By Jessica McKenna and Zach Reino
It takes years for a Broadway musical to hit the stage, but on OFF BOOK: The Improvised Musical, you get a brand new original musical every week! Each episode, Jessica McKenna, Zach Reino and a special guest create a new musical on the spot. Accompanied by Scott Passarella, King of Pianists, Pianist of Kings.
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2024-11-19 LIVE from Portland: The Penguins of the Phantom Club
2024-11-05 LIVE from Vancouver: The Hero of Marathon
2024-09-24 LIVE from The Lodge Room LA: The Names Of Our Family
2024-09-10 On Book: Three Short Bits
2024-08-27 Every Place I Cry: Four Bespoke Funeral Songs LIVE at Dynasty Typewriter
2024-08-13 LIVE from Dublin: Phew!
2024-07-30 LIVE from London: Take Me To There : The Story Of The Tunnel!
2024-07-23 On Book: Two Song Swap
2024-07-16 LIVE from Vienna: Are You There God? It's me, Goo
2024-07-02 LIVE from the Bourbon Room: Mountain Do In Your Room
2024-06-18 LIVE from Amsterdam Bar & Hall (Saint Paul): 15, 30, 40, Love
2024-06-14 On Book: Want Song Part 2 (Wont Song)
2024-06-04 LIVE from The Den Theater (Chicago): Electric Feels
2024-05-21 LIVE from City Winery (Atlanta): Cinderella Name Game
2024-05-07 LIVE AGAIN from Sea Tea Improv (Hartford): A Partial Architect
2024-04-23 LIVE from Sea Tea Improv (Hartford): Good Kid, Good Dad.
2024-04-09 LIVE from The Bell House (Brooklyn): Flow Of The Rings: A Volcano Story
2024-04-02 ON BOOK: More Opening and the "Want Song"
2024-03-26 LIVE from the Miracle Theatre (DC): Prospecting for Problems
2024-03-12 LIVE from World Cafe Live (Philly): Tryin'!
2024-02-13 LIVE from SF Sketchfest: Infinity Time, Infinity Wine
2023-12-19 A Good 'Ol Mountain Christmas (with Paul F. Tompkins and Nicole Parker)
2023-12-13 ON BOOK: The Opening
2023-10-31 LIVE from the Bourbon Room: Doctor Camp
2023-10-24 LIVE from Mississippi Studios: 2005
2023-10-17 LIVE from the Crocodile: Music for Roo!
2023-09-26 ON BOOK: The Narrowing
2023-09-12 ON BOOK: The Gathering Brainstorm
2023-08-22 ON BOOK: Journey to the Center of the Word Cloud (episodes 201-300)
2023-08-01 ON BOOK: Dinner and Drinks (episodes 101-200)
2023-07-25 ON BOOK: The Scripted Musical Process (episodes 1-100)
2023-07-18 Live from Dynasty Typewriter (w/ Taran Killam)
2023-07-18 Stranger Sings (w/ Briga Heelan)
2023-07-18 Bring Your Dad to Work Day and the Place That You Work Is A School (w/ David Wain)
2023-07-18 Zigging Through Time (w/ Ross Bryant)
2023-07-18 Odycheese (w/ Griffin Newman)
2023-07-18 Picket Line Pals (w/ The Doughboys: Mike Mitchell & Nick Wiger)
2023-07-18 Russian Into Love: Live! From SF Sketchfest (w/ John Michael Higgins, Arden Myrin)
2023-07-18 Love, Actually Is Really Complicated (w/ Eliza Skinner)
2023-07-18 All’s Wellford That Ends Willy (w/ Matt Gourley)
2023-07-18 Make Space For Family (w/ Tawny Newsome)
2023-07-18 X-Moms: Days of Mother’s Moms (w/ Zeke Nicholson)
2023-07-18 Pump the Stakes (w/ Jon Gabrus)
2023-07-18 Mother Take The Wheel (w/ Mary Elizabeth Ellis)
2023-07-18 Turkey Run (w/ Colton Dunn)
2023-07-18 Touched By A Gabriel (w/ Ashley Ward)
2023-07-18 2024: Live from LA Podfest (w/ Carl Tart, Madeline Walter)
