Jaye Tyler, a recent Brown University graduate with a philosophy degree, holds a dead-end job as a sales clerk at a Niagara Falls gift shop. Jaye is the reluctant participant in conversations with various animal figurines — a wax lion, brass monkey, stuffed bear, and mounted fish, among others — which direct her via oblique instructions to help people in need.

Caroline Dhavernas, Tyron Leitso, Tracie Thoms, Katie Finneran, Lee Pace, Diana Scarwid, William Sadler