And that is the gift of great storytelling! It’s a great gift idea. Whether for yourself, or a friend or family member – learning to tell a fantastic story is a skill that can be used over and over – and that benefits everyone around!
Better Said Than Done is a Northern Virginia community of professional storytellers. In addition to producing monthly themed storytelling shows, featuring experienced performers from our team of storytellers, we also offer workshops on storytelling. We offer tools and techniques to craft a good story – such as structure and character building and, perhaps most importantly, how to win the audience over. Every participant will have the opportunity to develop and perform a story in the supportive, small group setting of the workshop. We will offer feedback and answer your questions so when you leave you’ll feel comfortable and ready to tell your story at a party, in the board room, or on stage.
Upcoming workshops include:
Spotlight on You: Telling the story of your life
Offered January 24, 2015 and February 21, 2015; sign up for one date
11:00 AM-3:30 PM
Northern Virginia [location details provided to registered participants]
$75 per person
Taught by Jessica Piscitelli Robinson
In this half-day workshop, participants will learn structure, character building, and how to win the audience over. This workshop is appropriate for storytellers of all levels. Students should come with an idea for a story and will leave with a story ready to tell.
Visit our storytelling workshop page for more information or to register.
Your Business Story: Crafting your company tale
Offered March 7, 2015
11:00 AM-3:30 PM
Northern Virginia [location details provided to registered participants]
$75 per person
Taught by Jessica Piscitelli Robinson
Motivate volunteers for your cause, move prospects to sign on as clients and convince investors yours is the right business by telling your story. After this half-day workshop, which focuses on how to write a compelling story, students will leave with stories to use as content for their website, brochure, and elevator speech. Stories are workshopped with teachers and other students, lending many different perspectives on your business tale.
Visit our storytelling workshop page for more information or to register.
For those who feel ready now to tell their true, personal story on stage, Better Said Than Done welcomes newcomers. Each of our regular shows has one spot for a first-time teller. We work with first-timers before the show to help them prepare their story and rehearse their performance before they join us on stage. Anyone interested in telling their first story with Better Said Than Done can submit their story idea on our website at http://www.bettersaidthandone.com/contact/.
Upcoming shows include:
Angels and Demons: stories about good, evil, and trying to choose
January 31, 7:00 PM, The Auld Shebeen, 3971 Chain Bridge Road, Fairfax, Virginia 22030, $10 per person
Stranger Than Fiction: stories about truth, craziness, and life
February 28, 7:00 PM, The Auld Shebeen, 3971 Chain Bridge Road, Fairfax, Virginia 22030, $10 per person
Earth, Wind, and Fire: stories about the elements
March 28, 8:00 PM, Nature House, 11450 Glade Drive, Reston, Virginia 20191, $15 per person, fundraiser for Friends of Reston
Better Said Than Done defines storytelling as the art of performing a true, personal story in front of a live audience. Our stories are personal. Each storyteller writes about his or her own experiences. They are true, though like every good story, they sometimes come with enhanced details. And they are a story, meaning they have a beginning, middle, and end. Most importantly, storytelling is a performance, an art, a form of entertainment, and, from our mouths, a reality the audience will not forget. Better Said Than Done, Inc., was launched in May 2011, by Jessica Piscitelli Robinson, to bring the art of storytelling to Northern Virginia.
