Tag Archives: storytellers
Women’s Festival Spotlight – Fanny Crawford
Fanny Crawford loves honing her personal, historical and traditional stories by telling for diverse audiences – from young children, to elders, to families, to identity-focused groups of adolescents and adults. An experienced teller for Better Said Than Done and other … Continue reading
Women’s Festival Friday Night Storytellers
Quick Question, what are the greatest entertainment moments of the past 100 years? Sir John Barrymore’s Hamlet? Woodstock? That time Alice Cooper guest starred on the Muppet Show? (yeah, that actually happened!) Next questions: Do you want to be there … Continue reading
Family Stories
The last storytelling show Better Said Than Done hosted in 2019 was called “Family Ties.” Storytellers Catherine Calvin, Miriam Nadel, Jessica Robinson, Giselle Ruzany, Ellouise Schoettler, Sarah Snyder, Gayle Turner and Sufian Zhemukhov shared true, personal storytelling show about family, … Continue reading
Year in Storytelling 2019 edition
2019 might not have been the best year for the world, or our country, but for fans of storytelling in Northern Virginia, it was great. Too many things happened to list them all. But here’s a quick look back. January, … Continue reading
Thanksgiving Weekend Storytelling Show
Our final storytelling show of 2019 is the Saturday after Thanksgiving. I don’t know about you, but I am thankful to have a place to go where I don’t have to eat pie, buy stuff that’s “on sale,” or talk … Continue reading
Improv Storytelling
Our 6th Annual Night at the Improv was hosted by storyteller extraordinaire – Mr. Jack Scheer. He gave our storytellers an opportunity to introduce themselves, asked the audience some very personal questions, and then let the games begin. By games, … Continue reading
Liars at the Fall for the Book Festival
For our Fall for the Book Festival storytelling show this year, we decided to try something a little different – lying. In “True Lies: Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them,” our storytellers were told to either share a … 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
Other People’s Storytelling Show
For the hottest month’s of summer, we decided to conserve energy and combine the July and August storytelling shows into one. On August 3, 2019, we gathered our community at The Auld Shebeen in Fairfax to listen to “Other People’s … Continue reading
Smoking Gun Storytelling Show
At the end of our latest storytelling night, I had multiple audience members approach me and say, “‘Smoking Gun: stories of crime, mystery and obvious answers,’ was the best storytelling show yet.” Okay, in truth, none of them quoted the … Continue reading
