Part Four: Redemption
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On the other side of her darkest year, Addie Zierman faces the demons from her past and decides what to hold on to and what to let go of as she moves into a new stage of her life.
This full-cast audio drama is based on the book When We Were on Fire: A Memoir of Consuming Faith, Tangled Love, and Starting Over by Addie Zierman. Created by Lizzie Goldsmith, it is being released in collaboration with Addie.
Cast (in order of appearance):
Joseph O’Gorman…ALISSA
Grace Shaw…KIM
Aria Sivick…ADDIE
R. Lawson Cade…COFFEE SHOP GUY
Levingston Lewis…SERVER 2
Shakari Williams…JENN
Mikell DiGiorgio…THERAPIST
Will DeVito…CHRIS
Josh Pitta…ANDREW
Ellen Noel…DOCTOR
Jacob Bellotti…NICODEMUS
Tina Perkins…SHEILA
Ashleigh Carter…MINDY
Michael DiGiorgio…PASTOR CARL
Urban…DANE
This production was dramatized, directed, produced, and sound designed by Lizzie Goldsmith. You can reach Lizzie at lizziegoldsmithproductions@gmail.com
Original music was composed by Frank Sheffield, with additional music from APM Music, as well as “Silent Night” by Kevin MacLeod, which is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. Bible pages sound effect from vdm.r.
Podcast cover art by Skylar White. Individual episode art and poetry by Jamie Bonilla (if you aren’t able to view the poem in the video above, you can find the full text here).
Full credits for this podcast can be found here.
Follow Addie’s work at addiezierman.com and addiezierman.substack.com.
Special thanks to Addie Zierman, Aria Sivick, Miranda Gardner, and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.
CONTENT WARNING: Pregnancy, childbirth, strong language, and religious trauma.
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