Tag Archives: storyteller
Women’s Festival Spotlight – Megan Hicks
I first met Megan Hicks when she led a workshop on parody at a National Storytelling Conference more years ago than either of us would want to admit to. As I laughed through her telling us about Cinderella’s encounter with … Continue reading
Women’s Festival Spotlight – Meghann Shutt
Meghann Shutt owns Bridge Consulting, a small consulting firm that provides fundraising and organizational development support to nonprofit and government agencies in Maryland and DC. She is passionate about supporting people and communities in their efforts to make the world … Continue reading
Women’s Festival Spotlight – Vijai Nathan
For more than 20 years, Vijai Nathan has been performing on stages all over the world, but she started preparing to take the microphone much earlier than that. She’s the youngest of three sisters and they grew up imitating their … Continue reading
Women’s Festival Spotlight – Jane Dorfman
Jane Dorfman tells traditional, personal, and Celtic stories. Jane performs at festivals, libraries, and schools. She has recently started lying and finds it “very freeing.” Jane is performing in the Women’s Storytelling Festival‘s two lunch time show producers’ storytelling shows … 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
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
Storytelling Comedy Special
I am a storyteller. It’s kinda my thing. I perform in a lot of storytelling shows. And I go to a lot of storytelling shows. And I love storytelling. But I also love stand-up comedy. I go to a lot … Continue reading
Andy Irwin’s Fairfax Visit
Last Saturday night, international rogue and nationally renowned storyteller Andy Offutt Irwin, stopped by The Auld Shebeen in Fairfax, VA to sing some songs, quote some poetry, whistle a tune or two, and do some storytelling on our stage. The … Continue reading
Storyteller Andy Offutt Irwin in Fairfax
Join Better Said Than Done on September 14, 2019 at The Auld Shebeen in Fairfax, VA for a very special storytelling event with internationally renowned storyteller ANDY OFFUTT IRWIN! There are too many awesome credits to list here, so, check … Continue reading
Storyteller Spotlight: Denise Bennett
Denise Bennett is an award winning storyteller and musician. Her true story that she will be telling at June’s Better Said Than Done storytelling show, “Smoking Gun,” won second place in National Storytelling Festival Slam in 2018. She is also … Continue reading
