Dad's director departing in irreverent style

In "The B-Team," an inept group of terrorists tries to blow up Niagara Falls.

The offensive-to-all gagfest features characters with names like Abdul and Brian the Jew — plus explosions, Nintendo "cheat codes" and dancing virgins.

As Warner says goodbye to the theater she's run for four years, we asked her:

• What she'll miss about Atlanta: "The people. My friends and my colleagues here. This is really a unique arts community and I'm not just saying that. I grew up here, hanging out in Little Five Points. It's going to be a very big change for me. I think it's definitely time."

• Why she's going: "It's just time to graduate and move on. Dad's is incredibly successful doing this kind of work, and that's great. And for me personally to continue to grow as an artist, I've got to be able to do more than another zombie musical."

• The secret of Dad's success: "I think it's a combination of things. I think it's a really fun place to go. I think people do still want very much to go out, even in tough economic times. They're just very price-sensitive, and we fit well in those categories."

• The story behind "The B-Team": "It is a comedy about terrorism. It really does go after, I think, some of the things that truly scare us in the modern world; and in that way, it makes us laugh at them. These things that scare us are real. But if we can laugh at them somehow it takes a little bit of that power away from the fear. ...

"It's also a satire of the American dream. Because these guys come to America to destroy it and end up discovering freedom, individuality, love. All of those things that we are able to pursue here."