2024 Festival Schedule

The full schedule for the 2024 Women’s Storytelling Festival follows.

Thursday, March 14, 2024: We will be premiering our virtual only showcase at 8:00pm ET.
Friday, March 15, 2024: The in-person festival kicks off with storytelling at 7:00pm Eastern.
Saturday, March 16, 2024: Storytelling programs start at 11:00am. We’ll take a lunch break at 12:30pm and a dinner break at 6:00pm. We’ll wrap up the day’s storytelling around 9:30pm.
Sunday, March 17, 2024: Storytelling starts at 10:30am. The open mic Story Swap is at 11:30am. After a break for lunch, we will resume storytelling again at 2:00pm, and the festival will conclude around 6:00pm Eastern.
Ticket sales close on April 1st. All ticket holders can watch the festival recordings on YouTube through April 21, 2024

The Women’s Storytelling Festival is hosted from Virginia. We are in the Eastern Time Zone. All times listed are EDT.


Thursday, March 14

8:00 PM – 9:30 PM EDT – Emcee Jessica Robinson

BeginEndStorytellers in our VIRTUAL ONLY Showcase
8:00PM9:30PMCarmen Agra Deedy, Edith Gonzalez, Stacy Ann Parish, Penelope Whitney, and Linda Yemoto

Friday, March 15

7:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT – Emcee Carol Moore

BeginEndStorytellers In Our Opening Night Performance
7:00PM9:00PMMegan Hicks, Sheila Arnold, Bonnie Gardner, Laura Simms, Fanny Crawford, Roopa Mohan, Claire Hennessy, Anne Rutherford

Saturday, March 16

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EDT – Emcee Andrea Young

BeginEndStorytellers In Order of Appearance
11:00AM12:30PMLaura Simms, Jane Dorfman as Calamity Jane

2:00 PM – 3:45 PM EDT – Emcee Bonnie Gardner

BeginEndStorytellers In Order of Appearance
2:00PM3:45PMRoopa Mohan, Sheila Arnold, Aimee Snow, Megan Hicks, Claire Hennessy

4:00PM – 6:00 PM EDT – Emcee Noa Baum

BeginEndStorytellers In Order of Appearance
4:00PM6:00PMAnne Rutherford and special guest Clementine, Andrea Young, Laura Simms

8:00 PM – 9:30 PM EDT – Emcee Cyndi Wish

BeginEndStorytellers In Order of Appearance
8:00PM9:30PMRobin Schulte, Michele Carlo, Rosemary Cipriano, Ronna Levy, Anne Rutherford, Andrea Kamens

Sunday, March 17

10:30 AM – 12:30 PM EDT – Emcee Miriam Nadel

BeginEndStorytellers In Order of Appearance
10:30AM11:20AMFanny Crawford
11:30AM12:30PMOpen Mic Story Swap
DISCLAIMER: This is an open mic session. Better Said Than Done is not responsible for the content shared by storytellers in the open mic.

2:00 PM – 3:45 PM EDT – Emcee Sherry Grimes

BeginEndStorytellers in Order of Appearance
2:00PM3:45PMMegan Hicks, Anne Rutherford, Laura Simms

4:00 PM – 6:00 PM EDT – Emcee Jessica Robinson

BeginEndStorytellers In Order of Appearance
4:00PM6:00PMSheila Arnold, Claire Hennessy, Roopa Mohan, Anne Rutherford, Megan Hicks, Laura Simms

We do NOT plan to have multiple events going on at the same time throughout the weekend. You could, potentially, tune in Thursday night and watch all weekend without missing anything. However, we will also provide all Full Festival Pass and Virtual ticket holders links to watch the festival events for a viewing period of one month following the festival, in case you miss anything or want to watch performances again.

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