Emilie McDonald

The lives of a French theater director, her ex-boyfriend, and the two actors playing them intersect dramatically.

Mel, a 20-year-old female open mic comedian lives with her tabloid-obsessed mother in Queens. Abandoned by her father and born into a family of unfulfilled hopes and dreams, Mel is a bottled fight waiting to erupt. Her one outlet is through stand up comedy, which she sees as her only viable escape from her bleak existence. She misguidedly seeks validation and acceptance from a crew of misogynistic male comedians and is determined to make her mark as she navigates the late night, off the grid open mic scene.

A dissatisfied wife and mother flees NYC for an artist's enclave in the mountains, but complications ensue when she falls for a female kayak instructor.