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Overheard: Storytelling is awesome

Posted on January 14, 2016 by Jessica Piscitelli Robinson

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 … Continue reading →

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First and Last

Posted on January 8, 2016 by Jessica Piscitelli Robinson

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 … Continue reading →

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Video Extras: Improvised Storytelling (October 2015)

Posted on January 7, 2016 by Mary Supley Foxworth

For our monthly shows, the storytellers carefully and thoughtfully craft and rehearse their stories. They may look back at journals or photos to be reminded of details from long ago, write and re-write, pull out a thesaurus, edit, re-work a joke, … Continue reading →

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Gobble up our next storytelling show

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Mary Supley Foxworth

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: … Continue reading →

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Improvised Storytelling Videos

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Jessica Piscitelli Robinson

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 … Continue reading →

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Storytelling Improv – Improvised Storytelling

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Jessica Piscitelli Robinson

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 … Continue reading →

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Video Extras with Shawn Westfall (September 2015)

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Mary Supley Foxworth

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 … Continue reading →

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Video Extras with Kathy Stershic (July 2015)

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Mary Supley Foxworth

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 … Continue reading →

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The Cuffs Are Off!

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Mary Supley Foxworth

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 – … Continue reading →

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Fall for the Book Festival 2015

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Jessica Piscitelli Robinson

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 … Continue reading →

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