Tag: storyteller
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4th Annual Night at the Improv Media
Our improv storytelling show is wildly popular and so we keep on doing it! This year marked our 4th Night at the Improv. The show featured storytellers sharing true, personal stories inspired on the spot from audience prompts. Hosted by Robert Lovejoy, storytellers included Richard Barr, Mary Supley Foxworth, Sunil Saxena, Jessica Robinson, Davine Ker,… Read more
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Jessica Robinson’s Tech Babies
On September 10th, at 5PM, Better Said Than Done founder, Jessica Robinson, will perform her solo, feature length storytelling show, “Tech Babies: Baby Making in the Modern Age” at Epicure Cafe in Fairfax, VA. Details about the storytelling show here. Jessica Robinson has been performing true, personal spoken word stories since 2007, when she first… Read more
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He Said What?!
Better Said Than Done’s February storytelling show was all about understanding, or misunderstanding. In “He Said, She Said: stories with a point of view, or two,” storytellers shared true, personal stories about what he said, what she said, and what was actually meant. It was another great night out at The Auld Shebeen in Fairfax,… Read more
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Traditional Photos
Better Said Than Done hosted our last storytelling show of the year Thanksgiving weekend. I am sure everyone who attended was thankful they did. I am thankful for the wonderful host, Sandra Hull, the wonderful storytellers, and the audience at our Thanksgiving show and at all the shows we hosted in 2016. And, of course,… Read more
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Graduation Photos
In “The Graduate,” hosted appropriately enough by Mrs. Robinson, storytellers shared their true, personal tales of graduation and education. Triple D aficionado Bill Grella started the night of storytelling off with a tale about high school education. Barbara Effron continued the high school theme with a story about a less than wonderful math teacher. Richard… Read more
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Fall for the Book Festival 2015
Better Said Than Done storytelling was honored to join the cast of literary greats for the third year in a row at George Mason University’s Fall for the Book festival, in Fairfax, VA. This year, as in years past, we hosted a panel discussion on storytelling as well as a storytelling show. This year’s panel,… Read more
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Death and Taxes and Videos
In “Death and Taxes: stories of the unavoidable” Better Said Than Done storytellers shared their true, personal stories about the inevitable things in life. Watch videos of the true, personal stories below and then join us live at The Auld Shebeen on May 30th for our next night of storytelling. Host Jessica Robinson started the… Read more
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Finding Your Story
One of my favorite things about teaching storytelling is helping people find their stories. Often, I will hear from would-be storytellers “but I just don’t have any good ideas” or “I just have no idea what on earth I would talk about onstage.” Thus, addressing the question of “storyfinding” has become the first order of… Read more
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Standup vs. Storytelling: Part One | Intro
First off, I don’t fancy myself an expert in either standup or storytelling, so find a few grains of salt to go with this article. I do, however, fancy myself an expert in knowing and dissecting the difference between two things that I am approximately average in. Take that with your choice of spice. I… Read more