Episodes

Episodes of Off Book typically run for about an hour. At the start of every episode, hosts Jessica McKenna and Zach Reino introduce the podcast, the musicians (typically Scott Passarella on the keyboard), the other people in the studio, and the guest(s). After a brief conversation with the guest(s), Scott Passarella cues them into a song and the musical begins. The episode has an intermission break halfway through, for ad-reads. Just before breaking for ads, one of the performers gives the musical its official title (in live episodes, since there is no intermission, the musical is given its name at the end, right before the talkback).
At the musical's conclusion, Jessica, Zach, and the guest(s) sing a standalone closing song. However, during remote recording in 2020 and afterwards, this ending segment has been cut from the format. On live episodes, the episode ends with theatre talkback in which Jessica, Zach, and guest(s) act as various cast and crew members for the musical they just improvised, answering the live audience's questions about the performance, and perform a song that was "cut" from the musical.
Two more formats have entered the rotation of Off Book. FamBand episodes (named for the family band: Scott Passarella, Brett Morris, and Dana Wickens) where they follow a loose "jam sesh" format wherein the hosts chat with one another, improvise songs, answer listener questions, and generally have a good time. 
The other is a monthly, long-form musical that spans multiple episodes. Ultimately only two longform musicals were created this way: Time Fountain: Fountains of Time and Marvel Sing-ematic Universe.
Many of the older episodes are only available on Stitcher Premium. As the rights return to the creators, they will be made available through the Off Book Clubhouse.
In 2023, after the completion of episode 300, Off Book ended its run as a weekly improvised musical podcast. However, Zach and Jess will continue to perform the podcast as a live show and record special episodes, which will be added to the feed. In addition, a new project, currently dubbed On Book, will follow the duo as they apply lessons from the run of the show to the process of writing a scripted musical.
== Episodes ==
# Shrugging Destiny (with Paul F. Tompkins)
# Sham Wowowow (with Mary Holland)
# Pillaging for Your Dreams (with Drew Tarver)
# Curses Curses Curses! (with Jamie Denbo)
# Leaving Your Heart on the Field (with Betsy Sodaro)
# Wolf/Tuck: LIVE! (with D'Arcy Carden & Paul Scheer)
# Run to You Bride (with Fran Gillespie)
# Everything Is Nature (with Mike Still)
# All of Our Business (with Erin Whitehead)
# Always Sad, Always Happy (with Will Hines)
# Shift Your North: LIVE! (with Griffin Newman & Michael Cruz Kayne)
# Electric Daisy Jamboree (with Matt Besser)
# Attorney at Love (with Nicole Parker)
# Straight to Bradway (with Rory O'Malley)
# Arms Race (with Mo Collins)
# Front Page Boos (with Lennon Parham)
# 2024: LIVE! (with Carl Tart & Madeline Walter)
# Touched by a Gabriel (with Ashley Ward)
# Turkey Run (with Colton Dunn)
# When You're Here, You're a Machine (with Corrine Fisher & Krystyna Hutchins)
# Murder on the Picturesque Express (with Scott Aukerman)
# Mother Take the Wheel (with Mary Elizabeth Ellis)
# O Little Town of Doggywood (with Paul F. Tompkins & Nicole Parker)
# Don't Ghost This Date (with Jon Cozart)
# Pump the Stakes (with Jon Gabrus)
# X-Moms: Days of Mother's Moms (with Zeke Nicholson)
# Make Space for Family (with Tawny Newsome)
# All's Wellford That Ends Willy (with Matt Gourley)
# Reborn in the Fire: LIVE! (with Rachel Bloom)
# Love, Actually Is Really Complicated (with Eliza Skinner)
# Russian into Love: LIVE! (with John Michael Higgins & Arden Myrin)
# Picket Line Pals (with the Doughboys: Mike Mitchell & Nick Wiger)
# Odycheese (with Griffin Newman)
# Zigging Through Time (with Ross Bryant)
# Bring Your Dad to Work Day and the Place That You Work Is a School (with David Wain)
# Shawshank Wedemption (with Demi Adejuyigbe)
# Hungry LOST Survivor Games (with Beth Appel)
# Monster's Bubble Ball (with John Hartman)
# A Balloon in Paris (with Gilli Nissim)
# Arctic March Madness (with Allison Rich)
# Barely, Indiana (with Hello from the Magic Tavern)
# Stranger Sings (with Briga Heelan)
# What's in Grocery Store? (with Chris Grace)
# Goatbusters (with Carl Tart)
# Forecast: Puberty: LIVE! (with Nicole Byer & John Gemberling)
# Princess LiveJournals (with Mano Agapion)
# The