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We got a little bit of press for our play The Computer Wore Flat-Soled Pumas in The AJC's weekly insert Access Atlanta. If you want to see the full color photograph taken by the lovely Linnea Frye, you'll need to either register, or use a bugmenot pass.

Otherwise here is the article reprinted in it's entirety and without permission.

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At Dad's Garage: 'The Computer Wore Flat-Soled Pumas'

By BRET LOVE
For accessAtlanta
Published on: 07/14/2005

IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO Dad's Garage, chances are you've seen Christian Danley. At 6-foot-4, with a linebacker's large frame, an endearingly goofy grin and a propensity for dropping F-bombs at random, the guy's hard to miss. Now he's starring in and directing "The Computer Wore Flat-Soled Pumas," an improvised coming-of-age story about a boy and his sentient computer, which is part of the theater's workshop series.

Your title reminds me of the old Disney film "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes." Were you inspired by the movie? It's more just for reference sake, to give people the feel of the story. The play is about played-out, cheesy archetypes, and that's why it's improvised. When you see these types of movies and you see a dorky kid go up to a popular girl, you know what's gonna happen — we don't have to write that scene. If the improvisers are comfortable with their characters, they can make up the dialogue every night, and as long as the story arc is interesting the audience should find the dialogue interesting.

The movie's tagline was, "A college sophomore crosses wires with a computer and electrifies the establishment." How do you hope the play will electrify the establishment? Mostly I just want people to have a good time. I've always been a fan of computers and geek technology — "War Games" has always been one of my favorite movies — so I thought why not have a coming-of-age story that takes place between a kid and a computer?

You played a robot in the sci-fi season of "Scandal!" You play the computer in this show, and your Web site is called Clunky Robot. What's up with the tech-love? I've always been a fan of technology, especially the stuff that's accessible to the consumer. What's even more interesting to me is this archaic technology that's outdated, and ClunkyRobot.com is all about math, science, my artwork and clunky technology that's not quite there yet.

• THE 411: $13. Today-July 23, 8 p.m. Dad's Garage, 280 Elizabeth St., Suite C-101, Inman Park. 404-523-3141. www.dadsgarage.com.