Part Three: Rebellion
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Addie Zierman is depressed, angry at the Church People, and feeling lost in her life, her faith, and her marriage. What will it take for her to find her way back? Is going back even possible?
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.
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Cast (in order of appearance):
Aria Sivick…ADDIE
Matt Farrelly…LIQUOR STORE CLERK
Levingston Lewis…BARISTA 1
Tamar Turner…NEWSCASTER 3
Ashleigh Carter…MINDY
Tina Perkins…SHEILA
Jonathan Schaefer…BARISTA 2 / TODD
Josh Pitta…ANDREW
Shakari Williams…Jenn
Michael DiGiorgio…SERVER 1
Brendan Weaver…MILES
Matt Sampere…BRAD
Kayla Burton…KAYLA
Melissa Chessher…MARRIAGE COUNSELOR
Grace Shaw…KIM
Joseph O’Gorman…ALISSA
Mikell DiGiorgio…THERAPIST
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. Pet store sound effects from barcelonetasonora, Quintus, ryanlouis, n_audioman, 18hiltc, and 170084
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: Strong language, substance abuse, depression, and near-infidelity