Events

Category: Improv

  • Old School Storytelling

    Jessica Piscitelli Robinson

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    For our last Saturday of the month of September storytelling show at The Auld Shebeen in Fairfax, VA, we went “Old School,” with true, personal stories about education, tradition and age. And since we wanted to keep with tradition, we chose the wisest (aka oldest) storyteller we know to host – Sufian Zhemukhov! Our first… Read more

  • 5th Annual Improv Storytelling

    Jessica Piscitelli Robinson

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    Every year, in late October, the storytellers of Better Said Than Done, gather for an experiment – an experiment that has been so successful we’ve been doing it for five years! In our 5th Annual Night at the Improv, the storytellers made up true, personal stories on the spot, as we’ve done in our 4… Read more

  • Improvise This!

    Jessica Piscitelli Robinson

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    On October 28, 2017, the Better Said Than Done storytellers put their lives in your hands! In our 4th Annual Night at the Improv, YOU, the audience, get to tell us, the storytellers, what topics we’ll be talking about as we improvise our stories – stories from our lives – right there, on the spot!… Read more

  • A 2016 Retrospective

    Jessica Piscitelli Robinson

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    I’m taking a card from “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me,” and saying that, though 2016 was pretty awful, there was at least an hour and a half each month that wasn’t entirely horrible. Here’s a look back at some of the highlights of 2016, according to Better Said Than Done storytelling. I think it’s safe… Read more

  • 3rd Annual Storytelling Improv Videos

    Jessica Piscitelli Robinson

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    I think I say this every time – watching the videos is not the same as coming to the show. That is nowhere more apparent than with our audience participation shows – like our Annual Night at the Improv show. The 3rd Annual Night at the Improv was the best one yet. I’m not sure… Read more

  • Storytelling improv 2016

    Jessica Piscitelli Robinson

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    For the past 3 years, Better Said Than Done has been merging improv and storytelling in a unique format.  In “A Night at the Improv 3,” our storytellers continued the trend by improvising true, personal stories on the spot. There was no lineup.  Our fabulous host, Anna Marie Trester, encouraged the audience to share prompts… Read more

  • Video Extras: Improvised Storytelling (October 2015)

    Mary

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    For our monthly shows, the storytellers carefully and thoughtfully craft and rehearse their stories. They may look back at journals or photos to be reminded of details from long ago, write and re-write, pull out a thesaurus, edit, re-work a joke, add in a reference, and practice, practice, practice. But, for A Night at the Storytelling… Read more

  • Improvised Storytelling Videos

    Jessica Piscitelli Robinson

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    Better Said Than Done’s October storytelling improv show was a ton of fun. As led by improv genius Shawn Westfall, the night started out with an improv game that several of our storytellers participated in. After the improv game, our brave storytellers boldly stepped to the stage to share stories inspired right there, on the… Read more

  • Storytelling Improv – Improvised Storytelling

    Jessica Piscitelli Robinson

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    Long title, but I wanted to be specific. I know storytelling groups sometime mix storytelling with improv by having a storyteller tell a prepared story and then an improv troupe improv based off that story. A little over a year ago, Better Said Than Done broke new ground by having our storytellers actually improv true,… Read more

  • Video Extras with Shawn Westfall (September 2015)

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    Shawn Westfall returned to the Better Said Than Done stage in September for Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon: true stories about or near Kevin Bacon. Watch his story to learn about the path that connects him, via Hawaii, to Kevin Bacon and then read his Video Extras interview for the story behind the story. Shawn… Read more