https://www.youtube.com/live/CwPsZebZ4nM?si=XzbGbUpSNc1UPsnI

Watch the shorter, contest version of the film at this link! It begins at the 21:48 mark!

Zero Untitled officially has a team for the Bristol 48h Puppet Film Challenge 2023 by the Puppet Place, located in the UK. The 48 hour challenge begins at 7 pm UK time (that’s 1 pm for us) and ends on Sunday 7pm.

Look for updates as we do preproduction now and film this weekend! If you follow the YouTube link above, our film starts at the 21:48 mark!

UPDATE: Film has been completed and was submitted on Day 2. A longer Director’s Cut will be released after the festival, as the festival requires a max time of 3:30 only.

UPDATE: The film has been ACCEPTED and will be screened in September 23 at Screening 2, at 14:00 BST (8:00 AM US Central time)!!

Our 13th and latest Dark Tour will be influenced heavily by the writing and themes of H.P. Lovecraft. The original script “The Eldritch Seven” by Katherine Orozco-Verderber sends the ZU crew back into our traditional themes of insanity and supernatural occurrences.

The audiences will get to delve into these Eldritch horrors starting on October 19, 20, 25, and 26 at the Texas State Museum of Asian Cultures.

Filmed on location in Ireland and spun from the mind of director Megan Saenz (find her here: https://youtube.com/@quinnquasar ), comes our latest project! The music video for Down Chamber’s song “A Lullaby of Theorums” has now been released. Above is a screenshot from the project. The video is viewable below:

Casting, promotion, and development for our forthcoming Dark Tour (title TBD) has already begun for a premiere run at the Texas State Museum of Asian Cultures, our host space for the past several ZU productions and the last Dark Tour. Although the above informational event has already past, we are still looking for interested actors and techies who are interested in partaking in a theatrical event like none other in the Coastal Bend/Corpus Christi area. Reach out to us via email at zero_untitled_films@yahoo.com or through any of our social media outlets.

This June and July, check out our latest production, 4 performances of PENALTY HAT. This silly but educational gameshow pits two ZU contestants against an audience member and an employee of the Texas State Museum of Asian Cultures in a points-based contest. The catch is that if you get an answer wrong, you get a… PENALTY, PENALTY, PENALTY!

Performances on June 17 and 24 and July 15 and 16 at the Asian Cultures Museum. Entry is $6 for the performance and admission to the whole museum.

Update: Photos below from the June 17 performance.

Photos below from June 24 show!

As part of the 2023 Drone Day festivities, Zero Untitled and dungeon synth artist Down Chamber are collaborating on a short single shot video performance.

Down Chamber performs a noise/drone/dungeon synth set performance available to watch at 6:00 AM on Drone Day, May 27.

Keep your eyes peeled for our forthcoming shadow puppetry film “Experiment No. 3 – Headless”, set to premiere this month.

Created and puppeteered by Michael Verderber, the work is, as the title suggests, an experiment in theatrical puppetry form. The film will be available on YouTube.

View here:

We just got booked for TWO more performances of “Death In The Aisles” on April 28th and May 13th, both at The Novel Blend at 7:00. Limited seating.

UPDATE: Both shows are officially SOLD OUT!!

As part of World Puppetry Day and the latest installment to our OBJECT-ionable Puppetry series, we give you the children’s puppetry film “Moober, the Well Dressed Dog”! This cute short is about a dog and his friend, the bee, who have to deal with the bullies in the neighborhoods – jerks who can’t understand the dog’s and bee’s unique traits!

Here is the official placeholder version for our upcoming show “Death In The Aisles”! The show will premiere at the bookstore The Novel Blend in downtown Kingsville. The Novel Blend commissioned the show. Flyer design by Joe Ysasi.

Performances

March 1, 8, & 15 – The Novel Blend, Kingsville, 7:00

March 17, 18, & 19 – Texas State Museum of Asian Cultures, Corpus Christi, 7:00

For tickets for The Novel Blend performances, please call The Novel Blend at (361) 355-9330.

For tickets for the Asian Cultures Museum performances, they will be at the door.