Category Archives: Improv
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
5th Annual Improv Storytelling
Every year, in late October, the storytellers of Better Said Than Done, gather for an experiment – an experiment that has been so successful we’ve been doing it for five years! In our 5th Annual Night at the Improv, the … Continue reading
Improvise This!
On October 28, 2017, the Better Said Than Done storytellers put their lives in your hands! In our 4th Annual Night at the Improv, YOU, the audience, get to tell us, the storytellers, what topics we’ll be talking about as … Continue reading
A 2016 Retrospective
I’m taking a card from “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me,” and saying that, though 2016 was pretty awful, there was at least an hour and a half each month that wasn’t entirely horrible. Here’s a look back at some of … Continue reading
3rd Annual Storytelling Improv Videos
I think I say this every time – watching the videos is not the same as coming to the show. That is nowhere more apparent than with our audience participation shows – like our Annual Night at the Improv show. … Continue reading
Storytelling improv 2016
For the past 3 years, Better Said Than Done has been merging improv and storytelling in a unique format. In “A Night at the Improv 3,” our storytellers continued the trend by improvising true, personal stories on the spot. There … Continue reading
Improvised Storytelling Videos
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
Storytelling Improv – Improvised Storytelling
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
Video Extras with Shawn Westfall (September 2015)
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
