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The Thrilling Adventure Hour
Saturday January 25, 2025 7:30pm - 9:00pm PST
Club Fugazi
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The Thrilling Adventure Hour
20th Anniversary Tour

The beloved stage show and podcast kicks off their 20th year with two shows in San Francisco!

Starring Paul F. Tompkins ("Bojack Horseman"), Marc Evan Jackson ("The Good Place"), Busy Philipps ("Girls 5Eva"), Mark Gagliardi ("Blood and Treasure"), Craig Cackowski ("Drunk History"), Autumn Reeser ("The OC"), Annie Savage ("Dicktown"), Hal Lublin ("The Venture Brothers"), and Janet Varney ("The Legend of Korra") and special guests David Dastmalchian ("Suicide Squad"), Vella Lovell ("Crazy Ex-Girlfriend") and Kevin McDonald ("Kids in the Hall").

The Thrilling Adventure Hour is an institution of the LA comedy scene, having run live, monthly since 2005. The show consists of scripted comedy-genre segments starring your favorite actors from the worlds of TV, film, podcasts, and improv. Never seen the show live before? Don't worry! This special show is designed so that you can jump in with both feet and laugh along with the one mouth! Longtime fan of the show? We love you! This is a great chance to bring those friends who missed the bandwagon during the Thrilling heyday. Plus, you'll get to re-connect with the characters and actors you've loved and missed.

Written and produced by the show's creators, Ben Acker & Ben Blacker.
Featuring live scoring by composer Jonathan Dinerstein and Jordan Katz.

Due to a scheduling change, Joshua Malina is no longer appearing on this show. Kevin McDonald and David Dastmalchian have been added.
Artists
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Craig Cackowski

Craig Cackowski is an actor, improvisor and teacher based in Los Angeles. As an actor, he has been seen in recurring roles on such shows as "Community", "Veep", "Drunk History", and "Sex Lives Of College Girls". Look for him in the new shows "Hysteria!" on "Peacock" and "The Pitt... Read More →
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David Dastmalchian

Award winning actor, writer, and producer David Dastmalchian got his big break in Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight” in 2008 and reunited in 2023’s “Oppenhiemer”. He then made his mark in the DC Universe starring as the iconic Polka-Dot Man in James Gunn’s “The... Read More →
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Mark Gagliardi

You may know me as the original and frequent narrator of Comedy Central's Emmy-winning "Drunk History" or as Croach The Tracker in the star-studded Largo hit "The Thrilling Adventure Hour. "We may have met at a Comic-Con or two. You may have been among our 2 million downloads... Read More →
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Marc Evan Jackson

Marc Evan Jackson is best known for his roles in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Good Place, The Baby-Sitters Club, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, and Kong: Skull Island, and was mostly recently seen in Apple TV's Lessons in Chemistry. More importantly, Marc is the co-founder of The Detroit... Read More →
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Vella Lovell

Vella Lovell is so excited to be joining Thrilling Adventure Hour at SF Sketchfest. Credits include "Animal Control," "Mr. Mayor," "Crazy Ex Girlfriend," "Accused,” "A Clüsterfünke Christmas," "She Ra And the Princesses of Power," “Kiff," "The Big Sick," “Dollface," “Girls... Read More →
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Hal Lublin

The co-host of "We Got This with Mark and Hal" and "Tights and Fights" podcasts on the Maximum Fun Network and “Good Morning Night Vale” on the Night Vale Presents Network, Hal Lublin is an accomplished actor and improviser. Best known for his work as one of the core WorkJuice... Read More →
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Kevin McDonald

Comedian, actor, writer and director Kevin McDonald founded “The Kids in the Hall” with friend Dave Foley, after they met in Toronto at Second City, and the television series ran from 1988-1995. In the troupe's television series and stage shows, he portrays several popular recurring... Read More →
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Busy Philipps

Busy Philipps is a New York Times best-selling author, actor, activist, writer, and host of the new series, "Busy This Week", which she executive produces with Caissie St. Onge and Michael Gleason. Philipps is best known from her series of iconic television roles such as Kim Kelly... Read More →
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Autumn Reeser

Autumn Reeser starred as the individualist Taylor Townsend on FOX’s hit teen drama, "The OC." This launched her into a steady stream of strong female leads on shows like "Entourage," "No Ordinary Family," "Last Resort," and many more. She has since become a much-beloved star for... Read More →
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Annie Savage

Annie Savage has performed on stage in numerous sketch and improv shows, most notably as a Conservatory Grad from Second City, L.A. She was a troupe member on “National Lampoon’s National Sketch Show Tour” and wrote, produced and starred in the sketch show, “Stupid Annie... Read More →
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Paul F. Tompkins

Paul F. Tompkins is a comedian, improvisor and actor.He hosts the stage variety show "Varietopia" and co-hosts the "Threedom" podcast with Scott Aukerman & Lauren Lapkus, and the "Stay F. Homekins" podcast with his wife, Janie Haddad Tompkins.For a full list of Mr. Tompkins’ stage... Read More →
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Janet Varney

Janet Varney is an Emmy-Nominated actor, comedian, writer and producer. She can be heard as the voice of Korra on "The Legend of Korra" on Netflix, where she can also be seen as Summer in the comedy series "Country Comfort". On HULU, she fights dark forces starring opposite John C... Read More →
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Jonathan Dinerstein

Jonathan Dinerstein is a versatile composer of music for film and television. His recent credits include scores for Audible's star-studded audio drama "Slayers: A Buffyverse Story", Alan Tudyk's TV comedy series "Con Man", and many feature films. He's also written music for countless... Read More →
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Jordan Katz

Jordan Katz is the band leader and musical director of "Varietopia with Paul F. Tompkins". He is known for leading the band on TBS/TNT’s "Drop The Mic", as horn section leader on the "Late Late Show with James Corden", and for executive producing De La Soul’s last album “…and... Read More →
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Ben Acker & Ben Blacker

Ben Acker & Ben Blacker are the creators of "The Thrilling Adventure Hour." Additionally, they are writers for film, television, comic books, novels, podcasts, and more.

Saturday January 25, 2025 7:30pm - 9:00pm PST
Club Fugazi 678 Green St, San Francisco, CA 94133
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