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Goodbye Baby

When Melissa Brooks (Christine Evangelista, The Joneses, The Good Guy), discovers she can’t afford college, she moves in with her brother and his boyfriend in New York City and lands a job as a waitress at a comedy club run by Mr. Perlman (veteran actor Jerry Adler, “The Sopranos,” “Rescue Me”), and his son (indie-favorite, Kevin Corrigan, The Departed, Pineapple Express).

While waiting tables, she watches and learns from other professional comics, including Donnell Rawlings (“Chapelle’s Show”), Sal “The Stockbroker” Governale (“The Howard Stern Show”) and Jay Black. With some fatherly encouragement from Perlman and his comic son, Melissa gets up the nerve to go on stage.

Melissa soon finds herself testing her material in front of the toughest crowds in the country, taking her lumps and earning respect in the process. Offstage she becomes involved in a complicated love triangle (between Vincent Piazza of HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire” and “Scrubs” star Michael Mosley) while confronting a painful secret from her past, and finding the comedy in those dark places.

Featuring: Christine Evangelista (“The Joneses”, “The Good Guy”) Michael Mosley (“Scrubs”) Donnell Rawlings (“Chapelle’s Show”) Sal “The Stockbroker” Governale (“The Howard Stern Show”) Jerry Adler (“The Sopranos,” “Rescue Me”) Alan Ruck (“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”) Kevin Corrigan (“The Departed,” “Pineapple Express”) Vincent Piazza (HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire”)

Directed by: Daniel Schechter Run Time: 87 min. Not Rated. 2007, Comedy/Drama From US

World Premiere – Slamdance Film Festival, 2008 official selection;

Winner: TBS’s Just For Laughs Festival, Christopher Wetzel Award for Independent Comedy;

Tampa Int’l Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Winner 2008 Best Actress Award Christine Evangelista;

Nantucket Film Festival, Winner 2008 Tony Cox Screenwriting Award;

Santa Cruz Film Festival, Winner 2008 Directors Award

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