Those purple-clad punks in Premature Punchline are back at it again, with a new episode of “The Premature Punchline Online Show” with the latest installment – “Alphabet” (a classic improv game). Watch it here:

With the world as it is, the folks in our improv comedy troupe, Premature Punchline, have decided to film our rehearsals and bits as part of the newly created “The Premature Punchline Online Show”!

As part of the slew of new Zero Untitled content scheduled for release (including poetry videos, interviews, etc), the PPOS will feature different PrePunch comedians/comediennes (both old and new) performing from the safety of their own homes and studios. This first video stars veterans Poodle, Drea Lorin, and Michael Verderber, alongside group newbie Mack Attack and special guest Katherine Orozco-Verderber.

The video is available on our YouTube account and above. Update: the SECOND episode is available below!

This performance features Dawn, Julio, and Poodle playing “Alphabet Movie”!

Enjoy our latest and weirdest film to date – THE MATTRESS, a comedic puppetry spoof of “The Matrix” film. Written by Erik Helsing and directed by Michael Verderber, this is the first premiered project in our OBJECT-ionable Puppetry series. The newly formed series, explores utilizing multiple forms of puppetry using “found” objects instead of using traditionally constructed puppets.

Principal editing was done by Amber Badger (previously assisted in “Zellen”) and features the voice work of veterans Robert Trujillo, Josue Villarreal, and Justin Minter. Puppeteers were Andrea Lorin, Michael Verderber, and Katherine Orozco-Verderber.

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.