M.a.T.L. promo by Merideth Harvey.

Our next production, “Mimes at The Library”, will be a private performance co-produced by the Station Library at NAS Kingsville.

Mime promo

The performance is designed to promote library resources and features reenactments of beloved children’s stories such as “The Three Pigs”, “The Hungry Hungry Caterpillar”, and others.

Performance date will be May 30, 2019 at 5:00 pm.

CAST:

ANDY – Julio Martinez

DONNIE – Josue “Zeta” Villarreal

Mime Cast:

WREN – Katherine Orozco-Verderber

CLOVER – Andrea Lorin

MURIEL – Faith Villarreal

JANE – Ashley “Amp” Perez

HARVEY – Michael Verderber

 Zero Untitled’s latest production (#126) “Autumn Leaves…Twice” has ended its 3-performance run. The romantic comedy written by Katherine Orozco-Verderber, focused on the twisty tale of artists, larceny, lesbians, cops, and criminals.

The official show page has complete cast information on it. Photos here are from the performances and rehearsals.

Tech table.

Our latest romantic comedy world premiere play, “Autumn Leaves… Twice” by Katherine Orozco-Verderber will be premiering next month!

What do paintings, a stubborn art thief, and a dorky cop have in common? The main love triangle plot to “Autumn Leaves… Twice”!!

Only $2 admission, show starts 7:00 pm. Check out the flyer now!

 Here are just a few pics from our performance of “Freeze Tag” at the recent Portland’s Got Talent Live! show. Although the PP crew did not take home the prize, we did get to root on a slew of great local performers strutting their stuff.

The pics look like we had a rap battle, so that is something.

One of our actors, Ben Ortiz, took home the Audience Choice award for his singing, so congrats, Ben!

 Our comedy troupe, Premature Punchline, has made it to the FINALS of the Portland’s Got Talent Live Show! They will be given 5 minutes of stage time (enough for one improv game to perform).

Because we are only allowed to play one game for the contest, we will perform with only some veteran performers (Robert Trujillo, Andrea Lorin, Josue “Zeta” Villarreal, Dawn Robertson, and Michael Verderber).

Performance of all of the Finalists will be at the Windfest Grounds on Thursday, April 11 from 6:00 to 7:30. Premature Punchline will perform towards the end of the event, due to a time conflict.

 We will not just be performing comedy, however. We will bring all of the branches to strut their stuff to vary the programming that the venue is asking of us. Next up is the March 22 Dramatica performance; dramatic improv scenes and monologues.

After that, Textual Overture, our variety show, will perform poetry, music, short plays, and skits on April 19th. The MainStage will provide a TBA announced show of scene work and short plays on April 26th.

UPDATE: Remaining April shows have been CANCELLED due to scheduling conflicts with other productions. Our return to the venue will be announced as soon as possible! 

With new shows from Premature Punchline every time, the PP group will perform a standard show on May 24th, and provide Penalty Hat (our embarrassing game show) on April 19th, May 10th, and May 31st.

All shows are on Fridays and begin at 9:30. Tickets are $10 at the door or $5 college students with an ID! Reach out to zero_untitled_films@yahoo.com for pre-sale tickets options as well. Here are some photos of the last few performances.

PrePunch w/ Crowd

Our latest production, Textual Overture’s Pre-Valentine’s Day show, was a packed house of standing room only! With a huge set of performances, troupes, plays, and acts, there was something for everyone. The only thing we didn’t have this time around was a music act, which is usually pretty standard. Here are some photos of the event.

Our set list was:

• Opening Poem
• Consequences by Michael Verderber (featuring Merideth Harvey, Crishad Williams, Zulema Villarreal, and Charles “Chuck” Lee)
• Dramatica (One On One featuring Cristian C., Ben O., Mike M., and Shad W.)
• Open Mic
• Poetry by Julio Martinez
• Premature Punchline (Dating Game featuring Cristian C., Stephanie W, Peter P, and Merideth H)
• Poetry (Verderber serenading Katy)
• Heartbreak Rodeo by David Gutierrez (feat. Ben Ortiz and Merideth Harvey)
• Open Mic, pt 2
• Stace’s Standup
• Dramatica (Sessions feat. Ben O, Cristian C., Shad, Mike M, and Kearby)
• Treason by Katherine Orozco-Verderber (feat. Zulema Villarreal)
• Open Mic, pt 3
• “To My Dear and Loving Husband” performed by Katy
• Closing Words

Steph and Kearby in “Dramatica”

PrePunch (Steph, Cristian, Peter, and Merideth)

“Consequences” (Zulema, Shad, Merideth, and Chuck)

This year’s Valentine’s Day show will be under the helm of the Textual Overture branch. The variety show of theatre, music, improv, and poetry will happen on February 13, 2019 at one of our favorite venues, Cafe 5, in Kingsville.

So far on the schedule will be romantic poetry, improvisational dramatic scenes with a V-Day theme by the Dramatica team, improv comedy by the Premature Punchline branch, the world premiere of “Heartbreak Rodeo” (a new play by long-time ZU member David Gutierrez), and a revival of the drama “Consequences” by Michael Verderber.

What will the open mic? Come and find out! See you at the show.

 Come watch, rehearse, and hang out with members of the award-winning theatre company Zero Untitled at our FREE outdoor rehearsals happening January 14th – 17th! Different branches of our group will be present from 6 pm to 7 pm (and likely longer) to rehearse some improv comedy and improv drama games and you are welcome to get on the street stage along with us! Audience participation will be a major component in the event, but not mandatory.  You can learn about how to get involved in Zero Untitled or Zero Untitled – NYC.

January 14th – TAMUK Cafeteria (outside) with Premature Punchline Improv Comedy

January 15th – TAMUK Javelina Statues with Dramatica Dramatic Improv

January 16th – TAMUK Cafeteria (outside) with Premature Punchline Improv Comedy

January 17th – TAMUK Javelina statues with Dramatica Dramatic Improv

Pictured below was the September Outdoor Rehearsal event.