Tag: Jack Scheer
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Storytelling Workshops in September
Our virtual storytelling workshops return in September. In addition to our classic half day storytelling workshop focused on the art of crafting a true, personal story – Spotlight on You – we’ve added a new half day workshop, for graduates! Spotlight on You Too is for storytellers who have already taken our Spotlight on You… Read more
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Come As You Are: The Zoom Where It Happens
The smash hit musical Hamilton poses a singular and poignant question: who lives, who dies, who tells your story? In other words, how will history see you? At Better Said Than Done, we take the initiative and tell our own stories, today. And that’s just what we’ll be doing this coming Saturday, June 27th. Get… Read more
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Come As You Are: Engaging Voices, Engaging Minds
Better Said Than Done’s Come As You Are online storytelling series keeps rolling along, bringing tellers from around the USA to our wonderful community via the power of the internet. The next one is Thursday, June 18th! Register here! Most of the cast for Thursday’s show will be telling under the Better Said Than Done… Read more
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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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Come As You Are: Storytelling Live, Online
Please join us (virtually) this Thursday as Better Said Than Done hosts its first live online storytelling show! As the old saying says, the show must go on! We’re eager to connect with our cherished Better Said Than Done community, and to do that we’re taking to the Zoom stage. And while this is done… 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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Liars at the Fall for the Book Festival
For our Fall for the Book Festival storytelling show this year, we decided to try something a little different – lying. In “True Lies: Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them,” our storytellers were told to either share a true story about a lie, or tell an actual lie. At the end, the audience… Read more
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Smoking Gun Storytelling Show
At the end of our latest storytelling night, I had multiple audience members approach me and say, “‘Smoking Gun: stories of crime, mystery and obvious answers,’ was the best storytelling show yet.” Okay, in truth, none of them quoted the title when giving praise, but I had to slip it in somewhere. As Founder of… Read more
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Storytelling On A Winter’s Night
When our storytelling show, “On a Winter’s Night,” ended, I walked around The Auld Shebeen talking to people. I heard over and over again, “This was your best show yet.” After about the 5th time, I said to a group, “I’m a little offended since I didn’t host or tell a story tonight.” When no… Read more