Audiobook Talent & Industry Guide

GAIL SHALAN

https://www.GailShalan.com/

Pseudonym(s): Available upon request

Pronouns: she/her

Nationality/Cultural Identity: American, UK, Jewish, Eastern European Ashkenazi (Jewish), Mediterranean, North African, Mizrahi (Jewish), Northern European

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

Awards: AudioFile Earphones, AudioFile Best Audiobook

Spoken Languages: Standard American, Standard British (RP)

American Accents: Standard (mid-Atlantic), Midwest, New England, New York, Southern, Texas, West Coast/ California, Transatlantic, "period-piece/ historical" American accents

Other English Accents: Standard (RP), British Regionals, Cockney, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Yorkshire, Mancunian, West Country, Contemporary London

World Accents: Dutch, French, German, Greek, Indian, Italian, Mexican, Middle Eastern, Russian, South American, Spanish, Yiddish, Polish, Romanian, Hungarian, Israeli, Iranian, Pakistani, Egyptian, Turkish, Castilian, Colombian

Genres: Children's, Comedy, Drama, Horror, LGBTQ, Literary Fiction, Mystery/Suspense, Young Adult, Sports

Voice Range: Juvenile, Teen, 20s-30s

PERFORMANCE & TRAINING

Stage/Film/TV: Theatre Uncut; Power Plays/ Bristol Old Vic Theatre (UK); Mad Forest/ Wickham Theatre (UK); The Importance of Being Earnest/ Stag & Lion Theatre Co. (NYC)

Favorite Roles: Gwendolen Fairfax/The Importance of Being Earnest/ Stag & Lion Theatre (NYC); Riley Ann & Puppeteer / Coyote Girl/ dir. Robert Biggs (BIFF Award- Winning Short); Paulina /The Winter's Tale/ Maiden Phoenix Theatre (Boston)

Voice-Over: Spotify/Commercial; MeUndies/Commercial; ZohoOne/Commercial

Training: MFA in Acting - Bristol Old Vic Theatre School; BFA in Acting - Boston University; Williamstown Theatre Festival Apprentice

Expertise: puppeteering and puppet making, food and beverage (10+ years in Service Industry from dive bar to Michelin star), child development (nanny for 10+ year), Anglofile, neurodivergent (ADHD)

Worked With: Penguin Random House, Macmillan, Hachette, Simon & Schuster, Harper Audio

Home Studio • Audiobooks Recorded >100 plus Indie Publishers

APA Member

AUDIOBOOKS & REVIEWS

Audiobooks: ELLIE'S DELI: WISHING ON MATZO BALL SOUP!; WITH REGRETS; THE WITCH’S LENS (The Order of the Seven Stars, Book 1); WHEN WE WERE THEM; THE WRITING RETREAT; WHAT HAPPENED TO RACHEL RILEY?

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