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
ALL FOR THE UNION 2019
(McMath Playwright / Producer / Set and Costume Design)
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MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, ca. 1945
(Director / Producer / Costumes)
"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 Beatrice, Bobbie Regan, and Victoria Sova as Hero
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THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
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(Director / Producer / Set and Costume Design)
"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
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Annie Stokes as Kate and Matthew Curtis as Petruchio (Photo by Jim Poston)
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THE 39 STEPS
(Director / Producer / Set and Costume Design)
"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
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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)
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Once Upon A CHRISTMAS CAROL
(Book Adaptation / Director / Producer / Costumes)
"Best of 2012" DC Metro Theatre Arts:
Best Director of a Musical - Meredith Bean McMath
"... 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
Phil Erickson as Ebeneezer Scrooge and Shawn Malone as The Ghost of Christmas Present
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Phil Erickson as Scrooge and William Henry as Bob Cratchit
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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
THE MERRY WIDOW
(Director / Set and Costume Design)
“[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" -
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Melissa Chavez as Hanna Glawari and Gregory Stuart as Count Danilo
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THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
(Director / Producer / Set and Costume Design)
Christopher Saunders (at left) as Algernon Moncrieff and Garrett Milich as John "Jack" Worthing, J.P.
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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
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PYGMALION
(Director / Producer / Set and Costume Design)
Dinner Theatre Production at Grandale Farm Restaurant,
Neersville, VA, December 2011
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 honored Pygmalion in the categories of "Best Play, "Best Performance by an Actress": Penny Hauffe as Eliza Doolittle, and "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:
DC METRO THEATRE ARTS "BEST OF.."
List honored Pygmalion in the categories of "Best Play, "Best Performance by an Actress": Penny Hauffe as Eliza Doolittle, and "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
ALL IN THE TIMING
(Director / Producer / Set and Costume Design)
"All in the Timing Widens the World", Shenandoah Free Press - 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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A MUSICAL LITTLE WOMEN
(Book Adaptation, Director, Producer, Costume Design)
"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 |
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