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Storyteller Spotlight: Jessica Robinson
Jessica Robinson is the founder of Better Said Than Done, Northern Virginia’s premiere storytelling troupe. In addition to performing at Exchange Place at the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, TN in 2018, Jessica has performed stories for Story District, Tales … Continue reading
Storyteller Spotlight: Alison Hughes
Alison Hughes is a high school English teacher who loves reading, writing, listening to other people’s stories, and, when she can overcome her massive stage fright, telling her own. She’s told with Better Said Than Done since 2015 and is … Continue reading
Storyteller Spotlight: Sufian Zhemukhov
Sufian Zhemukhov is the Moth Champion and a winner at the 2018 National Storytelling Festival Slam. He tells stories about his first-generation immigrant experience that might be much funnier than you would expect. The July 2019 DC Fringe Festival will host … Continue reading
Storyteller Spotlight: Cyndi Wish
As a child, Cyndi Wish wanted to become a surgeon, a mob wife, and a roller derby athlete. As an adult she has been a teacher, a cook, a migrant farmer, a waitress, a book store retail clerk, a babysitter, … Continue reading
Storyteller Spotlight: Len Kruger
Len Kruger has performed stories on stage with local storytelling groups such as Better Said Than Done, Story District, and the Storyfest Short Slam, where he is a two-time first prize winner. Len is also a fiction writer. His short … Continue reading
Storyteller Spotlight: Miriam Nadel
Miriam Nadel is an aerospace engineer, craftswoman, blogger, and traveler. She is also the Virginia State Liaison for the National Storytelling Network and on the board of Voices in the Glen. For nearly 30 years, she has told personal stories, … Continue reading
Storyteller Spotlight: Nick Baskerville
Nick Baskerville has had the honor of serving in the United States Air Force for 10 years, followed by 4 years in the United States Air Force Reserves. Nick has 19 years of fire service time, with 16 years of … Continue reading
A Climate Change in Storytelling
Better Said Than Done’s April storytelling show at The Auld Shebeen in the City of Fairfax, VA was called “Climate Change.” Storytellers Bill Burton, Barbara Fornoff, Robert Lovejoy, Jack Pelar, Jessica Robinson, Margarita Rozenfeld, Sarah Snyder and Sufian Zhemukhov shared … Continue reading
Climate Change is Real
Climate Change is not just the name of our most recent storytelling show. It’s also a big, scary thing happening to our planet that is already effecting all of us. One of the storytellers from our “Climate Change” show, Sarah … Continue reading
Found: Storytellers’ Photos and Videos
Better Said Than Done’s last Saturday of the month March storytelling show at The Auld Shebeen was called “Lost and Found.” Hosted by Jessica Robinson, storytellers Erin Benbennick, Denise Bennett, David Foxworth, Sandra Hull, Joff Infante, Robert Lovejoy, Miriam Nadel, … Continue reading
