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  • A Review of 2023 and a Look Ahead

    Jessica Piscitelli Robinson

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    This is a reprint of our December 22, 2023 newsletter. Click Here to subscribe to our newsletter. 2023 is coming to an end. As per custom, I looked back at all our shows of the past year while compiling our Year-in-Review video. As is custom, I cried many times while editing the footage together. In… Read more

  • The Broken Hearts Club

    Jessica Piscitelli Robinson

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    The recording is now available for purchase. Watch emcee Jessica Robinson and storytellers Claire Castell, Laura Deal, Jeff Doyle, Natalie Jones, Bowen Lee, and Rita Rigano in “The Broken Hearts Club: stories of heartbreak.” Ticket sales close the end of day August 15, 2022. Read our storytellers’ “cures” for a broken heart here! Read more

  • Beyond Barbarella

    Jessica Piscitelli Robinson

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    Watch storytellers Lyn Ford, Carol Moore, Miriam Nadel, Ingrid Nixon, Jessica Robinson, and Megan Wells in “Beyond Barbarella,” a virtual, sci-fi themed storytelling show that will prove the future is female. Recording now available. Read about the stellar cast of Beyond Barbarella here! Read more

  • April’s Party of Five

    Jessica Piscitelli Robinson

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    On April 8, 2021, join host Jessica Robinson and storytellers Jeff Doyle, Janice Greene, Linda Schuyler Ford, Megan Wells, and Dr. Joel Ying for “Party of Five.” Read more

  • Storyteller Spotlight: Sandra Hull

    Jessica Piscitelli Robinson

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    Sandra Hull long used storytelling in her day job as a corporate IT trainer and instructional designer before taking to the Better Said Than Done stage in 2015 to share her personal experiences from A to Zamboni. In 2016 Sandra contributed a short story to the ROAR: True Stories of Women Warriors anthology and performed… Read more

  • Storyteller Spotlight: Norm Brecke

    Baskerville

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    Norm Brecke: Storyteller, Teacher, Workshop Leader 2002 – present. Norm Brecke is a spirited storyteller who loves a good story. He was a teacher for fifteen years and told daily in his classroom as well as teaching storytelling to intermediate students. Norm has told stories from Vancouver, BC to Los Angeles, CA. He’s been a featured… Read more

  • Storyteller Spotlight: Anne Rutherford

    Baskerville

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      Anne Rutherford: Storyteller, Writer, Coach, Workshop Leader 1999 – present. Anne was a Featured Teller at the National Storytelling Festival as well as Teller in Residence for the International Storytelling Center in Tennessee. She has told at many Storytelling Festivals around the country. Her CD “The Habit of Joy” is a Storytelling World Award winner.… Read more

  • 5th Annual Improv Storytelling

    Jessica Piscitelli Robinson

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    Every year, in late October, the storytellers of Better Said Than Done, gather for an experiment – an experiment that has been so successful we’ve been doing it for five years! In our 5th Annual Night at the Improv, the storytellers made up true, personal stories on the spot, as we’ve done in our 4… Read more

  • Know your Rites

    Baskerville

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    The Breakfast Club. American Pie. Life of Pi. All of these movies tell great stories about people at pivotal points in their lives. Becoming aware of things they never thought of until one crucial moment. But if you watch all three movies, that would take up over 6 hours of your time. I wonder where… Read more

  • First Storytelling Videos of the Year

    Jessica Piscitelli Robinson

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    Our January storytelling show at The Auld Shebeen in Fairfax, VA was called General Hospital: stories of doctors, nurses, and patients. The storytelling show was hosted by me, Jessica Robinson, and in case you have never been to one of our shows, here’s a video of the little spiel I gave at the start of… Read more