DIANE EL-SHAFEY, Artistic Director

Diane honed her musical theatre, acting, writing, directing and producing skills in California before arriving in Virginia nine years ago. She has since directed several Growing Stage Theatre Company main stage productions and served as Musical Director for the Growing Stage's Fame, West Side Story and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.  She worked with the students of Waterford Elementary School, directing several original musical plays (for which she wrote both music and libretto). Local acting credits include "Marmee" in Aurora Studio Theatre's Alcott's LITTLE WOMEN, and, in Growing Stage productions, "Mrs. Paroo" in The Music Man and "Mrs. VanDaan" in The Diary of Anne Frank. She also appeared in the live 1940s-style Tally Ho Radio Show's Arsenic and Old Lace as "Martha Brewster". A well-known Loudoun actress and voice and piano teacher, Diane directed Aurora Studio Theatre's spring 2005 musical The Pajama Game, served as Aurora Studio Theatre Musical Director for all productions during its 4 1/2 years and is currently Musical Director for Run Rabbit Run Theatre.

 MEREDITH BEAN McMATH, Producer

A veteran stage and radio theatre performer and creator of the Swinging Smithley Sisters, Meredith is the Director of Run Rabbit Run Productions, Inc. and Editor of LoudounPerformingArts.com. As a producer, director and prize-winning playwright, her living history programs have appeared at museums including The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History, The Newseum, and the National Trust's Oatlands Plantation.   She produced the 1940s-style Tally Ho Radio Show in Leesburg, Virginia (broadcast live on WAGE Radio) and acted as Continuity Writer and Producer for radio shows heard on WTRI and WAGE Radio stations between 1995 and 1998.  She holds a BA in History from the College of William and Mary and an M.S. in Arts Administration from Shenandoah University.

CARMA OLIVEREZ, Accompanist / Singer

A music teacher at Round Hill Elementary School in Loudoun County, Virginia, Carma also plays piano and leads the worship team at Christ Community Lutheran Church in Leesburg. She is a 1993 graduate of Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester, Virginia and played keyboard, flute, clarinet and saxophone for three summers with the Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre Orchestra.  Shows included Candide, The Murder of Edwin Drood and Annie. As Assistant Musical Director for Aurora Studio Theatre, Inc. (2004-2008), she worked with Aurora Studio Theatre as Musical Director Assitant and is currently Assistant Musical Director for Run Rabbit Run Theatre.

  LAURIE MEYER

Laurie is a former member of the Texas A & M Reveliers Jazz Ensemble and former accompanist to the Texas A&M women's chorus.  She is a frequent Wedding Singer.