete surprise to the cast), you'll see Scrooge's past, present, and future unfold in a new way each night. And because it'll be bursting with even more improv flavor than last year, things are guaranteed to get even nuttier than a Cornish game hen.

 

Griefers

Written by Christian Danley & Randy Havens

Directed by Christian Danley & Randy Havens

February 05 - 27, 2010 (Fri, Sat @ 8pm plus select performances) in the Top Shelf

Pay What You Can Performance - Monday, February 15 @ 8pm

Closing Thursday Performance - Thursday, February 25 @ 8pm

Thursday $13 Online, $15 Phone & Door, ½ price student tickets

Friday $15 Online, $17 Phone & Door

Saturday $18 Online, $20 Phone & Door

As defined by Wikipedia, a ‘griefer' is someone who plays a video game in order to irritate and harass other players, rather than pursue game objectives. But what happens when someone from the gaming world experiences real-life grief? The World Premiere of Griefers, direct from the minds of Randy Havens and Christian Danley (who brought you FWD>>), explores just that. Armed with his gaming experience and his best friend, our griefer must face the realities of death, birth, failed relationships, and his own mortality. It's true that wisdom and humor often spring from sorrow, but can one actually learn to "game the system" when the system is life?

 

Clash Titan Clash!

Written by Lucky Yates

Directed by Jason von Hinezmeyer

March 12 - March 27, 2010 (Thurs, Fri, Sat @ 8pm) on the Main Stage

Pay What You Can Performance - March 22 @ 8pm

Thursday $13 Online, $15 Phone & Door, ½ price student tickets

Friday $15 Online, $17 Phone & Door

Saturday $18 Online, $20 Phone & Door

Based on Clash of the Titans and the Greek myth of Perseus (the son of Zeus for those of you not so mythologically inclined) - Clash Titan Clash! is a story of epic proportions on a tiny scale. A first for Dad's Garage, the entirety of this World Premiere will be created and fashioned in "Toy Theatre" (miniature puppets being manipulated and projected onto a giant screen right before your very eyes). In this timeless tale of love, Perseus will embark on a long journey to save princess Andromeda from a terrible fate only to encounter and battle a slew of sea monsters, the wicked Medusa, and the legendary Kraken along the way. Oh, and did we mention that the ever-adorable Bubo the mechanical owl is coming along for the ride? (How could we not keep him?)

 

The Change: Another Teenage Werewolf Musical

Written by Travis Sharp

Music by Eric Frampton

Directed by Sean Daniels

May 28 - June 19, 2010 (Thurs, Fri, Sat @ 8pm) on the Main Stage

Pay What You Can Performance - Monday, June 7 @ 8pm

Thursday $15 Online, $17 Phone & Door, ½ price student tickets

Friday $17 Online, $19 Phone & Door

Saturday $20 Online, $22 Phone & Door

Adolescence can get hairy, which is exceptionally true for Mikey, a mild-mannered high school student who feels anything but normal. On top of being new to a small town, he's going through that difficult transformation that all teenage boys do: adolescence. But for Mikey, armpit hair and raging hormones are only the beginning of his problems - he's unknowingly inherited the family curse - lycanthropy! Written by Travis Sharp (co-author of the smash hit zombie musical: Song of the Living Dead), this World Premiere musical comedy is not your typical story of teenage transformation. In addition to the landmark struggles of youth, Mikey will have to face dark family secrets and battle his own murderous instincts, all while becoming a werewolf...and singing about it!

 

Spoon, The Musical

Written by Matthew Myers

Directed by Scott Warren

July 9 - July 31, 2010 (Fri, Sat @ 8pm plus select performances) in the Top Shelf

Pay What You Can Performance - Monday, July 19 @ 8pm

Closing Thursday Performance - Thursday, July 29 @8pm

Thursday $13 Online, $15 Phone & Door, ½ price student tickets

Friday $15 Online, $17 Phone & Door

Saturday $18 Online, $20 Phone & Door

This summer, Dad's Garage is serving up a brand-new, spine-tingling, toe-tapping World Premiere. Dig in as we ladle out six hilarious and horrifying tales about the journey of a haunted spoon. Forged by the Devil in the darkest depths of Hell, a daring and sardonic spoon manages to escape and make its way to Earth - subsequently cursing all those unfortunate enough to cross its path. You'll follow the tale of this satanic silverware and his unsuspecting victims throughout the ages as sin and singing come together to make perfect harmony.

 

2009-2010 IMPROVISED SHOWS:

 

TheatreSports

Year Round - Saturdays @ 10:30pm on the Main Stage

$13 Online, $15 Phone & Door

Our longest running improv show and an audience favorite for years, TheatreSports is a fast-paced improv competition featuring the best improvisers in the city. Consisting of two teams, a host/referee, judges to boo and hiss, and the infamous scum box - TheatreSports will have you in hysterics and in on the fun.

