Tickets Available for Women’s Fund Story Slam

The Women’s Fund of Door County will present its 11th annual Tales of Our Lives Story Slam on April 20. The event will be held at Northern Sky’s Gould Theater for the first time this year.

“I’ve been attending the event annually and was a ‘slammer’ for the first Tales of Our Lives,” Northern Sky Theater managing director Holly Feldman said. “Our mutual commitment to storytelling is a perfect match for Northern Sky Theater, and we can’t wait to witness these beautiful stories in our Gould Theater.”

As in previous years, five storytellers will take the stage to share their stories. Accompanied by the music of local blues artist Cathy Grier, each tale will revolve around a unique experience, relationship or life lesson that left a profound mark on the speaker. 

This year’s storytellers include:

Katie Dahl, who will reflect on her adolescence and the grief she holds onto after learning to accept her feelings;

Katie Dahl. File photo.

Allison Haus, who will discuss how the course of her life changed while she was working on her post-doctorate in France;

Allison Haus. File photo.

Mel Ripp, who will take to the stage for the third time to share a journal excerpt from when she was in graduate school at 22 years old;

Mel Ripp. File photo.

Georgina Saunderson Hatch, whose story begins with her childhood in Jamaica and continues to her present-day experiences as a mother of two children with special needs;

Georgina Saunderson Hatch. File photo.

And Jewel Peterson Ouradnik, who will talk about growing up on her family’s resort in Rowley’s Bay, which she and her husband owned until the devastating 2023 fire.

Jewel Peterson Ouradnik. File photo.

The 7 pm story slam will be followed by a reception. 

Tickets cost $30 and can be purchased from Northern Sky Theater’s box office starting March 15.