PrePunch’s first ever Holiday show was a huge success, breaking any previous Corpus attendance records by two-fold.  There was standing room only and, unfortunately, many folks left because they could not fit in the space!  For those who missed the show, we’ll be performing in Corpus Christi in the next few months, so stay tuned.

If you are sick of the holiday hoo-haw, then do NOT come to our Holiday-themed extravaganza show!  On December 30th at the Tango Tea Room in Corpus Christi, Premature Punchline will be having a holiday-themed show full of standup, skits, and improv games.  Some of the major holidays such as Christmas, Thanksgiving, and New Year’s will be the topic of the show.

This show will be FREE so bring the family for some holiday fun!

PrePunch’s Holiday Extravaganza

Tango Tea Room, 505 South Water Street

Corpus Christi

Las Vegas was recently invaded by Harvey the Mime and Zero Untitled on Black Friday.  Harvey visited several Vegas hotspots such as the New York-New York Hotel, Treasure Island, Mandalay Bay amongst others.  See show page for more info.

Premature Punchline had its final show for 2011, tentatively.  The final performance was at The Dusty Boot bar in Freer, Tx for PrePunch member Mark Pittman’s birthday party.  PrePunch will resume in January 2012 with a possible late December Christmas-themed show.  The comedy troupe is still available for bookings.  Here are some pics from the show.

Backstage photo: A. Perez applying makeup to The Dead Writer, actor J. Bulin.

The fictitious Wonderland Ward was forever shut down with the close of “Relapse in Wonderland”, a sequel to last year’s successful “Madness in Wonderland”.  This year’s production had an attendance of over 200 who braved the 40-long wait in line.

Backstage photo: A. Salinas as The White Queen, R. Ferguson as The Red Queen and S. Saenz as Lily.

Here’s what some people had to say:

“The play was fantastic, I really did get scared throughout the entire show.” – Desiree L.

“My heart was racing…” – Ana G.

“I will not look at Alice or any of the Wonderland characters the same anymore.  It is crazy how you changed a friendly “Alice in Wonderland” story and turn it into some crazy, dark, psycho.” – Jesse D.

ZU’s latest firebreathing venture, Se7en, was performed at the Fall Carnival on October 19, 2011.  The crew unveiled a new breather, Melissa “Cali” Nikirk, and longtime breather, Verderber successfully set his beard on fire!  Fun all around!

Firebreather #1 – Luis Zaragosa

Firebreather #2 – Melissa “Cali” Nikirk

Firebreather #3 – Michael Verderber

Aaron Martwick, reprising his role as Matthew Hattha, aka Mad Hatter.

Michelle Honeycutt and Daron Briscoe reprising their roles as Griffin and Dr. E., respectively.

Zero Untitled’s 52nd production “Welcome Freshmen” presented by Premature Punchline, went over well.  See the show page for more details.

 Aaron Salinas as King “Crayon”

As requested by a TAMUK English lecturer, ZU restaged their play “Anti-Gone Wrong” (written by Sophocles, Barry Berryhill, and Michael Verderber).  This was a one-time private performance for the college class.  More information can be found on the original show page for “Anti-Gone Wrong.”

 Danny Cantu as “Anteegon” and Salinas as “Padame”

Premature Punchline presents “Welcome Freshmen”

Zero Untitled’s improv comedy troupe continues its wreckless abandon with “Welcome Freshmen.”  The troupe will perform a new show bringing in the new school year; the show will contain some of the best skits and improv games from the entire summer run.  [ ZERO-052 ]

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Se7en: A Firebreathing Showcase

Verderber and Zaragosa will breathe fire for TAMUK’s annual Fall Carnival.  Look out for them walking around the carnival, performance around 9 pm, for ZU’s seventh firebreathing showcase. [ ZERO-053 ]

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Relapse in Wonderland

On the tail of the interactive theatre pieces “Into Hell” and “Madness in Wonderland” comes “Relapse in Wonderland” – the sequel to the highly successful “Madness…”.  This piece will continue the insanity laid forth by the first “Madness…”, this time, however, Alice is back at the Wonderland Ward.  [ ZERO-054 ]

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The Tempest

A staged reading performance in honor of the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s staging of “The Tempest.” [ ZERO-055 ]

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10 Years Later…

Written by Michael Verderber, this short film is ten years in the making.  And long overdue…    [ ZERO-056 ]

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Michael Lee Mendez’s “Loud Smiley”

Standup comedy returns with “Loud Smiley”, Premature Punchline’s Mendez provides his full-length show.  A mix of standup comedy, impersonations and audience-selected improv songs, this show is not to be missed. [ ZERO-057 ]

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Fate of Eights: A Firebreathing Showcase

Even more fire-breathing chaos in ZU’s eighth firebreathing showcase. [ ZERO-058 ]

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S h a t t e r e d   Embers

A one man show currently in development.  This drama explores America’s obsession with the superficial and weighs the penalty of such an infatuation. [ ZERO-059 ]

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Acoustical

Verderber’s romantic comedy about the acoustic musician who fails to strike a chord in the heart of his love interest.  Sometimes nice guys finish last and the helpless romantics are just helpless… [ ZERO-060]