South Will Write Again (with Hillary Anne Matthews)
# I Spy My Special Guy: LIVE! (with Chris Redd)
# Boom Boom Here Comes Hollywood (with Eugene Cordero)
# Legally Can We "Let It Go"? (with Las Culturistas)
# Musical Revolution the Musical (Revolution)
# The Final Off Book (with Scott Aukerman, Paul Scheer, Paul F. Tompkins, Nicole Parker, Zeke Nicholson, John Hartman, Erin Whitehead, Eliza Skinner, Tawny Newsome, and Ashley Ward)
# Thank God Superstar (with Bryan Safi)
# Property Yeti Brothers (with Jean Villepique)
# The Kids Are at Night (with Mary Sohn)
# Stop for Doug: LIVE! (with Baron Vaughn)
# Ono! Trial Separation (with Kyle Dunnigan)
# Behind Sondheim (with Guy Branum)
# Men in Black 4 (with Tawny Newsome)
# No One Wants to Hear About Your Dreams (with Erin Gibson)
# Do Trust the "D" in Destiny (with Sean Clements & Hayes Davenport)
# Poetry 1959: LIVE! (with Taran Killam)
# Limitless Visionless Vision Quest (with Lauren Adams)
# Law & Order: Restaurant Unit (with Scott Aukerman, Paul F. Tompkins, and Lauren Lapkus)
# Wild by Cheryl Strayed (with Jackie Johnson)
# We Object to Fear: LIVE!
# A Meeting with Destiny (with Ross Bryant)
# Monster Kids (with Lou Wilson)
# The Book of Horses (with Travis McElroy)
# The 1st Annual Orlando County Airport Bee (with Alison Becker)
# Throwing the Robot Planet for a Loop (with Flula Borg)
# A Seastar Is Born: LIVE! (with Jeff Hiller)
# The Doctor and the Beast (with D'Arcy Carden)
# Actually, Love (with Matt Rogers)
# A Cup of Christmas (with Paul F. Tompkins & Nicole Parker)
# New Year's Rave-olution: LIVE!
# Bobobo: The Maybe Buffalo: LIVE! (with Mary Holland)
# Every Place I Cry (with Ross Bryant & Nick Mandernach)
# Guardians of the Hollywood Tower of Terror: LIVE! (with Rachel Bloom)
# Candy Crushin' It (with Mark McConville)
# Saltwater and Freedom: LIVE! (with Seán Cullen)
# What's in a Name? (with Luke Null)
# Night at the Natural History Museum (with Janet Varney & Steve Berg)
# The Little Mermaid and Bryce Dallas Howard (with Felicia Day & Colton Dunn)
# Everything Is Prozactly What I Need (with Andy Daly)
# No Art in Berlin (with Rebekka Johnson)
# What's in Thrift Store? (with Sasheer Zamata)
# Tacoma Valley (with Douglas Widick)
# What's Going On in Wisconsin? (with Gary Anthony Williams)
# Hang On, Collider (with Taylor Ortega)
# My Acquaintance (with Paul Scheer)
# Off Bell (with Betsy Sodaro & Jon Gabrus)
# Jazz Is All About the Love You Don't Play (with Alice Wetterlund)
# Oscars? I Barely Know Her! (with Paul F. Tompkins, Matt Gourley, Jeremy Carter, and Mark McConville)
# Your Future Bride (with Jamie Denbo)
# Summer Stock (with Joel Kim Booster)
# Air Supply: LIVE! (with Briga Heelan)
# Knights of the Wow Table (with Demi Adejuyigbe & Miel Bredouw)
# Mirage a Trois (with Lucas Hazlett)
# Cats 2 (with Scott Aukerman, Ross Bryant, John Hartman, Jamie Denbo, Betsy Sodaro, Jon Gabrus, Paul F. Tompkins, Mitra Jouhari, Tawny Newsome, Carl Tart, and Nicole Parker)
# What's the Tea? (with James Adomian)
# Love Island: Normal Edition (with Eliot Glazer)
# Wet Fly Story (with Hello from the Magic Tavern)
# The Cat 5 & the Bad Boys (with Heather Anne Campbell & Nick Wiger)
# Manners Etiquette Adventure (with Mary Hollis Inboden)
# High School Musicals: The Musical (with Colleen Ballinger)
# 7th Eleventh Heaventh: LIVE! (with Chris Redd)
# Lanessa Shredder Professional Sledder (with Lilan Bowden)
# Every Place I Cry Returns (with Ross Bryant & Nick Mandernach)
# Keeping Pace with Pace (with the Cooties)
# Avengers Infinity Monopoly Company War (with Ben Siemon)
# A Hot Dog in King What's His Name's Court (with Stephen Foster, Rod Damer, and Chuck Pelletier)
# Switched Off Book
# Billionaires and Future Children (with Carl Tart)
# A Gay Rock (with Matt Rogers)
# Look Who's Talking to You (with Conan O'Brien, Paul F. Tompkins, and Nicole Parker)
# Skating Unlimited (with Erin Whitehead)
# Barn of Darkness (with Paul Sabourin)
# Lord of the Stops: Fellowship of the Pots (with Oscar Montoya)
# Creeps, Thieves, and Things with Wings (with Dan Lippert, Drew Tarver, and Jon Mackey)
# HomeHeart Makeover Edition (with Matt Jones)
# Chicago Is Nice (with Candance Quarells & Brittany Campbell)
# Destiny TBD (with Zeke Nicholson)
# Four People Who Decided to Eat Food (with Jimmy Pardo & Eliot Hochberg)
# We Forgot About Helium: LIVE! (with Paul F. Tompkins)
# Cincinnati (with Robin Lord Taylor)
#* A Happy Paul F. Days Bonus! (with Paul F. Tompkins)
