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Dad's Garage
Dad's Garage
DAD’S GARAGE (Atlanta, GA) is a comedy improv theatre located in Atlanta, GA, where you can find scripted plays, improv classes, and Atlanta improv comedy every Thursday through 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.
Andy Coen
Perry Frost
Matt Horgan
ANDY COEN is someone you would consider a person. His comedy style is hard to put into words, but most would agree that he’s moderately funny. He began hanging around Dad’s in 2008, and they’ve had trouble getting rid of him since. He co-owns Automatic Improv, piloted shows for CNN, and currently works at Cartoon Network. Through touring comedy across the nation, he has honed several improv workshops and loves to teach creativity through collaboration. When he’s not picking fights on Facebook, Andy also writes and acts around town. Plus, he’s a super nice guy who will usually laugh at your jokes!
PERRY FROST performs with Dad’s Garage and is a founding member of the all-girl noir improv team Pussy Pearls: Private Eye. Voted “Tallest Female Cast Member” ever since Eve left. With zero theater training before taking Level 1 improv classes in 2008, Perry humbly defers all blame for her biggest onstage failures to the Dad’s Garage education system. The laughs are all her. Perry moonlights as a makeup artist, which means she takes longer than you to get ready and if you lick your thumb and rub it across her eyebrows, they disappear. Her niche for 3 years total has been performing in murder mysteries. The only thing that has died in the suburbs more than Perry is punk rock. Feather boas are her favorite fashion accessory, snake substitute, and choking hazard.
MATT HORGAN has been improvising since 1994, when he joined improv troupe We’re Not Your Mother Players while attending the University of South Carolina. Matt has been performing, teaching, directing, and writing at Dad’s Garage for over twenty years now. He has created and directed such popular Dad’s improv formats as Ask Dr. Frapples: Improv Psychiatry, Murder, She Improvised, Nite Skool, and Gritty Cop Drama, as well as the wildly unsuccessful Justal System. He has also written or co-written a number of shows for Dad’s, including Benjamin Franklin: American Gigolo, Z.O.N.K.E.R.S. – An 80’s Tit Comedy, Song of the Living Dead: A Zombie Musical, The Going Out of Business Show, Drove, and Chick & Boozy’s Christmas on Ice. He has also had the pleasure & honor of representing Dad’s Garage improv for two European Tours and at a host of tournaments & festivals all over the US and Canada. Matt has been on staff at Dad’s as an Associate Artistic Director since May of 2011. writes and acts around town. Plus, he’s a super nice guy who will usually laugh at your jokes!
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Festival Workshops
Dive into your own spontaneity with Sarasota Improv Festival Workshops! Our offerings allow you to learn from the experts with intimate trainings led by Festival artists from across the country and around the world. Featuring workshops in a wide range of improvisational styles and techniques, there is something for improvisers of all experience levels at the 2023 Sarasota Improv Fest. All workshops take place Saturday, July 22.
