Tag: va
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Stories About “Paradise”
In Better Said Than Done’s February storytelling show, “Margaritaville – Stories About Sunshine, Drinks, and Paradise,” host Dustin Fisher and 8 storytellers shared their true, personal stories about the sunny, and not so sunny, side of paradise at the Auld Shebeen in Fairfax, VA. If you missed this night of storytelling, don’t despair. Thanks to… Read more
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Storytelling Paradise
“Margaritaville – Stories About Sunshine, Drinks, and Paradise” was the theme for the February “Better Said Than Done” show, a night of true and personal stories from host Dustin Fisher and 8 storytellers. The show was again held at the Auld Shebeen in Fairfax, VA. Dustin Fisher opened the show, telling everyone about bar relationships… Read more
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Wasn’t Me in Those Videos
In Better Said Than Done’s first storytelling show of 2016, “Wasn’t Me,” the storytellers told tales about mistaken identity and misdirection. It was a great night out at the Auld Shebeen in Fairfax, VA, and host Derek Hills made sure to keep the packed audience happy. Though we don’t have his hosting tales to share… Read more
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Wasn’t Me in Those Photos!
2016 started with a great storytelling show at The Auld Shebeen in Fairfax, VA. Better Said Than Done storytellers told tales about mistaken identity and misdirection in “Wasn’t Me,” our first storytelling show of the year. The storytellers themselves may have been blurry on who or what it actually was, but these beautiful photos by… Read more
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Overheard: Storytelling is awesome
The last show of 2015, “Overheard: stories about things you shouldn’t have listened to, but did,” was one storytelling show worth listening to. Or, better yet, worth watching. Check out these videos of our storytellers from our last storytelling show of 2015 at The Auld Shebeen in Fairfax, VA. Host and storyteller Kathy Baird Westfall… Read more
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First and Last
Happy New Year! I know that’s like soooo one week ago, but since this is my first post of 2016, I think I’m still allowed to say that. Speaking of firsts, we have our first storytelling workshops starting next week and our first storytelling show in just a few weeks, so make sure to check… 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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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 in Reston
The Better Said Than Done storytellers were smoking hot at the Walker Nature Center fundraiser and storytelling show. Not only did we raise close to $600 in support of Friends of Reston for Community projects, we also told some pretty awesome stories. If you missed the night of true, personal storytelling, entitled “Where There’s Smoke,… Read more