Category: Storytellers
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Counting Down to the New Year
As we ready ourselves to ring in 2016, here’s a celebratory look at this past year. In 2015, Better Said Than Done: was voted top 3 best performing arts company in Northern Virginia produced 12 shows featuring more than 87 true, personal stories from 41 unique and talented storytellers including 15 first-time tellers! What’s more,… Read more
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Gobble up our next storytelling show
The holiday weekend is fast approaching: gobbling up the Thanksgiving meal, time spent with friends and family, perhaps some holiday shopping or decorating, maybe some time spent working. Whew! Spend Saturday night, kicking back in Fairfax with Better Said Than Done. Overheard: stories about things we shouldn’t have listened to Saturday, November 28, 2015 7:00 PM (Doors open at… Read more
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Improvised Storytelling Videos
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
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Video Extras with Shawn Westfall (September 2015)
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
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Video Extras with Kathy Stershic (July 2015)
In July, first-time teller Kathy Stershic joined us on stage for Screwed: stories of being screwed over, screwing up, or that are just plain screwy, and she now joins us for Video Extras to share more about how she was screwed over by homeownership, being a cross-country landlord, and Florida. We are happy that Kathy, a self-described political… Read more
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The Cuffs Are Off!
Our next show will be a night of unscripted entertainment, as improv and storytelling take the stage together. A Night at the Storytelling Improv, The Sequel Saturday, October 24, 2015 7:00 PM (Doors open at 6:00 PM) The Auld Shebeen – downstairs 3971 Chain Bridge Road, Fairfax, Virginia 22030 $10 per person (Buy your tickets now or at… Read more
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Two Free Storytelling Events
This week, we ushered in the arrival of autumn. And next week, we welcome Fall for the Book! Better Said Than Done is delighted to once again be participating in this annual literary festival. We hope to see you in Fairfax for these free events! Panel Discussion: The Art and Truth of Storytelling Join us in the audience… Read more
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Bells will be ringing…
Alarm bells that is, at our next storytelling show, where you’ll hear about fiery situations, warning signs – that may or may not have been heeded, and near emergencies in true, personal stories from Richard Barr, Bill Burton, Catherine Calvin, Mike Kane, Miriam Nadel, Jack Pelar, Zach Wilks, and host Jessica Piscitelli Robinson. Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire: stories… Read more
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Screwy Storytelling Videos
In our July show at The Auld Shebeen in Fairfax, VA, “Screwed: stories of being screwed up, screwed over or just plain screwy,” the Better Said Than Done storytellers shared true, personal stories of getting screwed. Anna Marie Trester hosted the show. She started the night off with this story of linguistic misunderstanding. This story… Read more