The Thrilling Adventure Hour: Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars, "The Piano Has Been Thinking"

The musical episode of Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars, offered here for a limited time in memory of our friend and collaborator, Andy Paley.
Andy was an incredible songwriter and musician. He was our musical director from 2005-2015 and his contributions were invaluable.
This musical episode was the apotheosis of our creative collaboration. Performed live a few times between 2007-2011 before this recording for our concert film in 2013. Andy went all out for this production, and it really is a testament to his talents as a songwriter and producer.

Starring
Sparks Nevada - Marc Evan Jackson
Croach the Tracker - Mark Gagliardi
Red Plains Rider - Busy Philipps
Barkeep - Joshua Malina
The Saloon Doors - Annie Savage
Felton - Craig Cackowski
Folksy Hal - Hal Lublin
Techs - Garret Dillahunt
Sklor - Scott Aukerman
Blut - Mike Phirman
The Piano - Alan Tudyk
Cactoid Jim - Nathan Fillion
Rebecca Rose Rushmore - Janet Varney
Chorus: Anthony Maglione (choir-master), David A. Chinn Jr, Nolan Frank, Ryan Jones, Jason Michael Saunders, and Dave (Gruber) Allen.

Created and written by Ben Acker & Ben Blacker
Songs by Acker/Blacker/Paley
Musical direction by Andy Paley
Assistant musical direction by Jonathan Dinerstein
"Sparks Nevada's theme" by Eban Schletter
Concert film directed by Neil Mahoney
Stage directed by Aaron Ginsburg
Produced by Clint Trucks and Charlie Fonville

The Andy Paley Orchestra:
Andy Paley, Jonathan Dinerstein, Rebecca Ward, Sean Johnson, Mike Bolger, Barre Duryea, Drew Taubenfield, Ben Burget, Mike Uhler, and Jordan Katz.

Recorded live at Largo at the Coronet, October 13, 2013.