McMath, an award-winning historian and prize-winning playwright, has garnered a reputation for producing high-quality theater... — Ann Keisman, Loudoun Times-Mirror
HONORS
- 2011 Arts Administration Graduate Award, Shenandoah University
- Honored in the “Women with Vision” Exhibit, Franklin Park Arts Center, Purcellville, VA, 2010
- Marquis "2006-2007 Who's Who of American Women"
- League of Women Voters of Loudoun Award for “Advancing the awareness of women’s history”, 2002
- Nominated for a Virginia Governor's Arts Award, 2000
- Loudoun History Award, Thomas Balch Library: for “significant contribution to Loudoun History,” 1996
- College of William and Mary: Member Phi Alpha Theta, History Honor Society
THEATRE REVIEWS & AWARDS
July 2019
ALL FOR THE UNION
McMath - Playwright / Producer / Set and Costume Design
ALL FOR THE UNION
McMath - Playwright / Producer / Set and Costume Design
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"You bring women's history and stories out of the shadows."
- Lee Lawrence
December 2018 & 2012
Once Upon A CHRISTMAS CAROL
McMath - Book Adaptation / Director / Producer / Costumes / Media
Once Upon A CHRISTMAS CAROL
McMath - Book Adaptation / Director / Producer / Costumes / Media
2018 Production: Phil Erickson as Ebeneezer Scrooge and Shawn Malone as The Ghost of Christmas Present
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"... McMath, who adapted the classic Dickens novel for the stage, and Diane El-Shafey, who wrote the production’s original score, have surrounded Scrooge with all the teeming life that fills London, or Loudoun, or any place with music — not just jingles that stick to the bottom of your shoe, but beautiful music that matters and makes sense." "Christmas Carol Likely to Become a Loudoun Institution", Mark Dewey, DC Metro Theater Arts, December 2012 |
2018: Phil Erickson as Scrooge and William Henry as Bob Cratchit
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"Best of 2012" DC Metro Theatre Arts
Best Director of a Musical - Meredith Bean McMath
2018 Production, L to R: Penny Hauffe as the Laundress, Sue Derrow as the Charwoman, Clay Noyes as the Undertaker's Man, Chris Saunders as the Beedler, Phil Erickson as Scrooge and Beckett Denson as the Ghost of Christmas Future
August 2018
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
McMath - Director / Producer / Costumes / Media
"A noted historian and author, McMath launched Run Rabbit Run in 1999 and has collaborated with some of Loudoun’s best-known names in community theater..."
- Jan Merker, Loudoun Times Mirror, August 2018
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
McMath - Director / Producer / Costumes / Media
"A noted historian and author, McMath launched Run Rabbit Run in 1999 and has collaborated with some of Loudoun’s best-known names in community theater..."
- Jan Merker, Loudoun Times Mirror, August 2018
Victoria Sova as Hero, David Pesta as Don Pedro and Brandon Cheltenham as Victor Allen (Photo by Craig Thoburn)
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L to R: Katy Shinas, Rosemary Thoburn, Vanessa Borg, Julian Baldwin, Rachel Louis as the swooning Beatrice, Bobbie Regan & Victoria Sova as Hero (Photo by Craig Thoburn).
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The reconciliation of Benedick and Beatrice (Ryan Bultrowicz and Rachel Louis) (Photo by Craig Thoburn).
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December 2013
A MUSICAL LITTLE WOMEN
McMath Book Adaptation / Director / Producer / Costume Design / Media
Annamaria Kendrat as Josephine ("Jo") March (Photos by Jim Poston).
"All the wit and humor, joys and struggles of the marvelous March sisters - Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy - brought to life in a fast-paced, musical adaptation of the Louisa May Alcott classic! Music by Diane El-Shafey, instrumental music by Carma Jones, book adaptation by Meredith Bean McMath. - "Holiday Charm" - DC Metro Theater Arts
“A Musical Little Women offers holiday charm... It brings people together around an inspiring communal endeavor that spreads good cheer all over town."
- Mark Dewey, Shenandoah Press
July 2013
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
McMath - Director / Producer / Set and Costume Design / Media
"Mad Men" Meets Shakespeare
- Joe Motheral, Loudoun Times Mirror, July 2013
"Mad Men" Meets Shakespeare
- Joe Motheral, Loudoun Times Mirror, July 2013
L to R: Danielle Guy, Sarah Midolo, Caroline Pennington, Molly Warndorf, Annie Stokes as Kate and Amy Blair as Bianca (Photo by Jim Poston).
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Annie Stokes as Kate and Matthew Curtis as Petruchio (Photo by Jim Poston)
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May 2013
THE 39 STEPS
McMath - Director / Producer / Costume Design / Media
"A Whirlwind comes to Purcellville", Mark Dewey, DC Metro Theater Arts, May 2013
THE 39 STEPS
McMath - Director / Producer / Costume Design / Media
"A Whirlwind comes to Purcellville", Mark Dewey, DC Metro Theater Arts, May 2013
Phil Erickson as Richard Hannah and Penny Hauffe as Annabella, the Spy (Photo by Jim Poston).
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Speakers for the Union! Tom Johnson and Kevin Daly (Photo by Jim Poston)
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L to R: Kaitlyn DeLitta a flock, Tom Johnson and Kevin Daly as spies, Penny Hauffe as Margaret and Phil Erickson as Richard Hannay (Photo by Jim Poston)
July 2012
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
McMath - Director / Producer / Costume Design / Media
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
McMath - Director / Producer / Costume Design / Media
"If action occurs in more than one place, where should the audience sit? How will they know where to look? Does everyone need to hear every line and see every gesture?
