Off Book: The Improvised Musical

Zach and Jess kick-off this week's ep by serenading Brett and Scott with You Say, discussing their progress NOT telling their spouses about improv scenes, and reporting the bodily effects of waiting for election results. THEN, they present the smash hit improvised musical: Romance With A Twist! With show-stopping numbers like “My Mom My Mom My Mom Works At A Bar,” “Swirly Swirly Swirly In The Sky,” and “I Knew Your Name Before Today But I Asked You Anyway.”

Excuse me alright, this week Zach and Jess (and Scott and Brett!) welcome their super guest from Superstore, Chris Grace! Enjoy their smash hit improvised musical, Juice or Lies with toe-tappin' ditties like "When Will They Realize the Real Lies?" "I Already Knew This One" "Toyotathon and Reubens Made of Challah" "Let's Go Dance Remix" and everyone's favorite showstopper "Number Three is Iceberg Lettuce."

All treat and no trick Mark McConville (Superego, Mascots) joins Jess, Zach, and the Off Book fam for a musical filled with orca whales, skeletons, candy stores, and more! With songs like “Have You Heard What They’re Doing On The Land? (Everyone Is A Skeleton),” “No Bones About It Now We’re All Hot,” and “It’s Not Cool to Be Mean, That’s Not Really Part of the Skeleton Scene,” it’s a ghoulish good time just in time for Halloween!

Comedy treat John Gemberling joins Jess, Zach, and the Off Book fam for a musical filled with pool sharks, a family of farmers, wormholes, and more! Join their journey from farmland to little town with songs like “Sharks In the Pool Hall,” “You’ll Never Know What You Miss Until It’s Gone,” and “My Date with David (He Slept In a Coffin).”

This week on OFF BOOK, the Off Book fam bring you a spoopy DIY inspired musical filled with spider realtors, chirp chirping, and cool teens! With songs like “How Dare You Come Into My House,” “I Got Hangxiety (A Hangover + Anxiety),” and “I Can’t Wait For My Wife To Eat Me,” this episode will cure your hangxiety!

Hibernating bears, ghosts, and more are on this week’s musical with Jess, Zach, and Off Book MVP Mary Holland! Join the bear shenanigans with songs like “There’s Still Snow On the Ground and I’m Awake,” “There Are Probably Ghosts In the Snow,” and “We Do It Most Because We Are Ghosts.”

It's a collegiate + must-see-TV musical this week with Jess, Zach and bff of the show, Ross Bryant! With songs like "Ancient Egypt Through the Lense of COACH", "This Sounds Like the After Party" and "The Shadow Symposium", you'll want to write your term paper on this episode STAT. 

This week on OFF BOOK, we got everyone in the Zoom room talking about secret codes from coast-to-coast and leading us into an all-new escape room-y musical! With songs like "What If You Never Escape", "Ya Ya Ya" and "What If It Goes Right?" you definitely won't want to escape this ep!

This week on OFF BOOK, Zach, Jess, and the Off Book fam sets sail in a brand new musical packed with submarines, friendship bracelets, a Hollywood Kraken and more! With songs like “In This Club Where We Appreciate Subs,” “If You’re Here, You’re On Our Pier,” and “Snacking with the Kraken” this episode is a rip-roaring sea adventure you don’t wanna miss!

Jess and Zach and special guest Eliza Skinner create a new musical all over the internets about Ken Burns and trees and love! With songs like "No More Ads", "Believe What You Know About Trees" and "Who Documents the Documentarian?", this episode might make you leak out of your eyes, but in a good way!

This week on OFF BOOK, it's the usual suspects in a brand new tricky musical packed with clowning, gaslighting and more! With songs like "Get to the Root of It", "Major in Robin Hood" and "Too Much For Us To Bear Fruits", this episode will certainly not deceive you.

This week on OFF BOOK, we got Jess and Zach and the good ol' fam band putting the "me" in documentary with the brand new musical Documentary Wow! With songs like "What About Me?", "She Sounds Mean (But I Know What She Means)" and "Tier 2 Friends", you won't want to change anything about this ep!

June Diane Raphael joins the OFF BOOK fam this week for an absolutely packed "Undercovers" / mini muiscal episode with carrot facts, chatting in the chat and serving sizes and more. With songs like "A Zing", "Be With Me Sweet Thing" and "Isaac Netwon's Laws" you'll want all the servings of this ep! 

Arden Myrin (Insatiable and "Will You Accept This Rose?" the podcast!) is back for a brand new hockey musical that would surely win regionals if musicals were a sport. Will they "Leave It All On The Ice"? Will it feel like a "New Day, New Dawn"? And what happens to Coach Puddle?! Tune in to find out!

It's the full family band this week doing a brand new musical packed couple's therapy, plasma and Garfield meets Watchmen energy! With songs like "Please Don't Ask Me To Explain", "It's Just Us", and "Who Watches the Garfield?", this episode will really cut to the core. 

Jess and Zach are live with the first of two shows from Chicago PodFest with “Education Reform: The Musical”!

This week on OFF BOOK, friend of the show, Zeke Nicholson joins Jess and Zach and the full family band for a brand new international arcade combat musical! With songs like "Tetris Is All Around Us", "Will I Stack Up?" and "A Sad Book", this is definitely the gaming musical of your dreams!

This week on OFF BOOK version 3.75, we got a guest! John Hartman joins Zach, Jess, Scott, Brett and Dana (on one song!) for MUG HALF EMPTY, the musical! With songs like "Fashion Mugs", "Screw Your Aunt" and "Can't Spell Mug Without U", this episode will be your new hot accessory for the season. 

This week on OFF BOOK, we got a brand new trivia musical that will make you feel like a winner! With songs like "Pac Picante", "What? What? Has A Butt" and "Victory Is Up For Grabs", you'll be feeling victorious in no time. 

This week on OFF BOOK, we have a Peter and the Wolf themed musical for your ears! With songs like "Hangin' Out in The Woods", "If You Got Feathers", and "You Know I Love A Shiny Boy", you'll be following that diddle diddle doo in no time.