 

Improv Revolution

Year Round - Thursdays @ 10:30pm on the Main Stage

Tickets: $8 Online, $10 Phone & Door, ½ price student tickets

The future of yesterday's improv tomorrow - today! Revolving improv formats, fresh faces and big ideas mark our ever-changing Thursday night testing ground for innovative and new improvisers. In addition to catching first glimpse at our brightest upcoming talent (The Nonsemble), this is your chance to catch the planting and growing of The Ensemble's latest improv seeds. Shows this year include: Micetro (an improv rat-race), Sneak Preview (see the movie before it hits the big screen), State Tribute (a very un-historical account of our fair country), An Evening With (a full evening with a different ensemble member each week), and Couch Party (good time hang-outs with Lucky Yates and pals).

World Domination TheatreSports Tournament

September 10-12, 2009 (Thurs, Fri, Sat @ 8 & 10:30pm) on the Main Stage

Thursday $8 Online, $10 Phone & Door, ½ price student tickets

Friday $10 Online, $12 Phone & Door

Saturday $13 Online, $15 Phone & Door

***Evening and weekend passes will be available

Teams from around the globe compete in a 3-day competition of knockdown, drag-out improv battles to see who will destroy all improvisers and emerge as champion. This year we'll be joined by teams from Los Angeles (California), Bellingham (Washington), Edmonton (Alberta), Vancouver (British Columbia), Toronto (Ontario), and Sydney (Australia).

 

Uncomfortably Up Close and Personal

Fridays, August 07 - September 04, 2009 @ 10:30pm on the Main Stage

Tickets $10 Online, $12 Phone & Door

Things are about to get personal...really stinkin' personal. Join your uncomfortably up close host, Dan Triandiflou, and his eccentric trio of musical sidekicks, Silk Shadows for an evening of hilarious (and quite possibly humiliating) entertainment. You'll get to know our improvisers inside and out through a series of improvised scenes based on their own real life moments, stories, and secrets. And maybe some of yours too... Ever robbed a bank? Eaten a whole cake? Punched a kitten? It's time to tell the world.

 

Monster Movie

Fridays, September 18 - November 27, 2009 @ 10:30pm on the Main Stage
$10 Online, $12 Phone & Door

Hosted by Late Night Creepy Horror's The Fiend (Lucky Yates), and Daytime Horror Host, Gary Simmons (Chris Blair), Monster Movie pays homage to television horror hosts (a la Vampira). Interspersed with variety bits including songs, puppetry, and special guests - the main attraction in this spooky show is a new fully improvised bloodcurdling B-movie every week.

 

Ask Dr. Frapples - Improv Psychiatry

Fridays, December 04, 2009 - February 12, 2010 @ 10:30pm on the Main Stage

Tickets $10 Online, $12 Phone & Door

Lie down on the couch, relax, and let Dr. Bob Frapples put your mind at ease. A Dear Abby-style improv show, audience members pose personal questions to Dr. Bob that he will answer in front of their very eyes. With the help of his grad students acting out possible solutions along the way, Dr. Bob is sure to cure what ails ya!

 

Murder, She Improvised

Saturdays, January 02 - February 20, 2010 @ 8pm on the Main Stage

Tickets $13 Online, $15 Phone & Door

Something is afoot at The Sunny Arse Hotel! And only Sir John Holmes can get to the bottom of these devious

(and hilarious) murder mysteries. Will his keen mind and the audience's help be enough? Probably not! But join us for a new mystery every week to find out!

 

Scandal!

Fridays, February 19 - April 30, 2010 @ 10:30pm on the Main Stage

Tickets $10 Online, $12 Phone & Door

There's a little ‘to be determined' location in Little Five Points, and that unnamed setting is sure to be filled with...Scandal! The unstoppable Dad's Garage ensemble is returning with another season of Atlanta's only improvised soap opera...Scandal! Get ready to get hooked on the most side-splittingly shocking improv series of the season...because wherever it ends up, scandal is sure to follow.

 

Samurai Davis Jr. and Dim Sum's Super Mega Happy Fun Time Improv Show!

Fridays, May 07 - July 30, 2010 @ 10:30pm on the Main Stage

Tickets $13 Online, $15 Phone or Door

This truly outrageous Japanese-style game show is like Let's Make A Deal meets Double Dare meets Dad's Garage. Improvisers choose from 3 closed doors and must incorporate whatever's lurking behind them in their scene, and the losing team is punished in a number of disturbingly hilarious (and often painful or stinky) ways. With crazy hosts, adorably sassy sailor girls, karaoke breaks, and bizarre stunts - this show is like nothing you've ever seen before.

 

2009-2010 KIDS STUFF:

 

Uncle Grampa's Hoo-Dilly Storytime

Fall run: Saturday Mornings @ 11:30am - September 26 - November 28, 2009 on the Main Stage

Includes a special Thanksgiving Weekend performance!

