Jessica Robinson

Jessica Piscitelli Robinson is the Founding Executive Director of Better Said Than Done, the organization behind the Women’s Storytelling Festival. In addition to producing the WSF and storytelling shows in Northern Virginia and beyond, Jessica has performed at the Exchange Place at National Storytelling Festival, and the Georgia Mountain Storytelling Festival, on WGBH’s “Stories from the Stage,” and the Risk! Podcast, in 4 National Storytelling Network Conferences and 5 Good Liar’s Club Festivals, and was a featured storyteller in the Florida, Hampton, and Stone Soup Storytelling Festivals. Jessica is a 2023 ORACLE Award recipient from the National Storytelling Network and received an ORACLE for Distinguished National Service in 2026. Jessica has taught storytelling workshops for Story Crossroads, The Story Center at the MCPL, and for community and business organizations such as The Brookings Institution, George Mason University, George Washington University, and The World Bank. Her Guide to Personal Storytelling is available in the Story Crossroads library. Jessica’s writing has been published in several reviews and anthologies and she is the author of the memoir-in-stories, Stages: My Life in Stories (Tucker DS Press). More at: https://jessicapiscitellirobinson.com/

 

Performance Fee: Based on event

Workshop Fee: Based on event

Travel: CT, NY, Out of Region

Audience: PreK, Elementary, Teens, Adults

Genres: Folktales, Historical Tales, Personal Stories, Humorous Tales

Awards:

  • 2023 ORACLE from the National Storytelling Network
  • 2026 ORACLE from the National Storytelling Network

Testimonials

Jessica Robinson tells stories we need to hear. They take us to places that sometimes make us feel uncomfortable, but they always make us think and they always make us laugh. In short, Jessica’s stories do everything that all good stories should do. - Jennifer Munro