Shelved Announces Series Leads

June 29, 2022

The series leads for Shelved were announced today by CTV and Counterfeit Pictures. They include:

Lyndie Greenwood has appeared in several regular and reoccurring roles for television including The Expanse, S.W.A.T., Star, Sleepy Hollow, and Nikita. Greenwood’s feature film roles include The World Without You, Cut To The Chase, and This Movie Is Broken.

Chris Sandiford is an actor and comedian whose television credits include multiple seasons of Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi’s What We Do In The Shadows for FX, Ghosts, Cavendish, Tallboyz, and the recent Netflix series God’s Favorite Idiot. Sandiford was also recently seen in the feature Moonfall.

Dakota Ray Hebert is an actress and comic who recently starred in the award-winning feature film Run Woman Run, for which she won the Best Actress Award at last years’ American Indian Film Festival and the Vancouver Film Festival. Her first televised stand-up set will be on the upcoming Comedy Night With Rick Mercer.

Paul Braunstein is a familiar face from Canadian film and television whose TV credits include Baroness Von Sketch, Burden of Truth, Murdoch Mysteries, and October Faction.

Also joining the cast are Taylor Love (Most Dangerous Game), Varun Saranga (Wynnona Earp), and Robin Duke (Schitt’s Creek).

Today’s cast announcement includes some details about the series and its characters:

Executive produced by Farrell, SHELVED is a single-camera work-place comedy centered around the lives of the employees and patrons at the Jameson Public Library in Parkdale as they go about their lives in this unassuming yet extraordinary place. Greenwood stars in SHELVED as Wendy, Head of the Jameson Branch. Wendy is an energetic dreamer who always sees the best in people and cares passionately about her library and the community of Parkdale. The staff at Jameson Public Library also includes the fastidious and judgmental Howard (Sandiford), who begrudgingly joins the team after getting transferred from the prestigious Midtown branch; social rights activist Jaq (Hebert), who is obsessed with dystopian Young Adult novels and calling out micro-aggressions; and Assistant Branch Head, Bryce (Braunstein), a conservative devoted to conspiracy theories and following the letter of library law.

Photos

Also released were photos of members of the cast:

Lyndie Greenwood as Wendy, Head of the Jameson Branch

Paul Braunstein as Bryce, Chris Sandiford as Howard

Taylor Love as Sheila, and Dakota Ray Hebert as Jaq

Quotes

“Talk to any librarian and they will tell you the stories that walk through their door are frequently interesting. When that library is in Parkdale, one of the most eclectic parts of one of the most diverse cities in the world, they become endlessly interesting. The writers and I have had enormous fun developing the world of SHELVED, and we are all incredibly excited about this phenomenal cast bringing our words to life.”

— Anthony Q. Farrell, Showrunner and Executive Producer.

“As a long-time Parkdale resident, library obsessive, and unofficial president of the Anthony Q. Farrell fan club, this show is an absolute dream come true. We couldn’t be more excited to bring SHELVED to CTV. Also, go support your local library.”

— Shane Corkery, Counterfeit Pictures

(Via CTV)