In writer/director/star Michelle Ehlen’s award-winning debut film, a frustrated and desperate actor takes some secret cross-dressing liberties and finally lands a breakout role. OK, it sounds like Tootsie. But it’s a damn good and really gay Tootsie. Not to mention that you don’t have to see Dustin Hoffman in a dress.

Frustrated by her lack of success in the acting world and spurred on by her roommate’s surprisingly successful acting cat, super dyke Jamie stops femming it up for casting calls and reclaims her true form, Butch Jamie. Much to her dismay, Jamie lands a role in an independent film as Steve. Jamie reluctantly accepts the part, and even starts having fun as she prepares for the role with priceless hetero-male quips such as “Yeah, I banged her. She was good. I was better.”

Now, Jamie must confront an array of on-set obstacles—from being oddly short for a man, to having ethical reservations with her secrecy, to a hardcore crush on all-American Jill who falls for the film’s new petite vegetarian man (uh oh).

A quirky, gender-bending comedy full of wit and community inside jokes, Butch Jamie is a well-rounded tale of the surprising liberation of pretense on the path to finding yourself.

Writer/Director/Actor Michelle Ehlen will be attending a post-film Q&A.

ADMISSION:  $10 non-member / $8 members