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Zero Untitled’s 180th production, “Kooky at the Comedy Club” has been released on YouTube! Another attempt at the Brazilian lambe-lambe style of puppetry theatre, this more mature work is targeting adult audiences. The show features the voice talents of Julio Martinez and Katherine Orozco-Verderber! Give it a watch and do check out the rest of the cast info on the show page.
Fresh off of some slams in Toronto, Denver, and Oklahoma City, there is no rest for the puppet wicked! Pick-ed…? We are preparing our new show “Attempting Bunraku” our brand-new interactive puppetry. “Attempting Bunraku” will allow audience members to join us on stage to learn the fundamentals of bunraku; audience members will be invited up to attempt to learn a bit about the craft of bunraku alongside Zero Untitled puppeteers. They will be given tasks to perform so that they learn a bit about the bunraku experience. Make no mistake: we are not trying to live up to the talents of the Masters, but only trying to share in the puppetry experience.
In addition to prescribed tasks drawn from a hat, we will entertain audience suggestions. This will be an educational and immersive experience. The show is set to premiere at the Texas State Museum of Asian Cultures & Education Center, July 5 from 6-9pm on rotation.
Direction and Puppet Design – Michael Verderber
Puppeteers – Aubrey Gracia, Diego Trevino, Kazi Sola, Katherine Orozco-Verderber
Zero Untitled have heard the amazing news that our work has been accepted to a slew of international Puppet slams including: Fresh Ideas in Toronto, Canada; Rocky Mountain Slam in Denver, CO; and Silly Goose in Oklahoma City!
“Shower Sharon” is an official selection of the Rocky Mountain Slam, part of Denver Fringe Festival. June 7, 2025.
OKC’s “Silly Goose” Puppet slam! Accepted works: “Experiment No. 3 – Headless” and “Shower Sharon” May 31st, 2025.
“Ruination Puppetry” is an official selection for “Fresh Ideas in Puppetry 2025”. May 31st online, and June 1st at the Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse, 79 St. George Street, Toronto. Both are afternoon programs that start at 1:30.
Click on these AFTER May 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM
JUST ADDED! The track list for the Grey Clay Radio Drone Day Weekend Event has our song listed as number six on their playlist! Check it out for more details on their page: grey clay radio – DRONE DAY 2025
The 2025 edition of our annual collaboration with dungeon synth / experimental / dark classical music project Down Chamber has been filmed and is set for premiere! The video has been uploaded to YouTube but will premiere on Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:01 AM in United States, Central time. Drone Day is an international event featuring artists all over the world embracing the drone music genre and its subgenres.
Here’s to TWENTY TWO YEARS of doing theatre, film, fire-breathing, puppetry, and music projects all over the world! Here’s to another 22 years! A huge thank you to EVERYONE who has EVER participated or attended a show! Without YOU, we could not exist.
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.
EDIT: All four shows have been posted/updated.
National – The Jim Henson Foundation
Arguably one of ZU’s busiest weekends EVER is upon us! On March 14th, we will premiere Gabriel Ruiz’s new four-person drama “Performance Evaluation” as a works-in-progress. Performance location will be announced soon. Email Zero_untitled_films@yahoo.com for free tickets to this special event.
On March 15th at the Texas State Museum of Asian Cultures and Education Center, starting at noon, ZU will have 4 other productions happening starting at noon: the world premiere of the puppet performance “The Prince’s Charming Snake”, two kamishibai (“Ba Pot Bellied Pigs” & “Baby Dormouse Vs Quizzical Crocodile”), and the Brazilian style of adults-only puppetry called “Lambe-Lambe” in a show called “Shower Sharon”. The latter is PG-13 for language and will be performed for adults only.
A brand new work-in-progress play “Performance Evaluation” by ZU co-founder Gabriel Ruiz will have a performance coming up on March 14, 2023. Free tickets are available for this event (as it is a work-in-progress), so please email us at zero_untitled_films@yahoo.com for ticket information.
In Zero Untitled’s continuing effort to explore new genres (as we did with Japanese kamishibai), we recently mounted our first Lambe-Lambe! This production was a pre-show for the recent Premature Punchline comedy show.
Thus, Michael Verderber created “Shower Sharon”, a rated PG-13 show (for language) about a college girl learning the ropes of life in the dorms. Pre-recorded vocal performances were by Julio Martinez and Katherine Orozco-Verderber.
**NEXT Performance: March 15, 2025 / Texas State Museum of Asian Cultures / noon and ongoing **
Here are some pics from the latest Premature Punchline improv comedy show! We put together a college-themed show as part of an extra credit assignment at the university. Performing in the shenanigans were: Diego, Daniel, Cricket, Michael, Ray, Aubrey, Steph, Julio, and of course, the professor herself – Mrs. Katherine Orozco-Verderber.
