During the stay-at-home orders prompted by the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, The Bens put together a number of shows featuring the WorkJuice Players and Guest Stars that streamed live on Youtube.[1] [2] [3]
General Information[]
Tickets could be purchased to watch these shows live, and copies of the videos can be purchased after the fact for later viewing (see below for purchase links). Proceeds from the first four shows are going to food banks in Los Angeles, New York, Seattle, and elsewhere around the United States; [4] proceeds from TAH Live #5 are going to the NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund and Color of Change.[5]
The shows were produced through Zoom, with each performer acting their parts out on camera in their own home and the production bringing these screens together to stream the show live as it happened on Youtube. Each show has a three-segment structure and musical guests to recreate the live stage show experience. New scripts were written for the Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars and Beyond Belief segments, with the middle segments being reworked or updated versions of previously performed scripts. Fans who watched the shows live tweeted using the #TAHlive hashtag.
The shows may be referred to as "TAH Live" episodes or segments.
TAH Live #1[]
This show was streamed live on March 22, 2020. The video may be purchased on Vimeo.
- Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars - Sparks Nevada Vs Everything All Up At Once
- Amelia Earhart, Fearless Flyer - Democratic Unconventions
- Beyond Belief - That Sinking Feeling
TAH Live #2[]
This show was streamed live on April 11, 2020. The video may be purchased on Vimeo.
- Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars - April is the Duelist Month
- Moonshine Holler - The Lottery
- Beyond Belief - Reconcilable Differences
TAH Live #3[]
This show was streamed live on April 25, 2020. The video may be purchased on Vimeo.
- Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars - Poor Felton's Almanack
- The Adventures of Captain Laserbeam - Disenchantment Under the Sea
- Beyond Belief - Satan Up and Die Right
TAH Live #4[]
This show was streamed live on May 23, 2020. The video may be purchased on Vimeo.
- Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars - Inside Out In Outer Space
- Jefferson Reid, Ace American - Jefferson Reid, Ace American 1
- Beyond Belief - I, Shadow
TAH Live #5[]
This show was streamed live on June 27, 2020. The video may be purchased on Vimeo.
- Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars - The Agony of the Feet
- The Cross-Time Adventures of Colonel Tick-Tock - Horse Play
- Beyond Belief - Fright at the Museum
Production[]
- Music: Jonathan Dinerstein
- Sparks Theme: Marc Evan Jackson
- Technical director: Julie Lacouture
References[]
- ↑ We're LIVE STREAMING this Sun, 3/22, 6pm PT
- ↑ Only 24 hours left to get your ticket to tomorrow's live show.
- ↑ TOMORROW! 2pm PT/9pm GMT a NEW LIVE SHOW
- ↑ TONIGHT! 5pm PT #TAHLive returns w a new Beyond Belief, all the WJ Players incl @pagetpaget @janetvarney @MarcEvanJackson & more, + special guests @m_proksch @KeeganMKey & @NathanFillion! Benefits food banks
- ↑ TONIGHT Adventurekateers!