2023-07-18 Front Page Boos (w/ Lennon Parham)
2023-07-18 Arms Race (w/ Mo Collins)
2023-07-18 Straight to Bradway (w/ Rory O'Malley)
2023-07-18 Shift Your North: LIVE! (w/ Griffin Newman, Michael Cruz Kayne)
2023-06-06 Shrugging Jeopardy! (with Paul F. Tompkins)
2023-05-30 Murder on the Picturesque Express (w/ Scott Aukerman)
2023-05-30 Clueless: A Paints McSpectrum Mystery (with Scott Aukerman)
2023-05-23 Fitzminamin Reunionamin (with Mary Holland)
2023-05-16 Oregon Trail Summer (with Mary Sohn and Zeke Nicholson)
2023-05-03 Scabby the Rat (With Mary Lou and Philip Labes)
2023-04-25 Not That Kind of Story (With Rachel Bloom)
2023-04-18 White Lotus Season 3 (With Matt Rogers)
2023-04-11 Skunks in the Portal (With Rashawn Scott)
2023-03-31 Announcement Time (An Update on the Future of Off Book)
2023-03-23 Into the Thick of It (with the FamBand)
2023-03-14 Every Place I Cry LIVE @ Permanent Records
2023-03-07 The Podcast about a Ride about a TV Show about YOU (with Tony Rodriguez)
2023-02-28 Opening Credits Cast Lip Sync (with the FamBand)
2023-02-21 A Dream Deferred: Sorry Not Sorry - Part Two Disk Deux (with Vic Michaelis)
2023-02-14 Small Horse, Superbowl, Sandstorm (w/ the Famband)
2023-02-07 Game Night! (with Laser the Boy)
2023-01-31 Magic Horse! (With the FamBand and Zach Marsh)
2023-01-24 LIVE at SF Sketchfest 2023 Spider-Man Enter the Witchaverse
2023-01-17 All Black Everything (with Ross Bryant)
2023-01-10 Play it Forward! (with Zach and Jess)
2022-12-27 LIVE at the Bourbon Room Los Angeles
2022-12-20 Teen Christmas! (with Paul F. Tompkins and Nicole Parker)
2022-12-13 A Very Wolves of Glendale Hanukkah! (with Wolves of Glendale)
2022-11-15 And Then There Were Four (with 2/3 of the FamBand)
2022-11-08 Wine from the Hospital Floor (with Addie Weyrich)
2022-11-01 Suzuki Q Cord Enters the Chat (with the FamBand)
2022-10-25 This Book Only Happens When You Read It (with Rashawn Scott)
2022-10-18 Cornman (with the FamBand)
2022-10-11 Highland Games and Names (with Edgar Blackmon)
2022-10-04 Come On, Come On, Be Friends with My Mom (with The FamBand)
2022-09-27 Kisses To My Critics (with Tim Murray)
2022-09-20 PMS: Perpetual Mischief Season (With Gilli Nissim)
2022-09-13 Enter the Tortoise (with the Famband)
2022-09-06 Staples: We Got That! (With Beth Appel)
2022-08-30 Shrimp Priest (Famband with Wolves of Glendale)
2022-08-16 Frozen in Time Lake (With Wolves of Glendale)
2022-08-09 More Sports (With Niccole Thurman)
2022-08-02 Fear the Ocean (With Mary Lou)
2022-07-26 A Muse Bouche (With Zach and Jess)
2022-07-19 The Mayor of Owl City (With the FamBand)
2022-07-12 Freaks Off a Leash (With Zach and Jess)
2022-07-05 The Los Angeles Minions (With the FamBand)
2022-06-28 Snow Party (Three Couples, A Power Outage, and Snow)
2022-06-07 LIVE at the Bourbon Room for Netflix is a Joke
2022-05-31 Emo Knights (With Philip Labes)
2022-05-24 Every Place I Cry LIVE @ The Elysian!
2022-05-17 The Village (With Tim Sniffen)
2022-05-10 LIVE at Dynasty Typewriter with Drew Tarver and Carl Tart!
2022-05-03 12345678BYE (With the FamBand)
2022-04-26 Hair: Nice, Teeth: White, Skin: Clear! (With Lisa Gilroy)
2022-04-19 Intermission! (With Alice Stanley Jr.)
