That's What She Said
Terre Haute
October 18, 2025
About TWSS Terre Haute
Welcome to That’s What She Said Terre Haute, where extraordinary stories take center stage, bringing together the women and community of The Wabash Valley. Join us for our Terre Haute show on October 18, 2025!
Our show brings together women from the local community to share their stories. Our mission is to bring these stories together into a one-night show that fosters a tighter-knit community, amplifies the voices of women in our community, and builds a space where we can be vulnerable, brave, and authentic.
About TWSS Terre Haute
Our Producer
Meet the driving force behind TWSS. Bev Merritt-Hicks.
Bev Merritt Hicks is a passionate advocate for children, families, and women’s voices. A devoted mother who has raised children ranging in age from 40 to 9, Bev has also fostered 37 children, offering them a safe and loving place to heal and reunite with their families. Alongside raising her family, she has built a career while dedicating countless hours to volunteering in her community.
Bev is the producer of That’s What She Said in Terre Haute, a storytelling event that amplifies women’s voices, and That’s What Teens Say, a three-day intensive program empowering teen girls to build confidence through writing, speaking, and performance. Both events raise funds for local nonprofits, including CODA of The Wabash Valley, The Maple Center, and SHINE Foster Family Resources, where Bev also serves as a champion and advocate.
Driven by a belief that every story matters, Bev creates spaces where people can find their voice, share their truth, and inspire change. Her work reflects a lifelong commitment to building stronger families, uplifting women, and making her community a more compassionate place.
Our Charity Partners
We are also thrilled to announce that we are partnering with CODA of The Wabash Valley and The Maple Center!.
CODA of The Wabash Valley strives
to establish and support a shelter for survivors of domestic abuse and their minor children. They provide Emergency Shelter and Rape Crisis Center Serving Clay, Parke, Sullivan, Vermillion and Vigo Counties
The Maple Center
is a nonprofit integrative health education center that offers classes and workshops in mind, body, and spirit approaches to optimal wellness. We support and honor the individual's rights to a voice in his or her own health care and to be informed about, and have access to, effective complementary treatment approaches.
Calling All Storytellers!
Are you looking to join us at our upcoming October 18, 2025 That's What She Said Terre Haute show? We’re on the lookout for everyday women from the The Wabash Valley community who have a story to tell. As a TWSS speaker, you’ll join our team and the rest of the cast in taking your story idea and refining it to be stage ready ahead of our show night.
Being a TWSS speaker goes beyond just sharing your story; it's about joining our movement and becoming apart of a larger community of women dedicated to lifting up the voices of others. As a speaker, you'll join the ranks of incredible women who have graced the TWSS stage, leaving a profound impact on audiences and contributing to the collective strength of our movement.
If you have a story that deserves to be heard we invite you to apply to join us as a speaker at TWSS Terre Haute, October 18, 2025.
Speaker Spotlight!
We are so excited to announce our cast of speakers taking the stage on October 18, 2025 at The Terre Haute Convention Center. We are being joined by 8-10 incredible women from the Terre Haute community. Each of them brings a unique narrative to our stage, showing truly just how deeply remarkable our community and the women who make it up are. Join us as our speakers take the stage and share their stories.
Our Sponsors
TWSS Terre Haute is made possible by the generous support of our sponsors. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to all of our sponsors for their support for the local women who make up our community. Their contributions ensure the continued success of our events and allow us to continue to foster a community that celebrates the power the voice of every woman has.
Interested in joining our growing list of sponsors and being recognized as a vital contributor to TWSS Terre Haute? Check out our sponsor page to learn more about becoming a sponsor and how your support helps us fuel our mission.
That's What Teens Say
At TWSS Terre Haute, we strive to take empowering women in our community to the next level by giving a platform for the women of tomorrow to share their voices. That’s What Teens Say Terre Haute is a unique program designed for young women aged 13-18 in the Terre Haute community, providing them with a unique opportunity to explore the power of their voice, connect with other teens, and get a chance to share their story from the stage for their friends and family.
As we gear up for the next installment of That’s What Teens Say, we invite you to nominate a teen girl in your life who you think would benefit from this transformative weekend. This empowering three-day workshop offers confidence-building exercises, creative writing activities, improv games, and more tools designed to help them realize the power that their voice can have.
Get Your TWSS Merch
Want to take something home to remember this incredible night? Our collection of TWSS Terre Haute merch includes hats, shirts, hoodies, mugs, stickers, and more! Get your merch and show your support for uplifting the voices of women in our community. Take a piece of TWSS Terre Haute home with you or get it as the perfect gift for a loved one.
The contents, experiences, and opinions shared by the speakers in the show are their own and do not reflect the views of The She Said Project or She Said Project Terre Haute.
The She Said Project upholds that every woman has a right to be heard.