Photo by Craig Thoburn of Thoburn Photography
Author, prize-winning playwright and award-winning historian Meredith Bean McMath is the Managing Director of critically acclaimed Run Rabbit Run Productions, Inc. She holds a BA in History from The College of William and Mary, an MS in Arts Management from Shenandoah Conservatory and over 25 years of experience in history and theatre and arts programming and management.
Creative work includes original plays and adaptations, musicals and operas, such as NORTON: A Civil War Opera (Concept and libretto by McMath, music by David E. Chavez), dramas Case 22 (2010 Capital Fringe Festival) and All for the Union (2019 Capital Fringe Festival), and her prize winning play Sticks and Stones. Book adaptations include the critically acclaimed musical Once Upon A Christmas Carol and A Musical Little Women (with Music by Diane El-Shafey, accompaniment by Carma Jones), and the comedies Arms and the Highlander and Mark Twain's Diaries of Adam and Eve.
McMath history documentaries, and historical programming have been commissioned by museums and preservation organizations which include The National Museum of American History, the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, The Waterford Foundation, The Lincoln Preservation Foundation and the Loudoun Arts Council. In addition, McMath a published author and freelance writer, and has worked as a Marketing Director for arts organizations and other nonprofits and served on the Boards of numerous museums, nonprofit arts organizations and theatre companies.
Creative work includes original plays and adaptations, musicals and operas, such as NORTON: A Civil War Opera (Concept and libretto by McMath, music by David E. Chavez), dramas Case 22 (2010 Capital Fringe Festival) and All for the Union (2019 Capital Fringe Festival), and her prize winning play Sticks and Stones. Book adaptations include the critically acclaimed musical Once Upon A Christmas Carol and A Musical Little Women (with Music by Diane El-Shafey, accompaniment by Carma Jones), and the comedies Arms and the Highlander and Mark Twain's Diaries of Adam and Eve.
McMath history documentaries, and historical programming have been commissioned by museums and preservation organizations which include The National Museum of American History, the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, The Waterford Foundation, The Lincoln Preservation Foundation and the Loudoun Arts Council. In addition, McMath a published author and freelance writer, and has worked as a Marketing Director for arts organizations and other nonprofits and served on the Boards of numerous museums, nonprofit arts organizations and theatre companies.
FEBRUARY 14-22
co-directed by Meredith Bean McMath
SPRING - Date/Place TBA
written and directed by Meredith Bean McMath
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APRIL 2 - MAY 28
Classes taught by Meredith Bean McMath in conjunction with Stage Coach Theatre
SUMMER
Music by Diane El-Shafey, Accompaniment by Carma Jones, Book Adaptation by Meredith Bean McMath
FALL - Times & Location TBA
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McMath's Original Works and Adaptations |
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"Meredith Bean McMath flourishes at a time when only one in five U.S. plays have a female playwright.
- Diane Helentjaris, Survival Secrets of a Southern Woman Playwright
"My evocative conversation with Meredith reminded me of the adage given to actors using the Acting Stanislavski method. It states that, while performing, they should listen and respond, not just memorize their lines and speak from rote. Meredith lives Method Acting in a real-life expressive discourse..."
- Nancy Wyatt on Run Rabbit Run Theatre, My Persuasive Presentations
- Diane Helentjaris, Survival Secrets of a Southern Woman Playwright
"My evocative conversation with Meredith reminded me of the adage given to actors using the Acting Stanislavski method. It states that, while performing, they should listen and respond, not just memorize their lines and speak from rote. Meredith lives Method Acting in a real-life expressive discourse..."
- Nancy Wyatt on Run Rabbit Run Theatre, My Persuasive Presentations
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ARTICLES ABOUT McMATH...
EDUCATION
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CURRENT SERVICE Marketing Director and Board member for VSA - Loudoun, the nonprofit organization dedicated to providing arts and theatre arts opportunities for the disabled and their families. Former Service: Marketing Director and Board Member - Loudoun Lyric Opera; Board of Directors member - Loudoun Arts Council and the Loudoun Youth Initiative; Member - Leesburg Performing Arts Center Economic Task Force; Region IVb Grant Panelist - Virginia Commission for the Arts; Theatre Judge - Loudoun Arts Council's Gale Waldron Excellence in the Arts awards. HONORS & AWARDS HISTORIAN
PLAYWRIGHT & THEATRE DIRECTOR
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