Zero Untitled’s Premature Punchline improv comedy troupe performed our 103^rd production at Angel’s Italian Ice and Smores on July 22, 2016. The show was lead by co-director Beth Marie Cantu-Castillo and newcoming director Robert Trujillo. The cast involved were Julio Martinez, Michael Verderber, Beth Marie Cantu-Castillo, Andrea Lorin, and Robert Trujillo.

PrePunch opened the show with a classic game of Alphabet and began the set with Freeze Tag. The cast went on to play Dating Game and a brand new skit called “Pokemon Go Reviewed by Stace”, which was performed by Lorin. The one-woman piece was a comic review of the hot new app game. Following that was a couple of rounds of “What’s My Pitch?” and they ended the show with Quoteline.  – Robert Trujillo.

Set List:

“Do Robots die and go to Heaven?” / Poem – Julio Martinez

“The Vanishing Heart” / prose by Michael Verderber

“By The Numbers” Premature Punchline (feat. Elie, Verderber, and Julio)

OPEN MIC – “Violent Eyes”, “To The Shore”, “Era in Disguise” and “Untitled” / poems by Nicholas Sollitto

“Still Lingers” poem by Michael Verderber

PLAY – “The Suppressed” (written and dir. by Michael Verderber)

Waitress – Rebekah Ramos

Ophelia – Ryann Haese

Yoel – Robert Trujillo

“Orlando” poem by Katherine Orozco-Verderber

OPEN MIC – “Casual Tragedy” and “Didn’t” / poems by Andrea Lorin

“Middle School Dating Game” Premature Punchline (feat. Robert, Elie, Beth, and Drea)

“Reskin” Poetry by Julio

“Poems by Marlowe” / read by CJ Lillie

PLAY – “The Legacy I Want To See” (written by Julio Martinez, dir. Andrea Lorin)

Claire – Beth Marie Cantu-Castillo

John – Robert Trujillo

SONG – “Tonight, You Belong To Me” (perf. by Andrew Saldivar and Beth Marie Cantu-Castillo)

“Molting” Poetry by Julio

“Quoteline” Premature Punchline (feat. Julio, Verderber, Robert, Elie, Drea, and Beth)

PLAY – “Seeing is Misbelieving 2” (written by Verderber and dir. Robert Trujillo)

Professor Ford – Julio Martinez

Cory – Andrea Lorin

Emily – Beth Marie Cantu-Castillo

Juanita – Elie Andrade

SONG – “The Name Song” Michael Verderber

Zero Untitled has so many assorted ideas and bits, that we often run out of places to do/perform them. Thus, the brainchild project of Katherine Orozco-Verderber, #ZeroLife was born. Essentially, #ZeroLife (our 101^st production) is the culmination of several of our bits, clips, outtakes, songs, and other assorted goodies that don’t quite fit in our lineup. Although the releases are still coming, here is what has been released thus far. All of these can been seen on the Zero Untitled Facebook page. So far, this is a summer project, but more projects will be released in the next few months.

Check them out here: https://www.facebook.com/Zero.Untitled/

ZERO-101.1 – Hamilton “Satisfied” cover (recreational cover song)

ZERO-101.2 – ZU Blooper reel

ZERO-101.3 – “Poodle Insults Verderber” (behind the scenes)

ZERO-101.4 – “I Wanna Try That!” (short film)

ZERO-101.5 – “Tonight, You Belong To Me” (live cover at Textual Overture)

ZERO-101.6 – “Middle School Dating Game” (live performance by PrePunch)

 The Textual Overture and Premature Punchline mashup show, “Ice To Meet You” was met warmly on Friday night, April 1st. And no, there were no April Fool jokes, but there was one Rick roll, courtesy of our own Van. The performance was held at Angel’s Italian Ice and S’more, a new dessert shop in Kingsville.

As our 98th production in our existence, the show was a blast full of comedy, music, heart breaking poetry, and the general chaos that is associated with both TO and PP performances.

Check out the show page for pics coming soon! A couple of videos are available exclusively on our Zero Untitled Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Zero.Untitled/

Production #95 – Premature Punchline’s “Happy All-The-Days” went over swimmingly at the new location of Café 5, a venue that frequently hosts PP and Textual Overture shows! Here are a few pics of the chaos from last night. Some of the holiday-themed games were “Penalty Hat,” “Partners in Speech,” “Questions” and others. Performing last night was Debs, Drea, Poodle, Julio, Verderber, and Katy helped with tech and set up.