# Flamingle All the Way (with Paul F. Tompkins & Nicole Parker)
# Tales from a Cozy Cabin (with Paul F. Tompkins)
# Good Old-Fashioned Porch Song: LIVE! (with Nathan Jansen & Paul F. Tompkins)
# The Private School Bus (with Jackie Tohn)
# The Puppet Formerly Known as Prince (with Sara Caplan)
# Are You Aware? (with Laci Mosley)
# In the Name of Love the Musical: Logan Actually (with Scott Aukerman)
# Husky Hullabaloo (with Vicky Vox)
# Deep Thought Quest (with Carl Tart)
# Shuffle Off to Buffalo (with Jiavani Linayao)
# Dungeons and Datings (with Laser Malena-Webber)
# Live from Vancouver (with Mike Mitchell & Nick Wiger)
# ​​​​​​​Off Book: Undercover (with Jason Mantzoukas)
# Heaven Is a Drop of Jupiter (with Jackie Johnson)
# Some Kind of Hero: LIVE!
# Undercovers (with the Family Band)
# Undercovers 2: Father Bod (with the Family Band)
# Undercovers 3 (with Nicole Parker & the Family Band)
# Undercovers 4 (with Lauren Lapkus & Erin Whitehead)
# Bachelor Quest! (with the 2 Johnnies)
# Undercovers 5 (with Podcast: The Ride!)
# The Magic Truth: LIVE!
# Treasure the Lobster: LIVE!
# Undercovers 6 (with Seth Morris & Dannah Phirman)
# Undercovers 7 (with Tawny Newsome)
# A Classic Episode
# The Gift from B4
# The Best Guy for the Best Buy
# Naturally Orchestrated
# Not Trivial Pursuits
# Mug Half Empty (with John Hartman)
# Arcade Fire (with Zeke Nicholson)
# Education Reform: LIVE!
# Couples at Their Core
# Clear Eyes, Full Hearts (with Arden Myrin)
# Chatting in the Chat (with June Diane Raphael)
# Documentary Wow!
# Trickster University
# One, Two, Tree (with Eliza Skinner)
# The Hunt for Ted October
# The Great Escape Room
# TV: Thinking Verily (with Ross Bryant)
# Sleepy Bear Do Care (with Mary Holland)
# A Bug's Wife...Will Eat His Head
# Home Is Where the Farmland Is (with John Gemberling)
# Bones, Whales, and Candy! (with Mark McConville)
# Juice or Lies (with Chris Grace)
# Romance with a Twist!
# The Pawn Three Dimensional Gambit (with Ashley Ward)
# Crossover in New York (with Greg Smith)
# Trashassic Trash (with Nick Mandernach)
# Out of Ideas? (with Will Hines)
# A Very Accurate Hanukkah: 8 Crazy Brothers (with Rachel Bloom)
# Visions of Sugar Plums Danced in Their Radioheads (with Paul F. Tompkins & Nicole Parker)
# Soul Trip (with Mary Sohn)
# Basketball Courting (with Sam Martin)
# Lounge January
# Stacy's Mailbag
# Big Announcement. Small Tiki Chain.
