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ARTISTIC TRANSITIONS

PRESTON MAX ALLEN is a man in transition. The playwright, composer, and “dedicated cat father” recently made the switch from penning musicals like We Are the Tigers to writing a so-called “straight” play.

The transgender artist began working on Modern Gentleman at the same time he started transitioning, but the story is not a memoir disguised as a play. The evolution of the project mirrored Allen’s own growth and transition as a writer.

“I work

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