OFF BOOK ⏤ THE IMPROVISED MUSICAL

Zach Reino and Jessica McKenna are a versatile musical comedy duo. They wrote and composed music for the WGA award-winning Peacock Series Baking It starring Maya Rudolph, Amy Poehler, and Andy Samberg. The duo has also written songs and musical sketches for the hit animation show Rick and Morty, Party Over Here (a Fox sketch show produced by The Lonely Island), the Peacock series Pitch Perfect: Bumper In Berlin, Buzzfeed, FunnyOrDie and Nickelodeon.

Zach and Jess are currently developing TV and Film projects with Amy Poehler’s Paper Kite Productions, David Wain (The State, Role Models, Wanderlust), and Elizabeth Banks’ Brownstone Productions. They also created and starred in Serious Music, a digital series for ABC.

Their improvised musical podcast Off Book has been praised by various online publications including Indie Wire, USA Today, Parade, AV Club, and Splitsider, and been featured at Comedy Central’s Clusterfest Festival, Moontower, the world renowned Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, and the Netflix Is A Joke Festival in LA. Zach and Jess were listed as one of Vulture’s “Comedians You Should and Will Know” and in early 2019 they released their first full-length musical comedy album, The Calendar Album, with Comedy Dynamics.

Past Shows


Mar
23
rd
2025
The Cedar Cultural Center
Mar
23
rd
2025
The Cedar Cultural Center
Mar
22
nd
2025
The Cedar Cultural Center
Mar
22
nd
2025
The Cedar Cultural Center
Mar
1
st
2024
Amsterdam Bar & Hall
Mar
1
st
2024
Amsterdam Bar & Hall

More Shows

May
18
th
Amsterdam Bar & Hall

Ray Bull

May
4
th
7th St Entry

Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol

with American Sharks and Pink Fuzz
Apr
25
th
Fine Line

Disco, Always ⏤ A Harry Styles Dance Night

Jun
10
th
First Avenue

Josiah and the Bonnevilles