The Thrilling Adventure Hour is a staged show in the style of old-time radio performed by your favorite stars from the worlds of television, film, comedy, sketch, animation, and the stage. It is created and written by Ben Acker and Ben Blacker.
For more information, tickets to the live show, and pretty pictures, please visit ThrillingAdventureHour.com.
Starring Paul F. Tompkins and Paget Brewster as those married mediums Frank and Sadie Doyle. Also starring Hal Lublin as the Spooky Narrator; Marc Evan Jackson as the President; Crissy Guerero as the President's daughter; Mark Gagliardi as another president; Craig Cackowski as Agent Garvey; and Toby Huss as Buddy Holly.
Recorded in 2006
Written by Ben Acker & Ben Blacker
Directed by Toby Wilkins
Produced by Dave Gruber Allen
Engineered by Tommy Chan with assistance from Jillinda Palmer
Music produced and composed by Andy Paley. "Here's To Us" by Andy Paley & Acker & Blacker
Photo by Allen Amato.
This Thursday, May the 4th, you can download the entire video and/or audio of Acker & Blacker's Star Wars-themed Book Release and Benefit for Public Counsel! Featuring new sketches from Acker & Blacker, music from Jordan Katz & the Elements of Style, and starring "Weird" Al Yankovic, Matt Gourley, Busy Philipps, Janina Gavankar, and many more!
Get it at ThrillingAdventureHour.com
Proceeds from the downloads benefit Public Counsel, providing pro bono law services to LA's underrepresented communities.
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Written by Ben Acker & Ben Blacker Directed by Aaron Ginsburg Starring the WorkJuice Players: Paul F. Tompkins, Busy Philipps, Marc Evan Jackson, Annie Savage, Hal Lublin, Mark Gaglirdi, Joshua Malina, Craig Cackowski, Autumn Reeser, and Paget Brewster. Guest starring Timothy Omundson, Chris Tallman, and Open Mike Eagle. Music by Jordan Katz and the Elements of Style, featuring composer Jonathan Dinerstein. New songs: "End of the Line" by Ted Leo and "Lullaby of the Rails" by Rhett Miller.
Recorded at the Theatre at the Ace Hotel on December 17, 2016.
Starring Paul F. Tompkins and Paget Brewster as those married mediums Frank and Sadie Doyle. Also starring Hal Lublin as the Spooky Narrator; Annie Savage as a gorgon; Mark Gagliardi as Pterodactyl Jones; and Autumn Reeser as Bloody Mary.
Music by Jordan Katz & the Elements of Style, featuring Jonathan Dinerstein.
Written, produced, and directed by Ben Acker & Ben Blacker.
Music by Jordan Katz and the Elements of Style.
"Love Ain't No Billy Goat" written by Jonathan Coulton.
Recorded November 16, 2016 at the Bell House in Brooklyn, NY.
Starring Marc 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 Lublin and Annie 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.
Starring Autumn Reeser as Amelia Earhart. Also starring Annie Savage as Abby Adams; Timothy Omundson as Reichmuth; Craig Cackowski as Cosimo de'Medici; and Jim O'Heir, Rob Benedict, and Richard Speight, Jr. as artists.
Music by Andy Paley and the Andy Paley Orchestra, featuring Jonathan Dinerstein.
Directed by Aaron Ginsburg. Written and produced by Ben Acker & Ben Blacker.
Recorded November 8, 2014 at Largo at the Coronet in Los Angeles.
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. Tickets here: https://www.acehotel.com/calendar/losangeles/thrilling-adventure-hour-holiday-funaround
Starring Paul F. Tompkins and Paget Brewster as those married mediums Frank and Sadie Doyle. Also starring Craig Cackowski, Autumn Reeser, Busy Philipps, and Janet Varney as mannequins; and Hal Lublin as a mannequin hunter.
Music by Jordan Katz & the Elements of Style, featuring Jonathan Dinerstein.
Directed by Aaron Ginsburg. Written and produced by Ben Acker & Ben Blacker.
Recorded October 23, 2016 at Largo at the Coronet in Los Angeles.
PLUS: A bonus musical treat recorded at the Bell House in Brooklyn, NY, featuring Paul F. Tompkins, Paget Brewster, Ted Leo, Jean Grae, and the cast!
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. Tickets here: https://www.acehotel.com/calendar/losangeles/thrilling-adventure-hour-holiday-funaround
Starring Craig Cackowski.
Recorded March 7, 2014 at Largo at the Coronet.
Starring Marc Evan Jackson as Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars. Also starring Paul F. Tompkins as the folksy narrator; Annie Savage as the Marshal Station; Timothy Omundson, Jenny Wade, and Anna Camp as outlaws; Matt Gourley as a lawyer; and Paget Brewster as the judge.
Music by Jordan Katz and the Elements of Style. Sparks theme by Eban Schletter.
Written and produced by Ben Acker & Ben Blacker.
Recorded April 22, 2016 at Largo at the Coronet at "Sparks Nevada's 'I'm from Earth' Day Special."
There are still some tickets left for the Thrilling Adventure Hour at the Bell House in Brooklyn on July 23rd! Get them here: http://thebellhouseny.com/
Starring Paul F. Tompkins and Paget Brewster as those married mediums Frank and Sadie Doyle. Also starring Hal Lublin as the Spooky Narrator Craig Cackowski, Annie Savage, Jenny Wade, Carla Cackowski, and Janet Varney as a creepy family; and Marc Evan Jackson as the bartender.
Music by Andy Paley, Jonathan Dinerstein, and Becky Ward.
Written and produced by Ben Acker & Ben Blacker.
Recorded May 23, 2015 at the Opera House in Wellington, New Zealand.
Tickets are on sale NOW for the WorkJuice Players' show at the Bell House in Brooklyn on July 23rd. 7pm ALL AGES show and 9:30 21+ show. Starring Paul F. Tompkins, Paget Brewster, Marc Evan Jackson, Mark Gagliardi, and Craig Cackowski. Tickets here: http://www.thebellhouseny.com/calendar/
Starring Craig Cackowski as Colonel Tick-Tock of Her Royal Majesty's Chrono-Patrol. Also starring Hal Lublin as his trick clock; Adam Savage as Springheeled Jack; Paul F. Tompkins as Bob McCrumbs; and Mark Gagliardi, John Roderick, John Ross Bowie, and Rhett Miller as Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
Music by Jordan Katz and Phillip Krohngold. The new TickTock theme is by Paul & Storm.
Written and produced by Ben Acker & Ben Blacker.
Recorded January 9, 2016 at the Brava Theater at San Francisco Sketchfest.
TAH is coming to the Bell House in Brooklyn on July 23rd for two shows: 7pm All Ages and 10pm 21+! If you're on our mailing list, you'll have received a special code for advance tickets. Tickets go on sale to everyone everywhere on Monday, June 13th at http://www.thebellhouseny.com/
