Niki Gagliano

Actress/ Voice Actress/ Improv Actress, Screenwriter, Animator and Stand-Up Comic at Silly Side Productions
Screenwriter and Voice Actor

Los Angeles, California

Member Since:
December 2012

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About Niki

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Unique traits: Stand-up comedienne.

Gender:
Female

Height:
5' 2"

Weight:
141

Body type:
Average

Hair:
Shoulder Length

Hair color:
Red

Eyes:
Blue

Ethnicity:
Caucasian

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The Upside of Epilepsy Western Three cowboys (Steve Martin, Dom De Louise, and Martin Short) decide to Rob a Bank With Mike Binder.
Kissing Lessons (2 hr rom-com) Comedy Tired of getting her heart broken from dating emotionally unavailable men, a female comedienne starts an impromptu "Kissing School" in the comedy club, about two miles away from the local comedy club in Rancho Cucamunga.
Rush Hour Comedy Radio (TV sit-com) Comedy A hilariously dysfunctional brother and sister start an internet radio station from home, and duel it out on-air, during rush hour, Monday through Friday.
Foul Play 2 Romance ⋄ Comedy Detective Tony Carlson and Librarian Gloria Mundy come together in a sexy new mystery, in order to bring down Big Pharma.
Obedience School (sit-com) Comedy Five guys from the Bronx bring their dogs in for dog training at a local obedience school, and (throughout the course of the first season) they discover their dog's problems are actually their own.
POTUS Jerry Seinfeld returns to the screen as the President of the United States (POTUS), along with all his comedian buddies as UNDER-FUNCTIONING members of CABINET.
The Comedy Store (documentary) Four newbie stand-up comedians rise to the top together as they navigate the complex world of comedy and show-business.
The Song of the Shaman (sci-fi fantasy feature) Sci-fi ⋄ Fantasy This is the story of how a group of light-souls came to live on Earth (invisible among the humans, except to the Shamans) after their ship crashed in the ocean, eons ago.
Intergalactic U. (episode 1- Spring Break: Earth) Budget: $0 - $100K | Sci-fi ⋄ Comedy Three alien college students from Intergalactic University (Jaltoo, Teek, and Farfle) get stuck in Florida when they come to Earth to study human mating rituals during Spring Break.
Stuck in Sunshine Lakes Comedy ⋄ Romance When New York stockbroker Aaron Davidson (54), loses his job, his wife, and his apartment, he's forced to move back in with his parents, who now live in a kooky 55+ community near Phoenix, Arizona.(sounds like my family! lol...)
The Mystic Musical ⋄ Comedy When Meg, a fiery-tempered band manager gets struck by lightning on stage, she wakes up thinking she's Aquarius - the bringer of the New Age. Of course, she's immediately diagnosed as mentally ill and sent up to the psych floor...which is when the real fun begins! (Spoiler alert in the synopsis...)
Same Time, Next Year (ensemble rom-com) Romance ⋄ Comedy A group of KU alumni meet up once a year, and fall in and out of love with each other...whenever they are single.
Holo-World (sci-fi/comedy/romance feature) Sci-fi ⋄ Comedy A female sci-fi writer is brought back to life 500 years in the future in order to stop a civil war in the very same holographic society that she inspired with her book, Holo-World.
Research Park Mystery ⋄ Comedy Who’s killing all the vaccine scientists at Research Triangle park, North Carolina? That’s what detectives Mike Murphy and Alex Matamorros must figure out before another one bites the dust. Luckily, a smart and sexy hospital pharmacist moves into the apartment next to Mike and helps him figure out the mystery.
The Addiction Comedy Ever wonder what the world would look like if sugar was an illegal substance? This short comedy screenplay takes a look at what "sugar rehab" would look like for a group of sugar addicts.
Zoddlers Horror ⋄ Comedy It's zombies!... It's toddlers!... It's Zoddlers! (spoiler alert in synopsis)
The Bouncer Comedy ⋄ Romance A frustrated daughter hires a bouncer from a local neighborhood bar to keep her alcoholic brother out of her elderly parents' house during the holidays. But things do not go exactly as planned...
The A.I. Olympics Comedy Five broke friends pool the last of their money together to start up the world's first Humanoid A.I. Olympics.
Post-Grad Comedy ⋄ Drama Instead of studying for her pharmacy boards, a new pharmacy graduate heads off to Europe to go backpacking for three weeks with two of her friends, in order to get some much-needed distance from her constantly-stoned boyfriend.
The Pharmacy (sit-com) Comedy Sophie DaVinci, a red-headed female pharmacist (who often calls herself the "anti-pharmacist" because she's so into holistic medicines and other therapies..not to mention disgusted with the dealings of Big Pharma) moves back to her college home town of Lawrence, Kansas to re-open the old Raney's Drug Store as a HOLISTIC PHARMACY with four of her friends from college.
Vanlife: Undercover Comedy ⋄ Romance A female FBI agent gets an assignment go to undercover as a "van lifer" to try to catch a criminal on the run.
Wildlife Rehab Comedy When a privileged alcoholic son discovers that his father is refusing to leave his fortune to him unless he sobers up for a year, he has no other choice but to try a whole new way of getting sober...Wildlife Rehab.
