On May 25th, we will celebrate two years of fantastic storytelling with some of the greatest storytellers. Click here for details about our storytelling show and contest.
Since so much talent is rarely gathered in one place, I thought I would ask the storytellers for their thoughts on storytelling. Here’s what a few of the performers had to say.
Favorite Better Said Than Done show?
The very first show as Better Said Than Done takes the cake for this one. The buzz was great, the venue was great, I was able to get about 20 people out to the show, and I felt great up there on stage telling my story. The entire night was great! If I didn’t know it already, I certainly knew then that Better Said Than Done had a long, fruitful future ahead. – Jennifer Luu
The story of my dad is by far my favorite story from the BSTD stage. It was a little experimental and I had a lot of fun writing it. I also prefer to have a little bit of heart in my stories rather than just humor. This was definitely one which I hope touched the crowd in addition to making them laugh. – Dustin Fisher
What do you love about performing?
In a world that dictates we must always act with a certain sense of decorum, or that we must respond to certain situations in certain ways, it is a rush to have the creative outlet of story telling. I love that in story telling you make your own rules. You create something from your own experiences, and then you get to share that with others and hope they find it entertaining. – Jason Conner
I love the people and the adventure of it: the relationship with the listeners/audience that is always fresh because the audience is always new and different, and I am not who I was yesterday…. Love the connection when I feel a room full of people with me. It doesn’t matter if it’s 3 or 300. There’s nothing like the feeling of people breathing, imagining, living it, being there with you – this sense of being connected with my fellow humans – impossible to capture in words. For me it’s the best part of storytelling and why I love what I do. – Noa Baum
What I love about storytelling is guiding an audience through my way of understanding and experiencing the world – it gives me an opportunity to step back and take stock. Conversely to listen to stories is to be let inside someone’s world – to feel what life looks like through their lens for a while. One one sense, it is escapist, but it is also powerfully human to feel connected in that way, to be a part of someone’s world even for just a few minutes. – Anna Marie Trester
The audience. I’ve found I really like writing, but there is no substitute for the thrill of seeing all those faces pointed at you, listening to you. Do they like it? Did that joke land? Did I go too far or not far enough? The audience may not know what is coming next in the story, but their response is the cliffhanger for me. – David Supley Foxworth
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