Category Archives: Storytellers

This Party of Five is a Spring Fling!

Nice weather is slowly returning to large swaths of these United States. Vaccination rates are rising, and with that the hope we might soon start to build our new, better normal. So as we patiently wait to be together in … Continue reading

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Tip the Tellers for Workin It

The below is for tipping the storytellers in our March 27, 2021 storytelling show. This is NOT for registering. If you’d like to attend the show, you must register here. If you’d like to contribute a little extra to support … Continue reading

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The Storyteller Hussle

This Saturday night, 8 storytellers and 1 host are gonna “Work It!” Get to know a little about each of the performers below and then, on March 27, at 8:00pm EDT, join host Calvin S. Cato, and storytellers Claire Castell, … Continue reading

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The Great Outdoors

On April 24, 2021, join host Nick Baskerville and storytellers Arthuretta Holmes-Martin, Lou Novak, Via Goode, Sarah Snyder, Milbre Burch, Michael Guinn, and Rocky Ross for stories of “The Great Outdoors.”

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Women Storytellers of the DMV

Many of our Women’s Storytelling Festival tellers – including several we’ve already highlighted – are already well known in the DMV. That’s DC, Maryland, and Virginia, not the Department of Motor Vehicles. Here are some of our local heroines. Sarah … Continue reading

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Storytellers Closing the Distance

One great thing that has come out of the past year is the ability to see storytellers who don’t live in (or travel to) our local stages. Some of the tellers in the virtual Women’s Storytelling Festival live just a … Continue reading

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From Big Stages to Big Screens

The Women’s Storytelling Festival is only in its second year and counts as a fairly small event on the national storytelling scene. But that doesn’t mean the tellers we are bringing you aren’t big names. Several of our tellers, including … Continue reading

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Spring Workshops

Better Said Than Done has been leading workshops on the art of personal storytelling for nearly 10 years. Our workshops have been virtual for the past year. Class sizes are limited to no more than 8 registrants so that each … Continue reading

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Meet the Festival Tellers, Again

The 2nd annual Women’s Storytelling Festival is approaching rapidly and we’re looking forward to bringing you 36 of the best women storytellers anywhere.  Some are familiar to our Better Said Than Done audiences, while others are brand new to our … Continue reading

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9 Ladies to Lead You

“It’s usually a jolly good trick to pick up a local tour guide,” is sound advice British actress Jane Birkin once said. Throughout the 24 hours of stories at the 2021 Women’s Storytelling Festival, these nine excellent emcees will be … Continue reading

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