# Time Fountain: Fountains of Time, Chapter 1
# My Best Friend's Breading (with Paul F. Tompkins)
# Hot Australian Circus
# Anything Goes: In Montana! (with Demi Adejuyigbe)
# Time Fountain: Fountain of Time! Chapter 2
# Bad Robot! (with Rory O’Malley)
# Crystal Corner
# Twins in the Mist (with Lily Sullivan)
# Sax Life (with Phil Augusta Jackson)
# Time Fountain: Fountain of Time! Chapter 3
# Get Haim to the Greek (with Shaun Diston)
# Scott Doesn't Know Shapes
# Can I Compare You to a Cheese? (with Sherry Cola)
# Time Fountain: Fountain of Time! Chapter 4
# Golf! Except When Animals Do It (with Tawny Newsome)
# Adults Don't Know
# You Might Be a Portal (with Matt Apodaca)
# Time Fountain: Fountain of Time! Chapter 5
# Sleepover and Over and Over Again (with the Doughboys: Mike Mitchell & Nick Wiger)
# We're in the Same Room!
# Play Us a Song, You're the Random Piano Lady (with Jackie Johnson)
# Stable George (with Ross Bryant)
# Time Fountain: Fountain of Time! Chapter 6 (Finale)
# Non-Stop Socks! (with Lilan Bowden)
# Wait...THAT'S in My Quilt!?
# Party Bus: In Space! (with Tim Murray)
# Marvel Sing-ematic Universe (Part 1): Big Metal Snakes
# Moms, Bombs, and Dante's Gone! (with Laci Mosley)
# Goo4Brainz
# Our Job is a Horse
# Q&A & Z&J
# Marvel Sing-ematic Universe (Part 2): Clark and the Stargazer
# Best Guest at the Wedding (with Sarah Claspell)
# Describe! Describe!
# Minerals and Plants Only (with Zeke Nicholson)
# Marvel Sing-ematic Universe (Part 3): When the Duck?
# Crypts and More! (with Dan Lippert)
# Welcome to the Bread Show
# The Other Scottish Play (with Katy Berry)
# Marvel Sing-ematic Universe (Part 4): Crack, Crack, Boom!
# Soap Opera! (with Kelly Marie Tran)
# Trench Wizard
# Mariah, Who Are Ya? (with Matt Rogers)
# Breadtime: Who Will Survive? (with Rachel Bloom)
# Marvel Sing-ematic Universe (Part 5): A New IP!
# They Died on Space Mountain! (with Ben Schwartz)
# "A" Country Bear Jamboree (with Podcast: The Ride!)
# A Christmas Duet (with Paul F. Tompkins & Nicole Parker)
# Brett Doesn't Know Rent
# Marvel Sing-ematic Universe (Part 6): Team Baby Rattlesnake
# Well Well Well, Look at These Eggs (with Zach & Jess)
# Fueled by Retrograde
# Q&A 2&A
# High Tea
# Questing Flynn
# Jessica's Called Shot
# The Off Book Pilot! (with D'Arcy Carden)
# Every Place I Cry 2nd Encore (with Ross Bryant and Nick Mandernach)
# Panera de Bergerac: LIVE!
# Wanda's Dad (with Lily Sullivan)
# The Mix CD of Me
# A Single Pull-Up to Save the President (with Peter Banifaz)
# Cowminal House (with Brendan Dowling)
# Sponsored by Nibblers
# Intermission! (with Alice Stanley Jr.)
# Hair: Nice, Teeth: White, Skin: Clear! (with Lisa Gilroy)
# 12345678BYE
# The Biggest Scam: LIVE! (with Drew Tarver and Carl Tart)
# The Village (With Tim Sniffen)
# Every Place I Cry: LIVE! (with Ross Bryant and Nick Mandernach)
# Emo Knights (with Philip Labes)
# When You're A Shark: LIVE!
# Snow Party (Three Couples, a Power Outage, and Snow)
# The Los Angeles Minions
# Freaks Off a Leash
# The Mayor of Owl City
# A Muse Bouche
# Fear the Ocean (with Mary Lou)
# More Sports (with Niccole Thurman)
#Frozen in Time Lake (with Wolves of Glendale)
#LIVE at Pickathon!
