Who we are

INTERIM ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Alana Barragan-Scott grew up in St. Louis and has lived in Columbia since the 1980's when she met her husband-to-be in a class at MU. She is a retired lawyer, who worked for the State of Missouri in the executive and judicial branches; taught at the MU School of Law; and later served the Federal judiciary. Since retiring, she is busy in her new career and passion project: teaching middle school science. She became involved in mid-Missouri theatre after seeing how much her three children enjoyed participating in it, and has acted and sung in numerous plays, musicals, and singing ensembles around mid-Missouri. As Interim Artistic Director of Guerl-rilla Theater, she looks forward to bringing thought-provoking, memorable works to the Talking Horse stage.

FOUNDING DIRECTOR

Meg Phillips Crespy is a Columbia native who has been recognized with honors from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, the Missouri Film Office and the Jackie White National Children's Playwriting Contest. In addition to numerous plays and musicals, she has authored a book and a web screenplay. She has been commissioned by the University of Missouri Theatre Department to compose incidental music and by Talking Horse Theatre to write original plays and musicals for production. Stage credits include roles in more than fifty full-length plays, including Diana in "Next to Normal," Anne Sullivan in "The Miracle Worker" and the Baker's Wife in "Into the Woods." Meg launched Guerl-rilla Theatre in 2019 and was Artistic Director for GT's first two years.