Category Archives: Events
Get Stuffed 2020
Join Better Said Than Done storytellers as we celebrate the END OF 2020. On December 12, 2020, we’re hosting a Family Friendly Early Performance, getting stuffed on a Storytelling Show for adults, sharing recipes in our Recipe Exchange, and then … Continue reading
Flirting Like An American Online
Better Said Than Done is proud to present Sufian Zhemukhov’s one man (mostly) storytelling show “Flirting Like An American.” A naive single professor comes from Russia with(out) love. His fluency in numbers and statistics is only matched by his cluelessness … Continue reading
Recapping the inaugural Women’s Storytelling Festival
A month has passed since we hosted the Women’s Storytelling Festival, a first of its kind with a line-up exclusively of women, including hosts, emcees, and storytellers. The festival, was held in the City of Fairfax, Virginia, prior to restrictions … Continue reading
Old School Storytelling
For our last Saturday of the month of September storytelling show at The Auld Shebeen in Fairfax, VA, we went “Old School,” with true, personal stories about education, tradition and age. And since we wanted to keep with tradition, we … Continue reading
Andy Irwin’s Fairfax Visit
Last Saturday night, international rogue and nationally renowned storyteller Andy Offutt Irwin, stopped by The Auld Shebeen in Fairfax, VA to sing some songs, quote some poetry, whistle a tune or two, and do some storytelling on our stage. The … Continue reading
A Climate Change in Storytelling
Better Said Than Done’s April storytelling show at The Auld Shebeen in the City of Fairfax, VA was called “Climate Change.” Storytellers Bill Burton, Barbara Fornoff, Robert Lovejoy, Jack Pelar, Jessica Robinson, Margarita Rozenfeld, Sarah Snyder and Sufian Zhemukhov shared … Continue reading
Storyteller Spotlight: Jessica Robinson
Jessica Robinson is the founder of Better Said Than Done, Northern Virginia’s premiere storytelling troupe. In addition to performing at Exchange Place at the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, TN in 2018, Jessica has performed stories for Story District, Tales in the … Continue reading
Storyteller Spotlight: Norm Brecke
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. … Continue reading
Storyteller Spotlight: Anne Rutherford
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 … Continue reading