Our 95th production comes in the form of a Premature Punchline holiday show. Every year we cycle in which branch gets the “holiday” slot like “Twas the FLOP…” (Mainstage 2009), the “Rated R Christmas” shows (PrePunch 2012-13), and last year’s Textual Overture. So, the (late) 2015 show is headed up by Premature Punchline!

Tonight at Café 5’s new location, we reveal our ironically first 2016 production yet-still-2015 holiday show called “Happy All-The-Days” presented by our improv troupe. You will see a spattering of games that cover more holidays than the holiday season allows, squeezing in everyone’s favorite lame holidays like Arbor Day, President’s Day, and Canadian Boxing Day.

This is a free show and will be performed at Café 5 on January 5, 2016.

CALL FOR NEW WORK:
Zero Untitled Films/Productions is looking for holiday or Christmas-themed short plays, poems, and performances for our upcoming reading in December (dates TBA). The performance will be called “Textual Overture 2015 Holiday Show.”
– For plays, small casts of up to 4 are preferred. Easy set up required (we perform in local coffee shops).
– For poems, any work that you would like to come read or have someone else read in your absence; shorter works preferred.

Please submit work to: zero_untitled_films@yahoo.com

Our first Halloween Textual Overture was a blast! Here are some images and a list of the events (both scheduled and open-mic).

• Textual Overture #14

• (Date: 10/23/15)
• Venue: Stacey’s FroYo
• List of acts:
• Julio Martinez POEM “Craft”, “Go Away”, “This is not the title”
• Andrea Martinez & Robert Trujillo SONG “Fly Away”
  • Open Mic #1: Josue Villarreal “The Lion”
• Premature Punchline “Party Quirks” (Party Host: Beth Cantu. Party-goers: Deborah Gerd, Josue Villarreal, Robert Trujillo, Jazmin Ley)
• Michael Verderber Novel/Reading “Still Standing Still” excerpt
  • Open Mic #2: Deborah Gerd “A Charlotte Smith Sonnet”
• Andrea Martinez & Robert Trujillo SONG “The Color of the Sky”
• Julio Martinez POEM “That day” and “Coo”
  • Open Mic #3: Joshua McCaulley “French Horn” and “Halloween”
• Julio Martinez’s PLAY Don’t Let The Dog Bite You. Director: Rebekah Ramos. Stage Manager: Jubilee Garcia. Actors: Jazmin Ley, Joshua McCaulley, Robert Trujillo, and Josue Villarreal.
• Premature Punchline Penalty Hat (Host: Julio Martinez. Host Assistance: Robert Trujillo. Players: Michael Verderber, Deborah Gerd, Beth Cantu, and Josue Villarreal)
  • Open Mic #4: Luis Zaragosa Ozona
  • Open Mic #5: Michael Verderber POEM “The Pale Crest”
  • Open Mic #6: Michael Verderber SONG “Earth Angel”
  • Open Mic #7: Michael Verderber SONG “The Name Song”

Our resident comedy troupe, Premature Punchline, just wrapped a performance up in McAllen at the annual OmniCon comic book and anime convention. The performance was on Friday June 26th at 8:00. A live performance video and pictures will be posted soon.

Watch the fan-filmed Youtube video here. You might need to refresh the page if you get a green screen.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz1cVHQ6bP4&feature=youtu.be

Zero Untitled has been selected as Youga Yoga Corpus Christi’s Featured Artist for the month of May! In addition to moving one of our “Ravenscroft” performances to Corpus Christi, we have planned 5 weeks (every Friday) worth of events:

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Featured Artist – May Events

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May 1^st – Don Nigro’s “Ravenscroft”*

Murder, madness, and women in lingerie! This dark comedy unravels the suspicious murder of the only man of the house. Who did it?      *produced through special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.

May 8th @ 8:00 p.m. – Premature Punchline

Improv Comedy troupe. Sketch, improv games, and interactive comedy

May 15^th  @ 8:00 p.m. – Carnivale Night

Short performances of mime, firebreathing (possibly), music, and other acts

May 22^nd  @ 8:00 p.m. – Textual Overture

Open mic poetry, short plays, and live music. Bring your instrument or writing for an evening of live performances.

May 29^th –  @ 8:00 p.m. “Nightmare of Oz”

An immersive theatre experience spanning downtown Corpus Christi. Follow two detectives around “Emerald City” while they investigate the murder of Dorothy in this noir thriller. Mature audiences only.

(Pictured: 2012’s “Nightmare of Oz” promo shot)

For more information, visit www.zerountitled.com and like “Zero Untitled Films/Productions” on Facebook!