2022-04-12 Sponsored by Nibblers (With the Famband)
2022-04-05 Cowminal House (With Brendan Dowling)
2022-03-29 A Single Pull-Up To Save the President (With Peter Banifaz)
2022-03-22 The Mix CD of Me (With the FamBand)
2022-03-15 Wanda's Dad (With Lily Sullivan)
2022-03-08 LIVE at Good Good Comedy in Philadelphia
2022-03-01 Every Place I Cry 2nd Encore (With Ross Bryant and Nick Mandernach)
2022-02-22 The Off Book Pilot! (With D'Arcy Carden)
2022-02-15 Jessica's Called Shot (With the FamBand)
2022-02-01 High Tea (with the FamBand)
2022-01-18 Fueled by Retrograde (With the FamBand)
2022-01-11 Well Well Well, Look at These Eggs (With Zach and Jess)
2022-01-04 Marvel Sing-ematic Universe (Part 6): Team Baby Rattlesnake!
2021-12-28 Brett Doesn't Know Rent (With the FamBand)
2021-12-21 A Christmas Duet (With Paul F. Tompkins and Nicole Parker)
2021-12-17 "A" Country Bear Jamboree (With Podcast The Ride)
2021-12-14 They Died on Space Mountain! (With Ben Schwartz)
2021-12-07 Marvel Sing-ematic Universe (Part 5): A New IP!
2021-11-30 Breadtime: Who Will Survive? (With Rachel Bloom)
2021-11-23 Mariah, Who Are Ya? (With Matt Rogers)
2021-11-16 Trench Wizard (With the FamBand)
2021-11-09 Soap Opera! (With Kelly Marie Tran)
2021-11-02 Marvel Sing-ematic Universe (Part 4): Crack, Crack, Boom!
2021-10-26 The Other Scottish Play (With Katy Berry)
2021-10-19 Welcome to the Bread Show (With the FamBand)
2021-10-12 Crypts and More! (With Dan Lippert)
2021-10-05 Marvel Sing-ematic Universe (Part 3): When the Duck?
2021-09-28 Minerals and Plants Only (With Zeke Nicholson)
2021-09-21 Describe! Describe! (With the FamBand)
2021-09-14 Best Guest at the Wedding (With Sarah Claspell)
2021-09-07 Marvel Sing-ematic Universe (Part 2): Clark and the Stargazer
2021-09-01 Reborn In The Fire: Live at Nerdmelt (w/ Rachel Bloom)
2021-08-24 Our Job is a Horse (With the FamBand)
2021-08-17 Goo4Brainz (With the FamBand)
2021-08-10 Moms, Bombs, and Dante's Gone! (With Laci Mosley)
2021-08-03 Marvel Sing-ematic Universe (Part 1): Big Metal Snakes
2021-07-27 Party Bus: In Space! (With Tim Murray)
2021-07-20 Wait...THAT'S in My Quilt!? (With the FamBand)
2021-07-13 Non-Stop Socks! (With Lilan Bowden)
2021-07-06 Time Fountain: Fountain of Time! Chapter 6 (Finale)
2021-06-29 Stable George (with Ross Bryant)
2021-06-22 Play Us a Song, You're the Random Piano Lady (With Jackie Johnson)
2021-06-15 We're In The Same Room! (With the FamBand)
2021-06-08 Sleepover and Over and Over Again (With the Doughboys)
2021-06-01 Time Fountain: Fountain of Time! Chapter 5
2021-05-25 You Might be a Portal (With Matt Apodaca)
2021-05-18 Adults Don't Know (With the FamBand)
2021-05-11 Golf! Except When Animals Do It (With Tawny Newsome)
2021-05-04 Time Fountain: Fountain of Time! Chapter 4
2021-04-27 Can I Compare You to A Cheese? (With Sherry Cola)
2021-04-20 Scott Doesn't Know Shapes (With the FamBand)
2021-04-13 Get Haim to the Greek (With Shaun Diston)
2021-04-06 Time Fountain: Fountain of Time! Chapter 3
2021-03-30 Sax Life (With Phil Augusta Jackson)
2021-03-23 Twins in the Mist (With Lily Sullivan)
2021-03-16 Crystal Corner (With the FamBand)
2021-03-09 Bad Robot! (With Rory O'Malley)
2021-03-02 Time Fountain: Fountain of Time! Chapter 2.
