Shelby is a writer, producer, director and actor with a background as a trained classical singer. As a theatre artist, her training consists of a drama minor at the University of Manitoba, as well as study at Company of Rogues in Calgary. She has taken courses in Arts Administration through the Haskayne School of Business and has run an independent theatre company in Calgary for the past 3 years. She has had the pleasure of working with companies such as DIY Theatre (of which she is the current Artistic Director), Fire Exit Theatre and Artists’ Collective Theatre.