Preston Max Allen (Writer)
is a playwright, composer, and lyricist whose work has been featured at the New Amsterdam Theatre, Lincoln Center, Signature Theatre, Musical Theatre Factory, Feinstein’s/54 Below, and Joe’s Pub. Preston conceived and wrote book, music, and lyrics for We Are The Tigers (Album now streaming; L.A. Stage Alliance Ovation winner for Best Lyrics/Composition, nominee for Best Musical); Agent 355 (dramaturgy/co-book Jessica Kahkoska, Marion Fellowship Award Winner); and The Rage: Carrie 2, An Unauthorized Musical Parody (Jeff Nominee, Best New Musical). His play MODERN GENTLEMAN was featured as part of the 2020 PRIDE PLAYS Festival (dir. Blayze Teicher). Additional projects include music/lyrics for A Very Netfl*X Christmas Musical: Now Streaming Live! and Amy Adams Wins An Oscar (books by Edward Precht); book/lyrics for Franklin Pierce: Dragon Slayer (composer Will Buck); music/lyrics For Bradical And The Pink Socks; and music/lyrics for The Hunted: Encore (LA Webfest Outstanding Score). Preston created and co-produced the 2021 concert event A Place for Us: Celebrating Trans and Nonbinary Artists in Musical Theatre. Preston is a member of the Ars Nova Play Group (2019/20), teaching artist for Roundabout Theatre Company, and an alum of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop. Above all, he is the proud father to his cat, Hero. @prestonmaxallen
Sade Aset (Director) graduated from Pacific Lutheran University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting/Directing. Her recent credits, ranging from dance films to staged theatre, include, but why, A Piece of My Heart, and RENT. More of her work can be found at sadeasetcd.com
Josh Zimmerman (Music Director) is thrilled to be a part of this new work! He is a recipient of Broadway World Seattle and Gypsy Rose Lee awards for music direction. Credits include Assistant Music Director/Keys 2 for GREASE: das Musical (Musical Tommy GmbH) and Children’s Music Director for the first national tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s School of Rock (Troika). He maintains a private studio and accompanies for Cornish College of the Arts and Pacific Northwest Ballet.