Tag: storytelling
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Counting Down to the New Year
As we ready ourselves to ring in 2016, here’s a celebratory look at this past year. In 2015, Better Said Than Done: was voted top 3 best performing arts company in Northern Virginia produced 12 shows featuring more than 87 true, personal stories from 41 unique and talented storytellers including 15 first-time tellers! What’s more,… Read more
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Give storytelling a try – or give the art of storytelling
Frigid temperatures, snow, ice, and long nights are fast approaching. Find winter’s silver lining by spending that indoor time learning something new. Something like storytelling! Better Said Than Done’s storytelling workshops teach the art of telling a good story, whether you’re interested in getting on stage, entertaining your friends at a party, honing your writing, or… Read more
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Gobble up our next storytelling show
The holiday weekend is fast approaching: gobbling up the Thanksgiving meal, time spent with friends and family, perhaps some holiday shopping or decorating, maybe some time spent working. Whew! Spend Saturday night, kicking back in Fairfax with Better Said Than Done. Overheard: stories about things we shouldn’t have listened to Saturday, November 28, 2015 7:00 PM (Doors open at… Read more
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Improvised Storytelling Videos
Better Said Than Done’s October storytelling improv show was a ton of fun. As led by improv genius Shawn Westfall, the night started out with an improv game that several of our storytellers participated in. After the improv game, our brave storytellers boldly stepped to the stage to share stories inspired right there, on the… Read more
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Storytelling Improv – Improvised Storytelling
Long title, but I wanted to be specific. I know storytelling groups sometime mix storytelling with improv by having a storyteller tell a prepared story and then an improv troupe improv based off that story. A little over a year ago, Better Said Than Done broke new ground by having our storytellers actually improv true,… Read more
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Video Extras with Shawn Westfall (September 2015)
Shawn Westfall returned to the Better Said Than Done stage in September for Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon: true stories about or near Kevin Bacon. Watch his story to learn about the path that connects him, via Hawaii, to Kevin Bacon and then read his Video Extras interview for the story behind the story. Shawn… Read more
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Video Extras with Kathy Stershic (July 2015)
In July, first-time teller Kathy Stershic joined us on stage for Screwed: stories of being screwed over, screwing up, or that are just plain screwy, and she now joins us for Video Extras to share more about how she was screwed over by homeownership, being a cross-country landlord, and Florida. We are happy that Kathy, a self-described political… Read more
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The Cuffs Are Off!
Our next show will be a night of unscripted entertainment, as improv and storytelling take the stage together. A Night at the Storytelling Improv, The Sequel Saturday, October 24, 2015 7:00 PM (Doors open at 6:00 PM) The Auld Shebeen – downstairs 3971 Chain Bridge Road, Fairfax, Virginia 22030 $10 per person (Buy your tickets now or at… 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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Storytelling Workshops Offered in October
This October, we are offering all three of our storytelling workshops. Register now to learn the art of storytelling, whether your interest is for business, the stage, or everyday life. Select workshops start next week! Your Business Story: crafting your company tale Wednesday, October 7 11:00 AM-3:30 PM Reston (address provided upon paid registration) $75 A… Read more