Category: Storytelling
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Come As You Are: Special Delivery
Better Said Than Done remains committed to offering the option of watching our shows from the comfort of home. Our Come As You Are series has been a wonderful way to connect in this time of social distancing, and we’re eager to connect with you on Friday, June 12th! Register here, now! These online shows… Read more
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Recapping the inaugural Women’s Storytelling Festival
A month has passed since we hosted the Women’s Storytelling Festival, a first of its kind with a line-up exclusively of women, including hosts, emcees, and storytellers. The festival, was held in the City of Fairfax, Virginia, prior to restrictions on public gatherings due to COVID-19. While we had a smaller audience than anticipated, they… Read more
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Storyteller Spotlight – Shawna Renee
Shawna Renee will be joining us at the Women’s Storytelling Festival for the Friday night, March 13th, kick-off storytelling show at The Auld Shebeen, in Fairfax, VA. Shawna Renee is an award winning broadcaster, writer and storyteller. As a radio personality, she’s produced and hosted shows for Radio One, CBS Radio, SiriusXM and Voice of… Read more
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Our American Tales
For our first storytelling show of the year, Better Said Than Done storytellers Sheila Arnold, Erin Benbennick, Alex Dixon, Bonnie Gardner, Bill Grella, Jessica Piscitelli Robinson, and Andrea Young shared true, personal stories of living in America. Hosted by Giselle Ruzany, the sold out show was a perfect way to gather our storytelling community together… Read more
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Women’s Festival Spotlight – Megan Hicks
I first met Megan Hicks when she led a workshop on parody at a National Storytelling Conference more years ago than either of us would want to admit to. As I laughed through her telling us about Cinderella’s encounter with her fairy groundhog, I knew she was a storyteller to be reckoned with. When I… Read more
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Family Stories
The last storytelling show Better Said Than Done hosted in 2019 was called “Family Ties.” Storytellers Catherine Calvin, Miriam Nadel, Jessica Robinson, Giselle Ruzany, Ellouise Schoettler, Sarah Snyder, Gayle Turner and Sufian Zhemukhov shared true, personal storytelling show about family, at The Auld Shebeen in Fairfax, VA. Gayle Turner started the show off with a… Read more
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Year in Storytelling 2019 edition
2019 might not have been the best year for the world, or our country, but for fans of storytelling in Northern Virginia, it was great. Too many things happened to list them all. But here’s a quick look back. January, 2019 We had two wonderful storytelling shows in January, and one great loss to the… Read more
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End of Year Gifts
The thing I dread most about this time of year is coming up with a list of stuff I want for the holidays. Here’s the thing. I’m an adult. If I want something, I get it. I have enough stuff. So, I ask for experiences – tickets to shows, trips to festivals, or workshops. If… Read more
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Thanksgiving Weekend Storytelling Show
Our final storytelling show of 2019 is the Saturday after Thanksgiving. I don’t know about you, but I am thankful to have a place to go where I don’t have to eat pie, buy stuff that’s “on sale,” or talk politics! On November 30, 2019, join Better Said Than Done storytellers at the Auld Shebeen… Read more
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Storytelling Comedy Special
I am a storyteller. It’s kinda my thing. I perform in a lot of storytelling shows. And I go to a lot of storytelling shows. And I love storytelling. But I also love stand-up comedy. I go to a lot of comedy shows. I watch a lot of comedy specials. But when I perform in… Read more