Official “Let It Snow-verture” flyer, design by Merideth Harvey.

Zero Untitled is juggling several short works that will culminate into our annual Christmas-themed show – “Textual Let It Snow-verture” (curated by Julio Martinez)! For a few weeks now, two short plays “A Merry Delta Christmas” (by Katherine Orozco-Verderber) and “Rekindled” (by Michael Verderber) have been in the rehearsal process, Premature Punchline (our in-house comedy troupe) have been developing holiday-themed games, and Christmas songs are being rehearsed as well.

See at left: Ashley, Stephanie, and McKinna rehearsing “Christmas Party Quirks.” Performance is scheduled for December 6th and 7:00 at The Flower Box in Kingsville, TX. Admission is FREE.

Below are photos of the rehearsal process, so far.

Emilia and Marina in “A Merry Delta Christmas”

Jacki and Bryan in “Rekindled”

Merideth and Faith rehearsing in PrePunch.

Our bi-annual Outdoor Rehearsal has wrapped up for the week! We got to meet a LOT of really cool people and even had a several folks come all 4 nights! Not only did we shake the dust off, but got to introduce folks to what we do in our experimental theater company!

We played improv games like CATball, How Did You Do It?, dabbled in improvisational dramatic monologues and scenes, and even had a frisbee duel! Here are some pics of all of the random stuff we did! More pics have been posted on our Facebook pages.

 For those interested in seeing what we are cooking for this coming season, we are having our annual “Outdoor Rehearsal” series on the TAMUK campus. Like last year, we will be outside of the Main Dining Hall / Cafeteria area (for the convenience of our student-actors) for two days. For the latter two days, we will be by the infamous Javelina statues.

We will be performing/rehearsing for everyone. We will present both comedic improv games with our Premature Punchline crew, some angst-ridden scene work with our Dramatica Team, and trying some new stuff to get the dust off, and more, all with the hopes that you will join us, hang out, see what we do, and just have a good time! This is a FREE event and there is no obligation to participate (but you would have more fun if you did!). All events start at 6:00.

Aug 20 @ 6:00 – Main Dining Hall / Cafeteria

Aug 21 @ 6:00 – Main Dining Hall / Cafeteria

Aug 22 @ 6:00 – Javelina Statues

Aug 23 @ 6:00 – Javelina Statues

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Some photos from previous years! (See the “Outdoor Rehearsals” page for more!)

 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.

 Come out on the 21st of December for Zero Untitled’s annual Holiday show! This year in the cycle is Premature Punchline with their Ho-Ho-Holiday Show! This FREE production will feature some newer improv games, a classic game, and a horrifying round of Penalty Hat, all with a holiday theme.

See you at The Flower Box on December 21st for Kris Kringly comedic chaos!