Jon Carr wants to talk about the future of Dad’s Garage—and comedy in Atlanta

Posted By: How May I Help You NC on July 04, 2024

Comedy people tell the best stories. This is particularly true in Chicago, the city whose theaters, especially The Second City, have launched some of the greatest American comedians in history, from John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd to Steve Carell, Tina Fey, and Amy Poehler.

No one loved hearing stories about these legends more than Jon Carr, who arrived in Chicago in November 2020 as The Second City’s freshly minted executive producer. But Carr had been in the city only a few months when he began to notice how often the stories he heard there

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