You can now find Zero Untitled’s live puppet performances listed on the PuppetHappenings.org website (part of The Jim Henson Foundation)! You will find us alongside other fantastic puppet performances nationwide! Click the link to find the show listings for “Shower Sharon”, “Baby Dormouse Vs Quizzical Crocodile”, and “Ba Pot-Bellied Pigs”! The listing for “The Prince’s Charming Sssnake Sssamuel” should be posted soon as well, but is currently not.
National – The Jim Henson Foundation

We give you a brief glimpse into our 2025 season! The image outlines an overview of the scheduled shows we have on tap throughout the year. This does not include our sporadic shorts, Tik Toks, memes, another quirky mini-projects that pop up throughout the year. So keep an eye out!

We have entered another puppet film challenge! This time, the fest was put on by Puppet Place and the British Puppet Guild. The theme was the number 25 (in honor of the New Year) and to keep it under 60 seconds for an Instagram release. Therefore, we give you: “The Answer is… 25”, featuring our puppets Mr. Bones, Nosferatu, Thomas, and a bonus stuffed elephant.

Written and directed by Michael Verderber
Voices – Michael Verderber
Camera – Katherine Orozco-Verderber
Score – “Kooky Tune 01” by Down Chamber

Here is the official Instagram entry version: https://youtu.be/hhyJDYA8RHA?si=EfB8qeh5TRAFBTC8

As an extra bit of holiday cheer, ZU member Daniel Rodriguez signed one of Katherine’s songs from her Christmas album! You can watch it on our YouTube or our TikTok! Ironically, the song is forcefully muted on some services.

For this series, we will be creating very short puppet pieces for our Tik Tok. This gives us the opportunity to create puppet projects with quick commitments and opportunity to delve into styles (rod, paper, shadow, etc).

The first of these projects features an OLD character from Zero Untitled’s canon, Baby Dormouse. The character originated from the 2009 children’s show “Safety Critters”. Instead of a live actor, Baby Dormouse is now a paper puppet talking head…literally. The first two ultra shorts were posted on Tik Tok (see links below). Expect to see more Baby Dormouse and other unique experiments in puppetry.

“Baby Dormouse at Lunch” – https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Nx4Q3G/

“Baby Dormouse at Lunch, pt 2” – https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8NxMHCg/

“Baby Dormouse Discussing Santa” – https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8NVB5eJ/

“Baby Dormouse & The Santa Issue” – https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8NWQqbE/
“Baby Dormouse Opened The Gift” – https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8N7s46j/

“Nosferatu Deleted Scene #1” – https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8F1nxK2/

Zero Untitled’s final project of 2024 (for possible 2024 release as well) is a holiday themed music video for Down Chamber’s track “Scattered Fears”.

The video is under the direction of Daniel Rodriguez and Michael Verderber. Additional crew at Raymond Martinez, Julio Martinez, and Katherine Orozco-Verderber. Pre-production has already begun with principal filming occurring in mid and late December 2024. UPDATE! New SPOILER photos just added below!

Zero Untitled are officially members of the 2024-2025 British Puppet Guild! What does this mean for us? Well, with the events and workshops that the Guild hosts, we will have access to their cache of expertise, experts, and networks of international puppeteers! So, expect to see an improvement to our puppetry endeavors in the next year.

Bringing back our horror shorts from last year, the 2024 series of “Two Sentence Horror Stories” is now officially out! Three videos will be posted on our Tik Tok with links posted here. The project is under the direction of Daniel Rodriguez.

#1 – “Husband” – https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP88cW7Ku

#2 – “Trunk” – https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP88Kxa1j/

#3 – “Honey” – https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP88Katmp/

Designed with help from Daniel Rodriguez, the teaser flyer for “The Absence of Everything” is up! UPDATE: The production is on hiatus until after the Dark Tour concludes in October.

Zero Untitled and Down Chamber’s annual Drone Day collaboration is up on YouTube but will premiere at 12:01 AM on May 25, as part of the official Drone Day activities! World-wide fans of the genre of drone music will livestream, listen to, perform, and discuss this unique genre. Here is the link to the YouTube video: https://youtu.be/ybYPDpa24KI