| Forever and a Day | |
| Genre: | Serial drama |
| Format: | Podcast |
| Updates: | Weekly |
| Creator: | Casey S. Hutchison |
| Narrated: | Casey S. Hutchison |
| Theme Music Composer: | Soundstripe |
| Language: | English |
| Num Seasons: | 4 |
| Num Episodes: | 73 |
| Length: | 25-30 minutes (regular) 40-60 minutes (specials) |
| Provider: | Anchor Podcasts |
| Began: | August 3, 2020 |
Forever and a Day is a serial drama, podcast, and audio drama created by Casey S. Hutchison. The podcast follows the lives of three families in the fictional town of Augustus, Illinois.
The first season focuses on Leslie Marshall's marriage to Alex Bennett after leaving her former high school sweetheart Colin Harper at the altar. Leslie and Alex are raising their son Aiden as Colin finds new love with schemer Emma Jensen, who's secretly working with Alex to bring Colin and the Harpers down. Colin's mother Elaine deals with her sister Melanie Walters coming to town with a huge secret that only Elaine's scheming husband Gunnar knows. And Stephanie Markum comes face-to-face with her stalker who happens to be her ex-boyfriend Donovan Aldridge. Donovan vows to reunite with his "Beautiful Blue" and start anew with her.
Season two sees the Harpers and the Bennetts' decades long feud comes closer to a resolution as they family deals with the fallout of Katelynn Harper & Laken Bennett both being outed as lesbians publicly and a couple. Emma begins to actually fall for Colin and discovers she's pregnant. Alex and Leslie's marriage gets rocky; Alex sleeps with Danielle Fraser during his separation from Leslie. A dangerous woman named Dominique Bradford comes to town hell bent on settling a score with Leslie's uncle Gregory. A shocking death rocks Augustus. The season finale ends with Dominique holding everyone hostage at gunpoint, and three people being shot.
In season three, the town of Augustus is slowly healing from the aftermath of the shooting. Gossip blogger Danielle Fraser and her brother Jesse Jr. "JJ" deal with a family secret. Donovan adds to his list of people to terrorize. And Gregory's estranged son Dr. Christopher Marshall comes to town with trouble following him.
| Character | Actor | Seasons | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Gunnar Harper | Brett Lawerence | colspan="1" | |||
| Elaine Harper | Elizabeth von Isser | colspan="4" | |||
| Colin Harper | Quinn VanAntwerp[1] | colspan="1" | |||
| Emma Jensen | Jeanne Young | colspan="1" | |||
| Katelynn Harper | Lacretia Lyon | colspan="4" | |||
| Melanie Walters | Beth Ehlers[2] [3] [4] | colspan="1" | |||
| Steven Langenfeld | Aaron Clark | colspan="4" | |||
| Jonah Bennett | Matthew Preston | colspan="4" | |||
| Miranda Bennett | Renée Suran | colspan="4" | |||
| Alexander "Alex" Bennett (#1) | Tyler David | colspan="1" | |||
| Alexander "Alex" Bennett (#2) | Kevin Caliber | colspan="1" | |||
| Leslie Marshall | Khalia Davis | colspan="4" | |||
| Laken Bennett (#1) | Karolina Sivas | colspan="3" | |||
| Laken Bennett (#2) | Anna Burmeister | colspan="1" | |||
| Isaac Marshall (#1) | Brandon Larkins | colspan="2" | |||
| Isaac Marshall (#2) | Tony D. Head | colspan="3" | |||
| Gregory Marshall | Benjamin Bryant | colspan="1" | |||
| Dr. Christopher Marshall | Lance Guzman | colspan="2" | |||
| Stephanie Markham | Kristina Sullivan | colspan="4" | |||
| Danielle Fraser | Candice Mack | colspan="4" | |||
| Jesse "JJ" Fraser (#1) | Tony Moore | colspan="3" | |||
| Jesse "JJ" Fraser (#2) | Sherrod Jackson | colspan="3" | |||
| Antwan Jeffries | Dorell Anthony | colspan="2" | |||
| Felicia Richardson | Jonelle Allen | colspan="2" | |||
| Lenore Parkhurst | Teri Limmer | colspan="3" | |||
| Skye Parkhurst | Mackenzie Bell | colspan="1" | |||
| Donovan Aldridge | Michael Carr | colspan="3" | |||
| Andrew Rutledge | Frank Dicopoulos[5] | colspan="3" | |||
| Lucinda Jensen | Claire Stadtmueller | colspan="1" | |||
| Dominique Bradford | Lauren B. Martin[6] | colspan="2" | |||
| Nicholas Larson | Michael Norberg | colspan="1" | |||
| Dr. Avery Randolph | Veronica Dang | colspan="2" | |||
| Dr. Callum Becker | Na'Vell J. Lee | colspan="3" | |||
| Isabelle Reed | Ashley Stewart | colspan="2" | |||
| Graham Williams | Ron Schnittker | colspan="2" | |||
| Olivia Bookman, N.P. | Emmy Morgan | colspan="1" | |||
| Rhonda Jeffries | Amelia Marshall | colspan="1" | |||
| Detective Reynolds | Van Griffin | colspan="2" | |||
| Elise Granger | Ilene Kristen | ||||
"Forever and a Day" was created, in part, by Hutchison in response to the changing landscape for traditional daytime soap operas.[7] For the first three seasons, Forever and a Day was distributed by JLJ Media. Starting with season three, the show moved to Anchor Podcasts.
In 2022, the show received two nominations and one win at the 12th Annual Indie Series Awards, during the program's inaugural year for Audio Fiction categories.[8] The show was nominated for "Best Actor - Audio Fiction" (Benjamin Bryant as "Gregory Marshall")[9] and "Best Ensemble - Audio Fiction," becoming the ISA's first-ever winner in that category. [10]