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
• Dusean Williams…NIGHT MANAGER
• 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 [email protected]

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. 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: Pregnancy, childbirth, strong language, and religious trauma.

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