2021-02-23 Anything Goes: In Montana! (with Demi Adejuyigbe)
2021-02-18 Leaving Your Heart On The Field (w/ Betsy Sodaro)
2021-02-16 Hot Australian Circus (Grab Bag)
2021-02-11 Curses Curses Curses! (w/ Jamie Denbo)
2021-02-09 My Best Friend's Breading with Paul F. Tompkins
2021-02-02 Time Fountain: Fountains of Time! Chapter 1
2021-01-26 Big Announcement. Small Tiki Chain.
2021-01-05 Basketball Courting The Musical with Sam Martin
2020-12-29 Soul Trip the Musical with Mary Sohn
2020-12-22 Visions of Sugar Plums Danced in Their Radioheads with Paul F. Tompkins and Nicole Parker
2020-12-15 A Very Accurate Hanukkah: 8 Crazy Brothers with Rachel Bloom
2020-12-08 Out Of Ideas? with Will Hines
2020-12-01 Trashassic Trash (with Nick Mandernach)
2020-11-24 Crossover in New York (w/ Greg Smith)
2020-11-17 The Pawn Three Dimensional Gambit with Ashely Ward
2020-11-10 Romance With A Twist!
2020-11-03 Juice or Lies with Chris Grace
2020-10-27 Bones, Whales, and Candy! with Mark McConville
2020-10-20 Home Is Where the Farmland Is with John Gemberling
2020-10-13 A Bug's Wife..Will Eat His Head with Zach and Jess!
2020-10-06 Sleepy Bear Do Care with Mary Holland
2020-09-29 TV: Thinking Verily with Ross Bryant
2020-09-22 The Great Escape Room with Zach and Jess!
2020-09-15 The Hunt for Ted October with Zach and Jess
2020-09-08 One, Two, Tree with Eliza Skinner
2020-09-01 Trickster University with Jess + Zach
2020-08-25 Documentary Wow! with Zach and Jess
2020-08-18 Chatting in the Chat with June Diane Raphael
2020-08-12 Clear Eyes, Full Hearts with Arden Myrin
2020-08-04 Couples at Their Core with Zach and Jess
2020-07-28 LIVE from Chicago PodFest Part 1
2020-07-21 Arcade Fire the Musical! with Zeke Nicholson
2020-07-14 Mug Half Empty with John Hartman
2020-07-07 Not Trivial Pursuits with Jess and Zach
2020-06-30 Naturally Orchestrated with Jess and Zach
2020-06-26 OFF BOOK Presents: The Neighborhood Listen!
2020-06-23 The Best Guy for the Best Buy with Zach and Jess
2020-06-16 The Gift from B4 with Zach and Jess
2020-06-10 A "Classic" Episode! with Jess McKenna + Zach Reino
2020-06-03 Undercovers with Off Book + Tawny Newsome!
2020-05-26 Undercovers with Off Book, Seth Morris + Dannah Phirman!
2020-05-19 OFF BOOK Live! From the REACH Festival at the Kennedy Center
2020-05-12 OFF BOOK Live!: The 6th Annual Trill Comedy Fest
2020-05-05 Undercovers with Off Book + Podcast: The Ride!
2020-04-28 Bachelor Quest! with The 2 Johnnies
2020-04-21 Undercovers with Off Book, Lauren Lapkus and Erin Whitehead!
2020-04-14 Undercovers with Off Book, Nicole Parker and the Family Band!
2020-04-07 Father Bod, Bird Feeders, and Ladies In The Chat
2020-03-31 Undercovers with Off Book and the Family Band
2020-03-24 Some Kind of Hero The Musical: Live from Seattle
2020-03-17 Jackie Johnson in Heaven Is A Drop of Jupiter: The Musical
2020-03-10 Jason Mantzoukas in Off Book: Undercover
2020-03-03 Live from Vancouver with Mike Mitchell and Nick Wiger of The Doughboys
2020-02-25 Laser Malena-Webber in Dungeons and Datings: The Musical
2020-02-18 Jiavani Linayao in Shuffle Off To Buffalo: The Musical
2020-02-11 Carl Tart in Deep Thought Quest: The Musical
2020-02-04 Vicky Vox in Husky Hullabaloo: The Musical
2020-01-28 Scott Aukerman in In The Name of Love The Musical: Logan Actually
2020-01-21 Laci Mosley in Are You Aware?: The Musical
2020-01-14 Sara Caplan in The Puppet Formerly Known As Prince: The Musical
2020-01-07 Jackie Tohn in The Private School Bus: The Musical
2019-12-31 Live from the Chicago Podcast Festival with Nathan Jansen
2019-12-24 Paul F. Tompkins in Tales from a Cozy Cabin: The Musical
2019-12-17 Paul F. Tompkins and Nicole Parker in Flamingle All The Way: The Musical
2019-12-12 Paul F. Tompkins in A Happy Paul F. Days Bonus!
