“Amber & Ashes”, ZU’s latest fire-breathing showcase, was performed on March 30 on University Blvd during Texas A&M Univ – Kingsville’s annual Spring Fling bash.

The official flyer for the forthcoming “A Vague Absence” collection of one act plays, set to premiere March 8&9 in the Blue Room at Texas A&M Univ – Kingsville.   The plays are as follows:

“A Life With No Joy In It”  (David Mamet) – dir. Michael Verderber

“Sidetalk” (David Gutierrez) – dir. Miguel “Cosmo” Venegas 

“Three Hours” (Gabriel Ruiz) – dir. Megan Saenz

flyer design by Felicia Morin

Two major bits of news on the ZU front.  One, the next music video “Floormatted” (under the direction of Aaron Martwick) is ready for release.  Go to the show page to watch and expect a video premiere party soon.

In other news, due to staging and probable casting constraints, Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” will be changed to the avant garde staging of “The Rape of Lucrece” (also by Shakespeare).  Dates are still pending on this project.

The experimental firebreathing show, “Flight of the Fireflies” will have the second half of its performance on February 18, 2011.

The first half, called “Take Off / The Migration” is themed around insect migration patterns.  That performance occurred on October 28, 2010.  The second phase, “Exit Diapause”, will be performed February 18 at the GATO Convention (video game, anime and comic book convention).  The term “diapause” is defined as the time inwhich insects go into hibernation, before their return migration.

Time of performance is pending.

The two current Zero Untitled shows (“A Vague Absence” and “DJ Oringe – Floormatted”) are in the middle of production.

Aaron Martwick’s direction of DJ Oringe’s newest video, “Floormatted”, is in the filming and rehearsal stage.  Several scenes have already been filmed.  Two more scenes are in the works, while principal choreography is rehearsed.

A. Martwick as “Underdog” in a photo still for “Floormatted”

“A Vague Absence”, a series of one-act plays (“Sidetalk”, “Three Hours” and David Mamet’s “A Life with No Joy In It”) has officially been cast (see individual page) and rehearsals begin this week.

The first half of 2011 promises to be a busy one for Zero Untitled.  The biggest news is that our 50th show is around the corner!  So for such a large event, we wanted to go with the god of drama, William Shakespeare.  The upcoming calender reads as follows:

ZERO-047       DJ Oringe “Floormatted”

(music video directed by Aaron Martwick)

ZERO-048       A Vague Absence: A Collection of One Acts

“Side Talk” by David Gutierrez, dir. Miguel “Cosmo” Venegas

“Three Hours” by Gabriel Ruiz, dir. Megan Saenz

“A Life with No Joy In It” by David Mamet, dir. Michael Verderber

ZERO-049       [untitled fire-breathing show]

ZERO-050       “The Taming of the Shrew” by William Shakespeare

dir. Michael Verderber

Zero Untitled’s 44th production, “The Unraveling” was performed October 20-21 in the Blue Room.  The two performances were very different: the first night had a crowd of only 22 people and they remained generally quiet throughout the production.  The second night’s crowd of 47 were laughing at practically everything – even things that weren’t supposed to be that funny.   The actors decided to make some last minute changes to the “commercials” of the show, altering the “Vlasic Packles” and adding a “Real American Zeroes” commercial making fun of Verderber.  For more info, see the show page.

If you were at Kingsville’s annual ArtWalk this year, you might have noticed some charmingly creepy individuals running about!  Zero Untitled’s latest Happening (in the ongoing series) was “When Mimes Invade”!  See the show page for more pics.

After a stellar turnout for interest in the forthcoming “Madness in Wonderland“, our cast is officially up!  Go to the main page to see the details.

Zero Untitled’s 42nd production, the murder mystery radio play “The Unraveling” has posted the cast list.  Check out the forthcoming comedy’s cast!  Click the show page (at the top of this page).

Production Details:

“The Unraveling”

Written by Michael Verderber

Directed by Luis Zaragosa