Coming soon to the Michigan Maritime Museum in South Haven will be a performance telling the stories of several women lighthouse keepers from Michigan history.
Back in March, the Maritime Museum hosted a lecture on women lighthouse keepers, and on June 20, performer Kamryn Marck will bring her “Women of the Watch, Keepers of the Light” storytelling performance to the venue. Museum Education Director Ashley Deming tells us this is her first visit.
“She has performed this all over Michigan, I understand, and comes highly recommended as a performer,” Deming said. “So she’s got a little bit of storytelling, a little bit of performance, a little bit of music as well.”
Marck will step into the shoes of some real women lighthouse keepers from Michigan maritime history. Deming says their stories are getting more attention as people learn about the role they played.
“It was really a family job the keeper lived there and often the wide took over and sometimes with the the lighthouse service actually ended up having a job at after their husband’s past or or sometimes on their own which is very at after their husband’s past or or sometimes on their own which is very unique for the time period
Marck’s performance is described as 45-minutes of music, laughter, and simple honest storytelling. The play follows Kamryn as she relives family trips to lighthouses in Michigan, which ignites a passion to share the stories of various female lighthouse keepers of the Great Lakes.
The performance will be the evening of June 20, and tickets are $10 for non-museum members. Members get in free.
Deming says the performance is part of the museum’s year-long series, Whispers Across the Water, which showcases the contributions of minority communities to Great Lakes maritime history.