Spring Run: Saturday Mornings @ 11:30am - January 09 - March 13, 2010 on the Main Stage

Tickets $6 Adults, $4 Kids, Children under 2 admitted free

Our beloved, zany kids' show is returning for another 2 rounds of storytelling fun and the whole Hoo-Dilly gang will be there! Larry Lederhosen, Phineas J. Monkey, Lil' Tamo, Foolio, and even Fritz the Butler can't wait for the brand new adventures to start. And be on the lookout for an old favorite (perhaps with a face-lift) to come join the fun! Each week, the cast will choose a brand new, never-been-told story to tell. The kids help fuel the story by choosing characters, giving suggestions, and even telling jokes along the way. So ditch those Saturday morning cartoons and come have some fun with us for a price that can't be beat. This show is recommended for children age 2-8 and adults alike.

 

2009-2010 EXTRAS:

 

Puppet Slams

Saturdays at Midnight - October 10 & December 12, 2009 and March 06 & June 05, 2010 - in the Top Shelf

Tickets: $7 Online, $9 Phone & Door

Dad's continues the slam tradition this season with more opportunities to see the best of Atlanta's puppeteers cut loose and experiment with some over-the-edge new work. Hosted by Lucky Yates as the obnoxiously funny Foolio, the puppet pieces in this late night adventure are for adults only.

 

Halloween Bash!

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Who doesn't love a little suspense? We know we do, and all of the good horror movies are full of it so stay tuned for more details on this spooky celebration. It's gonna be a Devil's Night knock-out!

 

New Year's Eve Celebration!

Thursday, December 31, 2009

Join us for our wildest improv show of 2009, including the infamous 'Pants/No Pants' game that happens only twice a year. Tickets for this two-hour show include a champagne toast to ring in the New Year and endless possibilities. Hey - we said it was wild. Who else could give you laughs, drinks, and mischievous uncertainty all in one night?

 

BaconFest ‘10

Saturday, March 27, 2010

BaconFest is Dad's Garage's big annual fundraiser, but you can be sure there won't be any black ties or ball gowns here, just a whole bunch of bacon...and fun! In fact, we'll be cooking up a whole bunch of festivities - including bodacious bands, greasy games, porky prizes, a succulent silent auction, and of course - an awesome improv show. So come out, show your support, and help Dad's Garage bring home the bacon while you eat it!

 

Casino Nights

Dates TBA

Our Casino Nights have been such a sinful smash hit, that we're bringing them back not 1, but 3 times this season! We'll be turning our Top Shelf space into a swanky Sin City-style casino complete with poker tables, black jack, roulette and more! You'll mingle with the Dad's Garage improvisers, drink complimentary adult beverages, and eat tasty hors d'oeuvres; all while helping Dad's raise money (yep, it's a fundraiser) and competing for a chance to win fabulous prizes!

 

Improv Classes

Fall session begins October 3, 2009 - Winter session begins January 3, 2010
Spring session begins March 28, 2010 - Summer Session begins June 26, 2010
Price $230 per session - volunteer discounts are available
If you've ever wanted to learn how to improvise on stage, this is your chance! Dad's Garage Theatre is proud to offer a full class system taught by our own ensemble of professional, award-winning improvisers. Whether you're an aspiring improviser, you want to speak more confidently at work, or you're just looking for a new creative outlet - we've got the right track for you! Dad's Garage offers four class sessions, four times per year. Our in-house classes run on Saturday mornings as well as Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings. Each session runs for 8 weeks, one day per week, for 2 hours.

 

Private Workshops and Entertainment

Prices vary
Tired of trust falls and company karaoke night? Save your friends and coworkers from another "blah" event by hiring Dad's Garage for your next function! They'll be thanking you for months to come...maybe years...or possibly eons! Dad's Garage is a professional improvisational theatre that has been performing award-winning improv for over 10 years. Our improv ensemble has over 100 years of improvisation experience between them and can provide a variety of performance and training options that are sure to meet your group's needs. Dad's Garage can provide entertainment, instruct corporate workshops, teach private classes, and more. Whatever your need, Dad's Garage Improv is a fun, creative, and memorable experience that your group will never forget.

 

About Dad's Garage Theatre Company:
Founded in 1995, Dad's Garage Theatre Company has grown from a small volunteer led organization to a thriving mid-size theatre led by professional artistic and administrative staff that includes over 300 volunteers and performers. We now entertain more than 30,000 people each year at our two-theatre facility in Inman Park, public events across the state, and at improv festivals across the continent. In addition to outrageous original productions, Dad's Garage produces improv shows 52 weeks per year, educates young improvisers in a year-round high school outreach program, and facilitates onsite classes and workshops for the general public. Dad's Garage is committed to elevating the awareness of the arts in the Atlanta community through the production of original theatrical works, education, and the creative outlets found through improvisation.

The theatre includes a 120-seat Main Stage space and a 50-seat black box space (the Top Shelf).