Shark Island Horror ⋄ Comedy A day of sailing turns into a horror show when two tourists happen upon Shark Island. HTTPS://YOUTU.BE/8ISGR4T8L0C
Writing with Other People Romance ⋄ Comedy Two established screenwriters, Ted Ennis and Moira Tannenbaum, get hired for a re-write by a famous producer. As they continue on their journey of self-discovery as writers, they fall in and out of love with each other (and drive each other crazy in the process)...and then they win an Oscar.
Research Park Comedy ⋄ Thriller Who’s killing all the vaccine scientists at Research Triangle park, North Carolina? That’s what detectives Mike Murphy and Alex Matamorros must figure out before another one bites the dust. Luckily, a smart and sexy hospital pharmacist moves into the apartment next door to Mike (and into his life) and helps him figure out the mystery.
Wings (sit-com reboot) Comedy I already have the pilot written.Anyone want to write the rest of the episodes with me? (***I pitched this idea to a fellow member on Stage 32 a couple weeks ago, and he never got back to me, but I heard he's filming somewhere, so maybe he can join us for season 2...he's welcome to!)
Live on stage....it's Niki Galiano...tonight..in L.A...somewhere. (I just need to find an open mic) Hey, everyone, I'll be performing tonight in L.A. somewhere...somehow....on stage. I'll be doing my "Used Car Salesman (dating) coach" (The first (and last) time I did this routine, was a couple of years ago at a comedy club in downtown Chandler, AZ. It killed there (that means people laughed their asses off)...so I'm going to perform it tonight. (I figured I should do it first at an open mic night, since I'm a little rusty. I haven't been on stage since I did this routine, because my dad got sick...but I'm ready to start making people laugh again! So without further ado, here's the Used Car Salesman Routin.
Obedience School (2 hour rom-com) Romance ⋄ Comedy *Announcer voice: It's a classic Man-with-Dog meets Woman-With-Leash story.When Aaron (54), meets Lisa (??), at a local dog park in Sunshine Lakes, he immediately enrolls his pooch into the obedience school, just for a chance to get to meet her.
Kissing Lessons (2-hour feature rom-com) Romance ⋄ Comedy Tired of getting her heart broken by dating unavailable men who can't kiss worth a damn, stand-up comic Niki Galiano (55) starts a "kissing school," along with some of her comedian buddies from the L.A. area.
Bands I Fell In Love With In College Romance ⋄ Musical This is a 2-hour ensemble rom-com.Logline coming soon... as soon as I figure out what it is...(I need to finish the synopsis first. )
Chipped Budget: $0 - $100K | Sci-fi ⋄ Comedy When six gifted, high school seniors are offered college scholarships in exchange for being guinea pigs in a clinical study, they develop the ability to communicate telepathically with one another...and then they all go a little crazy when they realize they can't get themselves out of each other's heads!
Uber Budget: $0 - $100K | Romance ⋄ Comedy An Uber driver with writer's block picks up a fare who begs him to pretend he's her boyfriend for the night. He throws caution to the wind (thinking that it might give him a good story) but little does he know what he's really in for.
March Madness: The Super Troopers Party Down Comedy When the The Super Troopers get called out of town to provide security for the NCAA Final Four Tournament in New York City, madness ensues when they run into the cast of Party Down... who have been called out of town to provide lunch.
Fiesta Abajo Comedy Quinceañeras, Bar Mitzvahs y Bodas! Ay, Dios mio! New immigrants from all over Latin America pursue their dreams of becoming voice actors, as they work in the restaurant business in Phoenix, Arizona.
The Comedy Store You can see the logline on the other post titled "The Comedy Store."(More info in synopsis, below.)
The Spiritual, Psychological Dharma of the Comedy Kama Sutra (a 2 hr ensemble comedy) Budget: $1M - $5M a.k.a. The Comedy Kama Sutra 101 - which was how I first came up with the idea
GAP YEAR (2 hr feature rom-com) Romance ⋄ Comedy A newly-graduated pharmacy student takes a year off (a.k.a. "Gap Year" in the UK) before completing her graduate (PharmD) studies at the KU MED Center.
The Comedy Kama Sutra 101 Other ⋄ Comedy A hilarious TV game show based on the Kama Sutra.Hmmm...maybe we could make it a writer's game show?..and it could be aired on Stage32 or Rush Hour Comedy Radio...or even Silly Side Productions! Lol. Heck, this could be aired on Playboy! (And quite possibly, it might have to be, because I don't think anybody else on Earth would dare to pick this series to produce...except maybe Playboy....lol!)
ACROSS THE POND (ROM-COM) Romance ⋄ Comedy LOGLINE IN DEVELOPMENT ...stay tuned....
72 HOUR HOLD Other ⋄ Comedy This is a hilarious sketch comedy (based on my own life) about how I, a red-headed female pharmacist, got stuck in a 72 hour hold one time in the Phoenix area.

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Credits

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Awards

Quarterfinalist in the 6th Annual Stage 32 TV Writing Contest (for RESEARCH PARK
(2021)
Quarter-finalist in the Screencraft Film Fund grant program (for DENTURE CAPITALISTS)
(2017)
semi-finalist in the 2013 LA Comedy Shorts screenwriting contest ( for SPRING BREAK: EARTH)
(2013)