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Britney Walker-Merritte     
 

Britney Walker-Merritte is a St. Louis based writer, actor,  and director. She currently serves as the Teaching and Engagement Manager at The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis.  A part of her work there involves co-producing, coordinating community projects, curriculum building and teaching acting/writing to students around the St. Louis area. Recent Directing credits include, Your Story on Stage in partnership with The St. Louis Coutny Library, Flyin' West at Oral Roberts University, and  reAnima at Aphra Behn Festival. Recent acting credits includes, Theresa in The Champion, Esther in Intimate Apparel (Theatre Squared), Beneatha in Eighth Day of the Week (Ensemble Theatre), Mom/Ensemble in Oskar Versus ThingieMobob (Alley Theatre) and HorseHead Theatre Co’s
Church and Sensitive Guys. Her recent writing credits includes: A one-woman show Sweet Potato Pie (STL Fringe Festival, Soaring Solo Series), A writer for  Ivy on the Wire (Historical Interactive Game) produced by Tesseract, commissioned by Buffalo Soldier Museum to write/act Hidden Decision a one-woman show about Cathy Williams, and her short play The Seed was produced by SMMEIIS (Southwest Mississippi Multiplex for Early Innovative Intervention Studies).  She has a BA from Oral Roberts University in Drama/TV/Film and a MFA in Acting from the University of Arkansas.