I Was Never There
What the hell happened to Marsha “Mudd” Ferber?
Named a 2022 audio selection at the Tribeca Festival, I Was Never There takes listeners on a trip into the countercultural movements swirling through West Virginia in the 1970s and 80s. Jamie Zelermyer and her mother Karen investigate the shocking disappearance of their friend Marsha “Mudd” Ferber and explore her evolution from suburban housewife to back-to-the-land hippie to drug-dealing bar owner. As mother and daughter venture deeper into the mystery of Marsha’s disappearance, the two process their own history: Jamie reflects on her nontraditional upbringing and Karen reckons with the joyful and complicated consequences of her decisions.
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About the Hosts
Jamie Zelermyer has been a New York-based Producer and Production Executive for the past 20 plus years. Currently, she is the co-host and creator of I Was Never There. Jamie also teaches group and one-on-one film and television pitching sessions giving attendees practical strategies and practice before they pitch to outside companies. She was the VP of Physical Production at Focus Features / Rogue Pictures. Prior to Focus, Jamie was a Line Producer and Production Manager working on films such as Igby Goes Down, Boys Don’t Cry and You Can Count on Me. Jamie is the President of the Board of Directors of New York Women In Film and Television, and is an adviser on NYWIFT’s The Writer Lab, a program for female writer’s over 40 funded by Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman.
Karen Zelermyer is the co-host and creator of I Was Never There. In her 73 turns around the sun, Karen Zelermyer has held a multiplicity of job titles including President and CEO of a philanthropic advocacy organization, Deputy Director of an LGBTQ foundation, Development Director of a women’s social service organization, Board Chair and foundation consultant. Karen is also a life-long social justice feminist activist. She cut her activism teeth in the Vietnam anti-war movement and continues to have an unwavering commitment to the dismantling of racism and white privilege, heteronormativity, and misogyny. She also has a few degrees but that was a really long time ago.
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Show Credits:
Hosts: Jamie Zelermyer and Karen Zelermyer
Executive Producers: Jenny Kaplan, Jamie Zelermyer, and Karen Zelermyer
Producers: Allie Wollner, Lindsey Kratochwill, Adesuwa Agbonile, and Liz Smith
Editors: Jenny Kaplan and Liz Smith
Production Assistant: Alesandra Tejeda
Music Supervisor: Sarah Tembeckjian
Theme Music: “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” by John Denver, performed by Brandi Carlile