Matt Stanton is a founder and former Artistic Director of Dad's Garage Theatre. Before receiving his BA in Theater from Florida State University, Matt was a director of the collegiate comedy group Whammo Players. This became the award-winning Dad's Garage, where Matt has performed in and directed hundreds of improv shows such as TheaterSports, Scandal!, Micetro, Long Johns, BRAWL, Gorilla, Captured!, and Road Trip. Mr. Stanton has also appeared at Dad's Garage in Griefers, Psycho Beach Party, The Lights, subUrbia, O Happy Day!, Cannibal! the Musical, and The Homage that Follows.  His writing credits at Dad's include the sketch comedy show Free Parking and adapting the film Cannibal! the Musical for the stage.

Matt is a member of the long-form improvisation group The Doug Dank Project, which received the critic's choice award for Best Improv Group 2008 from Creative Loafing. In the metro Atlanta theater scene, Matt has played in The Cripple of Inishmaan (Theater Gael), Stakeout at Godot's (7 Stages), Henry IV Pt.1, The Miser, Measure for Measure (GA Shakespeare Fest), A Christmas Carol (Alliance Theater), As I Lay Dying (Haverty Marionettes), Bremen Freedom, screwmachine, Finer Noble Gases, The Festival, Macbeth, The Frog Queen, God of Hell (Push Push). In cinema, Matt has appeared in The Hawk is Dying, Warm Springs, and in The Signal, a full-length feature originating from Push Push film workshops. His performances (most likely the best) have been cut from the films Mr. 3000, Talladega Nights and Soul Men. On broadcast television he appeared in the Fox Network drama Dawson's Creek.  More recently, Matt has voiced characters for Cartoon Network animations, including Bigsby in Xtacles and D&D Wizard in Frisky Dingo.