#Shrimp Priest (FamBand with Wolves of Glendale)
#Staples: We Got That! (with Beth Appel)
#Enter the Tortoise
#PMS: Perpetual Mischief Season (with Gilli Nissim)
#Kisses to My Critics (with Tim Murray)
#Come On, Come On, Be Friends With My Mom
#Highland Games and Names (with Edgar Blackmon)
#Cornman
#This Book Only Happens When You Read It (with Rashawn Scott)
#Suzuki QChord Enters the Chat
#Wine From the Hospital Floor (with Addie Weyrich)
#And Then There Were Four
#A Very Wolves of Glendale Hanukkah! (with Wolves of Glendale)
#Teen Christmas! (with Paul F. Tompkins & Nicole Parker)
#Movie Night: LIVE!
#Play It Forward!
#All Black Everything (with Ross Bryant)
#Spider-Man Enter the Witchaverse: LIVE!
#Magic Horse!
#Game Night! (with Laser the Boy)
#Small Horse, Superbowl, Sandstorm
#A Dream Deferred: Sorry Not Sorry - Part Two Disk Deux (with Vic Michaelis) 
#Opening Credits Cast Lip Sync 
#The Podcast About a Ride About a TV Show About YOU (with Tony Rodriguez)
#Every Place I Cry LIVE @ Permanent Records (with Ross Bryant and Nick Mandernach)
#Into the Thick of It
#Skunks in the Portal (with Rashawn Scott)
#White Lotus Season 3 (with Matt Rogers)
#Not That Kind of Story (with Rachel Bloom)
#Scabby the Rat (with Mary Lou and Philip Labes)
#Oregon Trail Summer (with Mary Sohn and Zeke Nicholson)
#Fitzminamin Reunionamin (with Mary Holland)
#Clueless: A Paints McSpectrum Mystery (with Scott Aukerman) 
#Shrugging Jeopardy! (with Paul F. Tompkins)
#Music for Roo: LIVE!
#2005: LIVE!
#Doctor Camp: LIVE 
#A Good 'Ol Mountain Christmas (with Paul F. Tompkins and Nicole Parker)
#Infinity Time, Infinity Wine: LIVE!
#Tryin': LIVE!
#Prospecting for Problems: LIVE!
#Flow of the Rings: A Volcano Story (LIVE at the Bell House)
#Good Kid, Good Dad: LIVE!
#A Partial Architect: LIVE!
#Cinderella Name Game: LIVE!
#Electric Feels: LIVE!
#15, 30, 40, Love: LIVE!
#Mountain Do In Your Room: LIVE!
#Are You There God? It's me, Goo: LIVE!
#Take Me To There: The Story of the Tunnel!: LIVE!
#Phew!: LIVE!
#Every Place I Cry: Four Bespoke Funeral Songs LIVE at Dynasty Typewriter
#The Names of Our Family: LIVE!
#The Hero of Marathon: LIVE!
== On Book ==
#ON BOOK: The Scripted Musical Process (with Jackie Reilly)
#ON BOOK: Dinner and Drinks (with Jackie Reilly)
#ON BOOK: Journey to the Center of the Word Cloud (with Jackie Reilly)
#ON BOOK: The Gathering Brainstorm
#ON BOOK: The Narrowing
#ON BOOK: The Opening
#ON BOOK: More Opening and the "Want Song"
#On Book: Want Song Part 2 (Wont Song)
#On Book: Tracklist
== Special Episodes ==
# Ding Dong It's Christmas (with Zeke Nicholson & Madeline Walter)
#Stitcher Premium Episodes
#Off Book 200th Fire Pit Jamboree!
# Welcome to Mountport (with Zeke Nicholson)
== Play It By Ear ==
==== Season 1 ====
# Humpty Dumpty
# The Muck of Merkmere
# Whimsy on Wheels
# Skyline Flight 314
# Space Rocks!
==== Season 2 ====
# Mallapalooza
# Animal Style
# Heartbeat Hospital
# Trade School Musical 2
# The Missing Member
# Cornhole in One
# Backwards Compatible
# Joust Because
# Elevator Pitch
# Heebie Jeebies
# Dress Rehearsal: Legend of the Lake
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