Megan Stalter Shines in Wry Portland-Set Comedy

Everywhere Cora (Megan Stalter) goes, she finds herself in situations that beg others to ask one simple yet pointed question: “What is wrong with you?” Cora may brush off such flippant passive-aggressive digs at her wellbeing and overall sense of composure, but it’s soon clear that Hannah Pearl Utt’s wry comedy “Cora Bora” will forcefully (and hilariously) get this aspiring musician to reckon with the life she’s trying to build for herself in Los Angeles, away from her family, her girlfriend and a past she’ll soon no longer be able to run away from.

Life in L.A. doesn’t seem to be going well for Cora. In between daytime gigs at mostly empty coffee shops and late night gigs at even emptier bars, her solo career looks to be floundering. With titles like “Dreams Are Stupid” and “Don’t Wanna Hear You Anymore,” her embittered folksy songs garner her few fans. They’re a far cry from the rueful pop stylings of her erstwhile group “The Maybe Nots,” which is no more.

Cora’s hookups these days are awkward and sometimes even end in tears. Suddenly, even her manager is leaving the industry to start up a microbrewery with her soon-to-be-husband, all while Cora’s girlfriend Justine (Jojo T. Gibb) back in Portland keeps dodging her calls — proof perhaps that their open relationship may not be working out that well for either of them. There’s only so much delusion that can fuel Cora’s current situation. And so, in a futile…