Category: Storytelling
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Storyteller Spotlight: Jessica Robinson
Jessica Robinson is the founder of Better Said Than Done, Northern Virginia’s premiere storytelling troupe. In addition to performing at Exchange Place at the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, TN in 2018, Jessica has performed stories for Story District, Tales in the Village, The Grapevine, Stories in the Round, Perfect Liars Club and GMU’s Fall… Read more
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Storyteller Spotlight: Bill Weech
For our 8 year anniversary show, we wanted to continue the tradition of bringing new storytellers to the stage – first time storytellers. Bill Weech will be joining the Better Said Than Done stage for the first time for our 8 Year Anniversary storytelling show on May 25th. Welcome to our community, Bill! Bill Weech… Read more
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Storyteller Spotlight: Alison Hughes
Alison Hughes is a high school English teacher who loves reading, writing, listening to other people’s stories, and, when she can overcome her massive stage fright, telling her own. She’s told with Better Said Than Done since 2015 and is excited to return to the stage for this show. Watch a video of Alison’s true,… Read more
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Storyteller Spotlight: Jack Scheer
Jack Scheer has been telling stories with Better Said Than Done since 2015. Prior to that, he spent nearly three decades telling other people’s stories as an actor and director in community theater, performing with groups including the Vienna Theatre Company, McLean Theatre Alliance, Kensington Arts Theatre, Rockville Musical Theatre, and the Music and Drama… Read more
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Storyteller Spotlight: Sufian Zhemukhov
Sufian Zhemukhov is the Moth Champion and a winner at the 2018 National Storytelling Festival Slam. He tells stories about his first-generation immigrant experience that might be much funnier than you would expect. The July 2019 DC Fringe Festival will host Sufian’s hour-long solo show, Flirting Like An American. Watch a video of Sufian’s true, personal storytelling… Read more
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Storyteller Spotlight: Cyndi Wish
As a child, Cyndi Wish wanted to become a surgeon, a mob wife, and a roller derby athlete. As an adult she has been a teacher, a cook, a migrant farmer, a waitress, a book store retail clerk, a babysitter, a veterinary technician, a consultant, and a non-profit administrator. Cyndi currently lives in Baltimore where… Read more
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Storyteller Spotlight: Len Kruger
Len Kruger has performed stories on stage with local storytelling groups such as Better Said Than Done, Story District, and the Storyfest Short Slam, where he is a two-time first prize winner. Len is also a fiction writer. His short fiction has appeared in Zoetrope: All-Story, The Barcelona Review, Boundoff, Gargoyle, and many other publications.… Read more
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Storyteller Spotlight: Miriam Nadel
Miriam Nadel is an aerospace engineer, craftswoman, blogger, and traveler. She is also the Virginia State Liaison for the National Storytelling Network and on the board of Voices in the Glen. For nearly 30 years, she has told personal stories, folk tales, and original fairy tales at venues ranging from a children’s art gallery to… Read more
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Storyteller Spotlight: Nick Baskerville
Nick Baskerville has had the honor of serving in the United States Air Force for 10 years, followed by 4 years in the United States Air Force Reserves. Nick has 19 years of fire service time, with 16 years of that being in a career department in Northern Virginia. Nick is a member of the… Read more
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A Climate Change in Storytelling
Better Said Than Done’s April storytelling show at The Auld Shebeen in the City of Fairfax, VA was called “Climate Change.” Storytellers Bill Burton, Barbara Fornoff, Robert Lovejoy, Jack Pelar, Jessica Robinson, Margarita Rozenfeld, Sarah Snyder and Sufian Zhemukhov shared true, personal stories about nature, science, and big changes. Sufian Z (as we like to… Read more