Being “on fire for God” all the time is starting to take its toll on Addie Zierman as she starts college in Minnesota, meets a boy named Andrew, and heads overseas for a year that will change 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):
- Aria Sivick…ADDIE
- Taylor Duenas…CHRISTY
- Grace Shaw…KIM
- Will DeVito…CHRIS
- Frank Sheffield…NICK / MARK
- Josh Pitta…ANDREW
- Joseph Davison-O’Gorman…ALISSA
- Wenyang Xie…RICKSHAW DRIVER
- Yang Yang…PASTOR
- Ashleigh Carter…WORSHIP LEADER / MINDY
- Jenny Jian…MERCHANT 1
- Mengjiao Li…MERCHANT 2
- Yubin Shi…POST OFFICE CLERK
- Caitlyn Cooke…TEACHER
- Michael DiGiorgio…PASTOR CARL
- Kate Weyant…WOMAN AT CHURCH
- Ed Gorham…BILL
- Tina Perkins…SHEILA
- Shakari Williams…JENN
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 Josh Woodward, Zeno, APM Music, and Public Domain Audio Bible. The hymn sung in this episode was “It Is Well,” written by Horatio Spafford. Rickshaw sound effect is from xserra.
Podcast cover art by Skylar White. Individual episode art and poetry by Jamie Bonilla. See the full text of the poem inspired by this episode.
Full credits for this podcast can be found here.
You can find out more about this production and the cast and crew at whenwewereonfirepodcast.com, as well as on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube.
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
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