2019-12-10 Robin Lord Taylor in Cincinnati: The Musical
2019-12-03 Paul F. Tompkins in We Forgot About Helium: The Musical
2019-11-26 Jimmy Pardo and Eliot Hochberg in Four People Who Decided To Eat Food: The Musical
2019-11-19 Zeke Nicholson in Destiny TBD: The Musical
2019-11-12 Mermaid (Candace Quarrels and Brittany Campbell) in Chicago Is Nice: The Musical
2019-11-05 Matt Jones in HomeHeart Makeover Edition: The Musical
2019-10-22 Oscar Montoya in Lord of the Stops: Fellowship of the Pots
2019-10-15 Paul Sabourin in Barn of Darkness: The Musical
2019-10-08 Erin Whitehead in Skating Unlimited: The Musical
2019-09-24 Matt Rogers in A Gay Rock: The Musical
2019-09-17 Carl Tart in Billionaires and Future Children: The Musical
2019-08-27 Ben Siemon in Avengers Infinity Monopoly Company War: The Musical
2019-08-20 The Cooties in Keeping Pace with Pace: The Musical
2019-08-13 Ross Bryant + Nick Mandernach in Every Place I Cry Returns
2019-08-06 Lilan Bowden in Lanessa Shredder Professional Sledder: The Musical
2019-07-30 Chris Redd in 7th Eleven Heaventh: The Musical
2019-07-23 Colleen Ballinger in High School Musicals: The Musical
2019-07-16 Mary Hollis Inboden in Manners Etiquette Adventure: The Musical
2019-07-09 Heather Anne Campbell and Nick Wiger in The Cat 5 & The Bad Boys: The Musical
2019-07-02 The Magic Tavern in Wet Fly Story: The Musical
2019-06-25 Eliot Glazer in Love Island: Normal Edition
2019-06-18 James Adomian in What’s The Tea? The Musical
2019-06-04 Lucas Hazlett in Mirage a Trois
2019-05-28 Demi Adejuyigbe and Miel Bredouw in Knights of the Wow Table: The Musical
2019-05-21 Briga Heelan in Air Supply: The Musical Live from Dynasty Typewriter
2019-05-14 Joel Kim Booster in Summer Stock: The Musical
2019-05-07 Jamie Denbo in Your Future Bride
2019-04-23 Alice Wetterlund in Jazz Is All About The Love You Don’t Play
2019-04-16 Jon Gabrus + Betsy Sodaro in Off Bell
2019-04-09 Paul Scheer in My Acquaintance
2019-04-02 Taylor Ortega in Hang On, Collider
2019-03-26 Gary Anthony Williams in "What's Going On in Wisconsin?"
2019-03-19 Douglas Widick in Tacoma Valley
2019-03-12 Sasheer Zamata in What's in Thrift Store?
2019-03-05 Rebekka Johnson in No Art in Berlin
2019-02-26 85. Andy Daly in Everything is Prozactly What I Need
2019-02-19 Felicia Day and Colton Dunn in The Little Mermaid & Bryce Dallas Howard
2019-02-12 Janet Varney + Steve Berg in Night at the Natural History Museum
2019-02-05 Luke Null in "What's in a Name?"
2019-01-29 Seán Cullen Live! from SF Sketchfest
2019-01-22 Mark McConville in Candy Crushin' It
2019-01-15 Rachel Bloom Live from Vulture Fest LA
2019-01-08 Ross Bryant + Nick Mandernach in Every Place I Cry
2019-01-01 Mary Holland Live from The Independent
2018-12-25 Live From the Dallas Comedy House (Late Show!)
