Meredith Bean McMath

Meredith is a published author, prize-winning playwright, and award-winning historian whose creative work includes historic fiction and freelance work, contemporary and historical plays, scripts for musicals and operas, and the creation of documentaries and history productions commissioned by major museums. She is Managing Director of Run Rabbit Run Theatre company and Run Rabbit Run Productions, inc.

First creative memory? Writing a play for her third grade classmates to perform, casting herself in the lead, and getting up on stage and forgetting all her lines.

"Never again," McMath laughs. "But I have always loved seeing a story come to life. Whether by page, sound or stage, stories are always living, breathing - so clear in my mind. So, I know my resumé looks like a strange winding path, but it makes perfect sense to me. It's whatever a story needs. My love of a good story well told. My obsession."

CREDENTIALS

McMath holds a BA in History from The College of William and Mary (English Minor), and an MS in Arts Management from Shenandoah University (with an Arts Administration Graduate Award). She's a recipient of the Loudoun History Award and a "League of Women Voters Award for "advancing the knowledge of women's history", and is honored in the Franklin Park Arts Center "Women with Vision" exhibit (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqSa1jrRFAY).

Her freelance articles have appeared in The Washington Post, and Museums which have commissioned McMath's historical productions and plays include The National Museum of American History, the National Trust's Oatlands Plantation, and The Newseum. One of her documentaries has appeared on The History Channel and in Virginia Classrooms, and another documentary, "Southern Courage: Civil War Women of Loudoun County, Virginia", can be seen on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4bX97yU6VE.

For more information, visit www.meredithbeanmcmath.com. Contact Meredith directly at meredith.mcmath@gmail.com.

BLOG: http://www.meredithbeanmcmath.com/story-root-blog