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 chose the wisest (aka oldest) storyteller we know to host – Sufian Zhemukhov!
Our first storyteller of the night, Hettie Farley, also joined our stage for the first time – though she’s been sharing stories for more than a few years. Watch a video here of her story about “Mama.”
Richard Barr returned to our stage for the 400th time to share a true, personal story about a kiss – and maybe a little more. Watch his story here.
Margarita Rozenfeld tried to survive her mid-life crisis by traveling to another country for some peace and quiet. Unfortunately, her timing was a little off as that other country happened to be in the midst of a huge Carnivale celebration.
Did you know that Zach Wilks was groomed to be a debutante – or whatever the male version of that is? A true, Southern gentleman. Find out how the attempt was made by watching his story here.
And just in case you think the show was all about old things, here’s Zach’s better 90%, and future better storyteller.
Miriam Nadel took us back to a time and place that most of us only assumed existed in movies from the 1950’s – the annual “class night,” Mouseketeer ears and all. Watch her story here of a tradition from out of a fairytale.
Jeri Mae Rowley also joined our Auld Shebeen stage for the first, sharing a true, personal story of learning about business from her time working in her grandparents’ saddle shop. Watch her story here.
Our Old World host, Sufian Zhemukhov, shared a story of tradition – specifically the traditional way in which he got his name. Watch Sufian’s story here.
As our longest standing member of the Better Said Than Done squad on stage that night, Len Kruger went real old school, taking us back all the way to middle school wood shop. Watch Len’s story here.
Not only was our “Old School” storytelling show a great night out in the City of Fairfax, VA, it was a great storytelling show! Thank you to all of the night’s storytellers for honoring the tradition of oral storytelling by coming prepared with their wonderful personal narrative stories.
For our next storytelling show, the storytellers have to arrive completely unprepared! Join us October 26, at The Auld Shebeen, for our 6th Annual Night at the Improv – where all stories told will be true, personal and improvised on the spot.
Advance $12 entry on sale until noon on show day here.
And if you’d like to learn how to be prepared to perform in a storytelling show, we have one more storytelling workshop left this year. Join Jack Scheer for a half day storytelling workshop on November 2.
Details and link to register here.
Finally, (drumroll please)
Check out the inaugural Women’s Storytelling Festival – coming March 2020 in the City of Fairfax – here!
