I’m a storyteller…
and the basics of classic storytelling haven’t changed since chalk on stone.

I create intriguing characters with plot twists, joys, sorrows and truths that pull you into their story and have you walk in their shoes. And if I’ve done all that, I’ve told a story well.

​McMath is an author, award-winning historian and playwright, and the Managing Director Run Rabbit Run Productions, Inc. Her stories appear in historic fiction novels, dramatic and comic plays, operas, and history documentaries. She holds a BA in History from The College of William and Mary, a Masters in Arts Administration from Shenandoah Conservatory and over 35 years of creative arts and arts management experience.
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FICTION / NON-FICTION AUTHOR
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MUSICAL BOOK WRITER / OPERA LIBRETTEST
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PLAYWRIGHT
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THEATRE MANAGER / PRODUCER / DIRECTOR
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DOCUMENTARY & HISTORY PROGRAM WRITER / PRODUCER
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McMATH REVIEWS / AWARDS
MEREDITH.MCMATH@GMAIL.COM • STORYROOT BLOG • RUN RABBIT RUN THEATRE
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AUTHOR
    McMath's historic fiction novels are known for their strong female characters, creative plots and humor, and fascinating historic detail.
    Her non-fiction history works include the true story of Lida and Lizzie Dutton and Sarah Steer: Three Women Journalists of the Civil War (The Waterford Foundation), the co-written Legacy of Lincoln (part of The Complete Idiot's Guide series), and her piece on freed slave Zipla Davis which won the Loudoun County Black History Award (Essence of a People II).
    McMath's StoryRoot Blog covers everything from history to theatre, and writing to romance. And her freelance articles have appeared in The Washington Post Loudoun Extra, Loudoun Magazine, The Piedmont Virginian, Loudoun Times-Mirror, Middleburg Life, Loudoun Art Magazine and Leesburg Lifestyle Magazine.
PictureARMS AND THE HIGHLANDER, McMath's adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's ARMS AND THE MAN
 
PLAYWRIGHT and LIBRETTIST
    McMath has won acclaim for several of her works, including NORTON: A Civil War Opera (concept and libretto by McMath and music composed by David E. Chåvez), Case 22 (The 2010 Capital Fringe Festival) and All for the Union (2019 Capital Fringe Festival).
   Her 10-minute play, Sticks and Stones, took First Prize in the Source Theatre Competition, and another, Blind Date,​ was a finalist in The Oxford 10-Minute Play Competition.
    She's written book adaptations for the critically acclaimed musical Once Upon A Christmas Carol. as well as A Musical Little Women (Both created with composer Diane El-Shafey and accompanist Carma Jones). She's also written stage play adaptations, which include Mark Twain's Diaries of Adam and Eve (from Twain's Adam and Eve Diaries) and Arms and the Highlander (a Colonial American adaptation of G.B. Shaw's Arms and the Man).

THEATRE DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER UNTIL 2019
McMath has over 35 years experience in theatre direction, production and management. As Managing Director of her company, Run Rabbit Run Productions Inc., her aim was professional level entertainment, and, as a result, "McMath, an award-winning historian and prize- winning playwright… garnered a reputation for producing high-quality theater in the area." - Ann Keisman, Loudoun Times-Mirror.
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Loudoun Lyric Opera's THE MERRY WIDOW, directed by M. B. McMath

DOCUMENTARY & HISTORY PROGRAM PRODUCER

 As writer, director and co-producer of history documentaries and public programs, McMath's works have appeared on the History Channel's History Showcase and has created public programs for museums and preservation organizations which include The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History, the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, The Waterford Foundation, the Lincoln Preservation Foundation and the Loudoun Arts Council.
  She's also served as Marketing Director for arts organizations, nonprofits and theatre companies such as The Loudoun Lyric Opera Company, The Round Hill Arts Center, The Loudoun Museum and Arts for All - Loudoun and served on the Board of Directors of multiple museums, nonprofit arts organizations and theatre companies.
Images from Southern Courage Civil War Women of Loudoun County, VA. The documentary, written and directed by McMath and filmed by Joni Lynn Crane, is a collection of first person stories from all sides of the conflict. Monologues were taken directly from diaries, letters and other documents and occasionally modified to fit the format.
McMATH'S ORIGINAL WORKS AND ADAPTATIONS
"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 of My Persuasive Presentations on Run Rabbit Run Theatre

ARTICLES BY McMATH

ARTICLES ABOUT McMATH

HONORS & AWARDS
    
     HISTORIAN
  • Loudoun History Award for "Significant Contribution to Loudoun History”, Thomas Balch History Library, Leesburg, VA
  • League of Women Voters Award for advancing the knowledge of women's History, Loudoun County, VA
  • League of Women Voters of Loudoun Award for “Advancing the awareness of women’s history”
  • Shenandoah University Graduate Student Award
  • College of William and Mary: Member Phi Alpha Theta, History Honor Society

     PLAYWRIGHT & THEATRE DIRECTOR

EDUCATION
MS Arts Management, Shenandoah University, 2011
Concentration: Arts Marketing, Recipient 2011 Arts Administration Graduate Student Award
Thesis: “Relationship between Successes and Failures of the Federal Theatre Project ​and its management by Director Hallie Flanagan”
BA History, The College of William and Mary, 1979
Member Phi Alpha Theta, History Honor Society, Secondary Teaching Certificate (High School) in Social Studies
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