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SHALANSKY is set to produce and star in a new web series pilot.

Upright Citizens Brigade performer and alumna, Becky Feldman, wrote, produces, stars and directs this comedy, web series pilot. SOMEONE BETTER is about a young women, Chelsea (Feldman) who, after being a shut in for nearly a year, takes a new job at SomeoneBetter.com, a dating website for people already in relationships. Chelsea tries to not let her OCD interfere with her first day at work, but some of the personalities in the office make this harder than she expected.

Someone Better is also produced by Josh Feldman and Eliana Horeczko. Xander Bailey, Jennifer Candy, Gian Molina and Shane Salk also star.

CLIFF - a new dark comedy short film - is set to hit the Film Festival Circuit!

Shalansky co-wrote and is co-producing the project with indie director Paul Emerson. Cliff is a dark comedy short film in the vein of Terry Gilliam and Ethan/Joel Coen. It stars Dave Shalansky as Cliff, Bayne Gibby as Betty, and Blake Robbins as Dr. Keanon. Cliff finished filming in May of 2012 and will premier at the 23rd Annual Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose, CA in early March, 2013.

Cliff is produced by Shalansky and Emerson under the production company Good Ride Machine.

For more info and screening dates, please visit our Facebook Page. Also, please visit www.cliffmovie.com.

Shalansky was just cast in HOW SWEET IT IS - a new Mob, Comedy, Musical feature.

The indie feature stars Paul Sorvino, Erika Christensen and Joe Piscopo. The ensemble cast for mob comedy musical How Sweet It Is focuses on alcoholic theater owner, Jack (Piscopo) who needs a strong showing for his musical’s opening night to dig himself out of debt with the mob. The mob boss (Sorvino) insists that his friends get roles in the musical, which complicates things somewhat. Reynolds will cameo as himself and Christensen will play Jack’s daughter. How Sweet It Is, directed by Brian Hertzlinger (Baby on Board) from a script he co-wrote with Jay Black will debut this fall.

Dave Shalansky joins the cast of the romantic comedy, Divorce Invitation.

Lainie Kazan, Elliott Gould, Richard Kind, Ian Alda, Keith Robinson, and Andrea Bowen join Jonathan Bennett, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, and Nadia Bjorlinto round out the cast of the romantic comedy Divorce Invitation. This project will mark critically acclaimed Indian director S.V. Krishna Reddy's U.S. directorial debut. Krishna Reddy, Bala Rajasekharuni, and Robert Naturman wrote the screenplay. Venkat will produce with Ram serving as an executive producer. M.S.P. Srinivas Reddy is co-producer. Divorce Invitation centers on happily married Mike Christian, who runs into his high school sweetheart Alex and sparks fly. Mike is convinced she is his soul mate. But he has one huge problem - he signed an iron-clad pre-nup, and his wife Dylan will not let him out of the marriage.

Divorce Invitation comes to theaters in 2012 and stars Lainie Kazan, Elliott Gould, Richard Kind, Keith Robinson, Andrea Bowen, Jonathan Bennett, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Ian Alda and Dave Shalansky.

GEORGE'S 40th BIRTHDAY was accepted into the Los Angeles Comedy Film Festival, the D.C. Shorts Film Festival, Washington DC and the Burbank International Short Film Festival!

"George’s 40th Birthday' is a USC senior thesis film and is one of four films being produced as part of the Fall 2010 advanced 480 production class. Shalansky plays the lead. For more information about the cast, crew and production, please visit: www.georges40thbirthday.com

IN THE VIDEO STORE

Dave Shalansky can be seen in the indie feature ACCORDING TO GRETA out on DVD now!!! It stars Hillary Duff and Ellen Burstyn. Purchase a copy of your very own by clicking on the Amazon.com logo below:

RECENT BOOKINGS

Shalansky Guest Stars on Eric McCormacks's hit TNT Show PERCEPTION! Stay tuned for episode air date.

In 2012, Shalansky shot episodes of RINGER, CASTLE, SOUTHLAND and HOLLYWOOD HEIGHTS!

Shalansky stars in the indie short DREAM CLEANERS. SYNOPSIS: We catch up with Artie (played by Larrs Jackson) and Rex (Shalansky) driving through a foggy night on the way to a job. Artie’s an old timer who’s been at this gig longer than he can remember. Rex, well it’s his first night on the job. When Rex starts fooling around and not taking the job too seriously, the Dream Cleaners are in for a night they will never forget. The film will premiere at the 2011 COMIC CON in San Diego, CA. DREAM CLEANERS was produced by: Sunnyboy Entertainment. And was written and directed by Craig S. Phillips. www.sunnyboyentertainment.com.

A NEW WEB SERIES!

Shalansky takes a lead role in a new webseries called "Let It Go Already". Synopsis: A former band still lives together. Passive aggressive hijinks ensue. Starring: Graham Sibley, Wes Whitehead, Dave Shalansky, Tonya Cornelisse, Stefanie Black and Keliher Walsh. Created By: Aaron Crowe, Jason Saulog and Ted Craig.

Watch the series on VIMEO.COM . (Click the Vimeo link to view)

Shalansky shot an episode of LIE TO ME. .

ON THE INTERNET

Dave Shalansky stars in a 6 webisode series entitled CANNABAL RUN. This comedy series is directed by the award winning, up and comer Erin E. Cantelo. Now you can view the episodes of CANNIBAL RUN weekly, exclusively on BABELGUM.COM/cannibalrun

Or, for your convenience, click below to watch each episode RIGHT HERE!

Watch all the episodes, some behind the scenes AND bloopers right here.

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COMEDY

Dave Shalansky is a member of the Sketch Comedy troupe Sitcoms Blow .

Dave Shalansky is proud to announce that he has just finished his training at the famous UPRIGHT CITIZENS BRIGADE in Los Angeles.

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Born and raised in Rhode Island, Dave Shalansky moved on to receive a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre from Boston University. Upon graduating, he moved to New York City where he became very successful in TV commercials and continued advancing his acting career by working steadily in the New York and Regional Theatre circuits. Since moving to Los Angeles, Shalansky landed several TV guest star roles on such shows as Curb Your Enthusiasm, ER, Bones, CSI, Without a Trace, Dark Blue and continues to work increasingly on TV, Film and commercials. He is best known for his recurring character of Harry on the Gilmore Girls. Shalansky is also involved with producing short film projects in Los Angeles and continues to take classes and perform at the nationally recognized and critically acclaimed improv company Upright Citizens Brigade. Dave is also a professional drummer and plays in various bands in Los Angeles. Click here to check out MUSIC and GIGS for his latest band NICE GUY EDDIE.

Click the links below to read the full ARTICLES.

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• "Dave Shalansky, not yet a household name, but gainfully employed in Hollywood"
  By Dahlia Neeman

The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey's "TWELFTH NIGHT" review:

• "It is the level of acting, however, that seperates this "Twelfth Night" from so many..."
  By Naomi Siegel

 

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