FROM: NEW YORK, FOR: HIM A Rom-Com Cabaret Brought To You By Trump Comes to The Butterfly Club

Melissa David was working as a professional actress in New York City when she met a rugged Australian in London. After an international romance, they married in Central Park. Then, Donald Trump took office and everything changed. Melissa's husband was in Africa for work when the immigration system crashed and she couldn't get him back into the USA.

In From: New York, For: Him, she tells her story for the first time.
Joined on stage by accompanist and drag provocateur Peppy Smears, Melissa David (The Greatest Showman) invites audiences to relive her bizarre journey across the USA and then the world via hippy parents, exploding cars and bonfires full of wedding gifts. Her story will appeal to the romantic in all of us, as well as those who know what it's like to experience the highs and lows of doing whatever it takes to be with the one you love. Featuring a stunning songbook of classics by Carole King, Whitney Houston and Cher, this is a toe-tapping, wine-swilling tale of romance, laughter and sacrifice.

From: New York, For: Him runs 60 minutes with no interval and opens on 13th August. Bookings highly recommended.

Dates: 13th-18th August, 2018 (no performance on 14th August)
Time: 7:00pm
Cost: $27-34
Venue: The Butterfly Club, 5 Carson Place, Melbourne
Tickets: thebutterflyclub.com

MELISSA DAVID (Writer and Performer) is a recent New York Transplant, who is currently working for Helen O'Grady Drama Academy. She has a Master of Fine Arts in Acting and a BA in Theatre. She has been in over 46 productions ranging from Maureen in RENT to Lucy in The Threepenny Opera. Her most recent TV/Film sighting was in The Greatest Showman. @mellytravels melissadavid.com

PEPPY SMEARS (Accompanist) is the drag alter-ego of Vocal Coach & MD David Butler. Director of the David Butler Studio in Melbourne, David works with singers, actors and public speakers as well as referrals from the Melbourne Voice Analysis Centre. David was recently Musical Director for StageArt's acclaimed production of William Finn's Falsettos at Chapel Off Chapel, and Vocal Musical Director for BottleSnail's production of Stephen Sondheim's Into The Woods at the GasWorks Theatre. @thepeppysmears davidbutlerstudio.com

BRANDON PAPE (Producer) recently relocated to Melbourne after spending the last five years based in New York City. Brandon is a producer, director, and designer who has worked on productions and events throughout the United States as well as at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland. @midwestrunaway

BROOKLYN RUNAWAYS (Producer) is a newly formed Production Company dedicated to producing new works, cabarets, and other live events in Melbourne. @bkrunaways brooklynrunaways.com

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