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Thanks for making our benefit for the Anti-Defamation League a sell-out! If you missed out on tickets but still want to support the ADL, please give.
There are still lots of opportunities to see the WorkJuice Players and friends this fall.
OnFriday, Oct 6, at the Bell House in Brooklyn, it’s the Variety Show celebrating Acker & Blacker’s second STAR WARS book! Featuring Jonathan Coulton, Jean Grae, Paul & Storm, Hal Lublin, Mark Gagliardi, and lots more NY pals. TICKETS
Star Wars: Escape from Vodran is released Oct 3. Acker & Blacker also have a short story about the stormtrooper who bumps his head in the Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View 40th anniversary collection.
Ben Blacker and musical director Jordan Katz helped produce this benefit for Muzack, which helps gets instruments into the hands of kids who need them, on Saturday, Oct 7. The show features Paul F. Tompkins, Ted Leo, Aimee Mann, Natalie Morales, Thomas Lennon, Patton Oswalt, Angelo Moore (of Fishbone), John Wicks (of the Records), Clemmie Williams, Dan Wilson, Tony Thaxton, Zach Sherwin, Billy Bragg, and lots more. It’s an all day carnival. TICKETS & INFO HERE
Sunday, Oct 8, Hal Lublin and Mark Gagliardi and special guests bring their hit podcast “We Got This” live to New York Comic-Con. Acker, Hal, Mark, and lots of WorkJuice Players and pals will be at NYCC all weekend, so check their Twitters for appearances. TICKETS FOR “WE GOT THIS”
Saturday, Nov 12, at Largo, LA, is another Dead Pilots Society, the live show and podcast produced by Ben Blacker and frequently featuring WJ Players and Friends. The Nov 12 show stars Patton Oswalt and David Koechner in scripts by Rob Schrab (co-creator, The Sarah Silverman Program) and Adam McKay (Anchorman; The Big Short) & Chris Henchy (The Campaign).TICKETS HERE
We’ll be sure to keep you updated on as many of the WJ Players and pals’ goings-on as we can. In the meantime, thanks so much for your continued support and interest.
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New ep!
The Thrilling Adventure Hour #234: Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars, “Still Alive”
StarringMarc Evan Jackson as Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars and Mark Gagliardi as Croach the Tracker. Also starring Hal Lublin as the folksy narrator; Paul F. Tompkins as the Gelato Stand; Jonathan Coulton and Paul & Storm as The Jonathan Coultons; Hal LublinandAnnie Savage as androids; Paul F. Tompkins as Paul’s Character and Paul’s Other Character; and Autumn Reeser as Virginia West.
Music by Jordan Katz and the Elements of Style. Sparks theme by Eban Schletter.
Written and produced by Ben Acker & Ben Blacker.
Recorded November 16, 2016 at the Bell House in Brooklyn, NY.
Tickets are on sale NOW for the FINAL THRILLING ADVENTURE HOUR show for many years. It’s at the Theatre at the Ace Hotel in Los Angeles on December 17, 2016.
Follow The Thrilling Adventure Hour and its creators, Ben BlackerandBen Acker, on Twitter!
Bell House photos: Mindy Tucker
Largo gif: Liezl Estipona
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Throwback to March 2014. Acker & Blacker’s break of what would become “Straight on til Mourning” (performed first in December 2015 at Largo and again January 2016 at SF Sketchfest).
We referred to “Corey Slightly Sr” as “Offerman” because we initially wrote it for Nick to play (also with the idea that Megan Mullally would play the Poppins). Marc McConville and Joshua Malina played Slightly at Largo and SFSF (respectively) and Busy Philipps played the Poppins both times. All were brilliant, as always happens. We write something with an actor in mind and then someone comes in and shows us how it ought to be played.
This episode had a pretty long gestation. Acker had the idea of a Poppins monster not too long after the Pan episode, but we never quite got to the story for one reason or another. Then, when we finally broke the story, we knew we wanted Paul & Storm to write the songs; it was over a year before we could make that happen. We’re glad we waited. It’s one of our favorite episodes.
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