Rose Philippine Duchesne
Courage for the New World
France, 1781. A nation stands on the edge of revolution. As the French monarchy teeters toward collapse, Catholics face mounting persecution. But in the city of Grenoble, a young girl dreams of becoming a missionary in the New World. Her calling will demand more courage and sacrifice than she ever imagined. This is the story of Rose Philippine Duchesne, an original audio drama series from The Merry Beggars.
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Rose Philippine Duchesne grows from a young girl in pre-Revolutionary France, inspired by a missionary priest's tales, into a professed sister of the Society of the Sacred Heart. She crosses a dangerous ocean and endures poverty, illness, and hardship on the American frontier.
Set against the French Revolution, the series states plainly that the uprising will see the king and queen killed and tens of thousands executed. Soldiers kick open the monastery doors, drag the elderly superior to her feet, and wrench Philippine's arm until she cries out, as the sisters scream. A priest anoints a dying man, and the nuns later find their chapel desecrated.
In the New World, the sisters witness a slave auction where men, women, and children are sold, and hear of the Potawatomi "Trail of Death," in which over nine hundred people were forcibly removed and more than forty died, most of them children. The voyage brings violent storms, and one cliffhanger leaves an ailing Philippine collapsed in a snowbank as a wolf howls. Along with recurring references to smallpox, illness, and death, these moments of danger and historical cruelty might warrant parental guidance for younger listeners.
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Cast & Crew
Cast
Rose Philippine Duchesne - Shelby Tylicki
Euphrosine - Margaret Smith
Young Philippine - Anais Rivera
Young Josephine - Sofija Grace Djenadic
Mother Barat - Holly Roth
Josephine - Tess Galbiati
Sister Octavie - Tess Galbiati
Bishop Dubourg - Bryce Bashford
Pierre - Bryce Bashford
Father Jean-Baptiste - Bryce Bashford
Father Jacques - Father Verhaegen
Mother du Murinais - Anne Marie Damman
Sister Magdalena - Anne Marie Damman
Celine - Margaret Smith
Mother Galitzin - Margaret Smith
Madame Pratte - Margaret Smith
Charlotte - Holly Roth
Sister Eugenie - Olivia Winters
Joseph - Paul Roberts
Ogima - Beau Jackson
Watseka - Nova Murillo
Writing & DIrection
Writer - Kris McLaughlin
Director - Darby Kerns
Script Development
Script Producer - Kiley Lawrence
Script Consultant - Buzz McLaughlin
Research Consultant - Lisa Lickona
Casting
Casting Director - Ariel Gade
Production
Line Producer - Julianna Hartke
Production Manager - Matt Goto
Board Operator - Mizha Overn
Production Assistant - Milena Weber
Sound
Audio Director - Michael Spina
Assistant Sound Designer - Juan Apesteguia
Music Designer - Jacob Brusseau
Audio Reviewer - Jacob Brusseau
Audio Packaging Producer - Scott Hermenau
Audio Assembler - Christina Hiromoto
Producers
Executive Producer - Peter Atkinson
Creative Producer - Kevin Collins
Associate Producer - Kiley Lawrence
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