How can the actors’ voices compete with the night’s voice? And how can 80 people see what’s happening in a space below their seating level, rather than above it?...
All of those questions together form a larger question, which is why?
Because the pay-off potential is huge."
"... And you thank unreasonable Meredith McMath."
How can the actors’ voices compete with the night’s voice? And how can 80 people see what’s happening in a space below their seating level, rather than above it?...
All of those questions together form a larger question, which is why?
Because the pay-off potential is huge."
"... And you thank unreasonable Meredith McMath."
Puck (Garrett Milich) eats grapes as he merrily watches Demetrius (Lee Bean) and Lysander (Ethan Dean) fight over the jealousies he has conjured within them (Photo by Jim Poston).
April 2012
THE MERRY WIDOW
Produced by Loudoun Lyric Opera
McMath - Director / Set Design / Costume Design / Media
“[The Merry Widow] has it all—scandal, intrigue and even a gaggle of Can-Can dancers—Les Grisettes of the famed nightclub Maxim’s. Passionate and playful music, striking costumes and more vocal talent than you can shake a fishnet-clad leg at make LLO’s The Merry Widow an event not to be missed." - Samantha Bartram, Leesburg Today, 4.13.12
Produced by Loudoun Lyric Opera: "The Merry Widow at Franklin Park,"
Dave Levinson, LoudounArts.com, April 2012
- PREVIEW VIDEO of the song, "The Girls at Maxim's" -
Can-Can Girls L to R: Katy Hannah, Delia Zielinski, Archelle Skuce, Molly Pinson-Simoneau, Kristen Donovan, Ashley Herr and Sue Derrow (Photo by Jim Poston)
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Melissa Chavez as Hanna Glawari and Gregory Stuart as Count Danilo (Photo by Jim Poston)
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L to R: Chanel Wood as Nizche, Peter Seckinger as Gen. Kromov, Tim Griffin as Viscounte Cascada, Melissa Jean Chavez. as Hanna Glawari, Patrick Phillip Becker as St. Brioche, Sue Derrow as Frou-Frou, Andrei Naumov as the Count, and (seated) Ashley Herr and Archelle Skuce (Photo by Jim Poston)
February 2012
Amy Blair as Mrs. Trotsky and Ben Huntington as Ramon Mercader)
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"Goombye Tongue Stoppard!" Grifter Don (Christopher Saunders​) teaches 'Unumunda' to Dawn (Emy Hyland) in "The Universal Language")
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December 2011
PYGMALION
Dinner Theater Production at Grandale Farm Restaurant, Neersville, Virginia
McMath - Director / Producer / Set and Costume Design / Media
Penny Hauffe as Eliza, Craig Synder as Colonel Pickering and Phil Erickson as Professor Higgins (Photo by Jim Poston)
HONORS
DC METRO THEATRE ARTS "BEST OF.." LIST
PRESS REVIEW
"Penny Hauffe, Craig Snyder, and Phil Erickson shine as Eliza Doolittle, Colonel Pickering, and Henry Higgins" "... Nine people who are so good at pretending to be other people that you wonder whose voices they hear when they talk to themselves." - Mark Dewey, Shenandoah Press
DC METRO THEATRE ARTS "BEST OF.." LIST
- PYGMALION as Best Play
- Best Performance by an Actress: Penny Hauffe as Eliza Doolittle
- Best Performance by an Actor: Phil Erickson, as Henry Higgins
PRESS REVIEW
"Penny Hauffe, Craig Snyder, and Phil Erickson shine as Eliza Doolittle, Colonel Pickering, and Henry Higgins" "... Nine people who are so good at pretending to be other people that you wonder whose voices they hear when they talk to themselves." - Mark Dewey, Shenandoah Press
PATRON REVIEW
"Pygmalion was full 'of chocolates... and taxis, and gold, and diamonds!... The cast presented a feast of Shavian wit and a social statement that is applicable nearly a century after its premier. Bloody good show, Run, Rabbit, Run!"
L to R: Amy Blair as Clara Eynsford-Hill, Sue Derrow as Mrs. Eynsford-Hill, Penny Hauffe as Eliza Doolittle, Garrett Milich as Freddy Eynsford-Hill, Karlah Louis as Mrs. Higgins and Craig Snyder as Col. Pickering
May 2011
IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
McMath - Director / Producer / Set and Costume Design / Media
Christopher Saunders (at left) as Algernon Moncrieff and Garrett Milich as John "Jack" Worthing, J.P. (Photo by Jim Poston)
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"Dinner Theater Serves Up Comedy... Locally grown gourmet food and locally grown gourmet actors..." Loudoun Magazine, spring 2013 
Maddie Vencil as Gwendolen and Suzy Alden as Cecily (Photo by Jim Poston)
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L to R: Maddie Vencil as Gwendolyn, Garrett Milich as Algernon Moncrieff, Caroline Pennington as the Maid, Sue Derrow as Lady Moncrieff, Suezy Alden as Cecily, Christopher Saunders as John "Jack" Worthing, Penny Hauffe as Miss Prism and Phil Erickson as Rev. Chasuble (Photo by Jim Poston)