2018-12-19 Paul F. Tompkins + Nicole Parker in A Cup of Christmas
2018-12-11 Matt Rogers in Actually, Love
2018-12-04 D'Arcy Carden in The Dr. & The Beast
2018-11-27 Jeff Hiller in A Seastar Is Born Live from Murmrr
2018-11-20 Flula Borg in Throwing The Robot Planet For A Loop
2018-11-13 Alison Becker in The 1st Annual Orlando County Airport Bee
2018-11-06 Travis McElroy in "Book of Horses"
2018-10-30 Monster Kids (w/ Lou Wilson)
2018-10-23 A Meeting with Destiny (w/ Ross Bryant)
2018-10-16 Live! from the Curious Comedy Theatre in Portland
2018-10-09 Wild By Cheryl Strayed (w/ Jackie Johnson)
2018-10-02 Law & Order: Restaurant Unit (w/ Scott Aukerman, Paul F. Tompkins, Lauren Lapkus)
2018-09-25 Limitless Visionless Vision Quest (w/ Lauren Adams)
2018-09-11 Do Trust The "D" in Destiny (w/ Sean Clements, Hayes Davenport)
2018-09-04 No One Wants To Hear About Your Dreams (w/ Erin Gibson)
2018-08-28 Men In Black 4 (w/ Tawny Newsome)
2018-08-21 Behind Sondheim (w/ Guy Branum)
2018-08-14 Ono! Trial Separation (w/ Kyle Dunnigan)
2018-08-07 Live from JFL (w/ Baron Vaughn
2018-07-31 The Kids Are At Night (w/ Mary Sohn)
2018-07-24 Property Yeti Brothers (w/ Jean Villepique)
2018-07-17 Thank God Superstar (w/ Bryan Safi)
2018-07-10 The Final Off Book (w/ Very Special Guests!)
2018-07-03 Musical Revolution the Musical (Revolution) w/ Jess & Zach
2018-06-26 Legally Can We "Let It Go"? (w/ Las Culturistas)
2018-06-19 Boom Boom Here Comes Hollywood (w/ Eugene Cordero)
2018-06-12 I Spy My Special Guy Live! from Clusterfest (w/ Chris Redd
2018-06-05 The South Will Write Again (w/ Hillary Anne Matthews)
2018-05-29 Princess LiveJournals (w/ Mano Agapion)
2018-05-22 Forecast: Puberty Live! At the Dynasty Typewriter (w/ Nicole Byer, John Gemberling)
2018-05-15 Goatbusters (w/ Carl Tart)
2018-05-08 What's In Grocery Store? (w/ Chris Grace
2018-04-24 Barely, Indiana (w/ Hello From The Magic Tavern)
2018-04-17 Arctic March Madness (w/ Alison Rich)
2018-04-10 A Balloon in Paris (w/ Gilli Nissim)
2018-04-03 Monster’s Bubble Ball (w/ John Hartman)
2018-03-27 Hungry LOST Survivor Games (w/ Beth Appel)
2018-03-20 Shawshank Wedemption (w/ Demi Adejuyigbe)
2017-12-26 Don’t Ghost This Date (w/ Jon Cozart)
2017-12-19 O Little Town Of Doggywood (w/ Paul F. Tompkins, Nicole Parker)
2017-11-27 When You're Here, You're a Machine (w/ Corrine Fisher, Krystyna Hutchinson)
2017-10-10 Attorney At Love (w/ Nicole Parker)
2017-10-03 Electric Daisy Jamboree (w/ Matt Besser)
2017-09-19 Always Sad, Always Happy (w/ Will Hines)
2017-09-12 All Of Our Business (w/ Erin Whitehead)
2017-09-05 Everything Is Nature (w/ Mike Still)
2017-08-29 Run to you Bride (w/ Fran Gillespie)
2017-08-22 Wolf/Tuck: LIVE! (w/ D’Arcy Carden, Paul Scheer)
2017-08-01 Pillaging For Your Dreams (w/ Drew Tarver)
2017-07-25 Sham Wowowow (w/ Mary Holland)
2017-07-25 Shrugging Destiny (w/ Paul F. Tompkins)
2017-07-17 OFF BOOK: The Improvised Musical Teaser!
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