Meredith Bean McMath
Author, playwright and award-winning historian Meredith Bean McMath is the Managing Director of Run Rabbit Run Productions, Inc. She holds a BA in History from The College of William and Mary, an MS in Arts Administration from Shenandoah Conservatory and over 35 years of experience in arts management, theatre production and history programming.
Creative works include original plays and adaptations, musicals and operas. She's won acclaim for several of works, including NORTON: A Civil War Opera (Music by Composer David E. Chåvez; concept and libretto by McMath), Case 22 (2010 Capital Fringe Festival), All for the Union (2019 Capital Fringe Festival), and Sticks and Stones. (First Prize, Source Theatre Competition). She also wrote book adaptations for the critically acclaimed musical Once Upon A Christmas Carol and A Musical Little Women (Music by Diane El-Shafey, accompaniment by Carma Jones) and stage play adaptations of the comedies Mark Twain's Diaries of Adam and Eve and Arms and the Highlander (from G.B. Shaw’s Arms and the Man)
As an historian, she's written and co-produced history documentaries, and her historical programs 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. She's also known for her work as a freelance writer and Marketing Director for arts organizations and nonprofits and has served on the Board of Directors of several museums, nonprofit arts organizations and theatre companies.
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Music by Diane El-Shafey, Accompaniment by Carma Jones, Book Adaptation by Meredith Bean McMath
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McMath's Original Works and Adaptations
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
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ARTICLES ABOUT McMATH...
EDUCATION
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CURRENT SERVICE Website Manager - Arts for All Loudoun, the nonprofit organization dedicated to providing arts and theatre arts opportunities for the disabled and their families. FORMER SERVICE Marketing Director / Board Member for both Arts for All Loudoun, and 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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McMATH'S STORYROOT BLOG
