Preston Max Allen

Preston Max Allen (he/him) is a playwright, composer, and lyricist whose work has been featured at the New Amsterdam Theatre, Lincoln Center, Signature Theatre, Musical Theatre Factory, The Chautauqua Institution, Feinstein’s/54 Below, Joe’s Pub, York Theatre, Underscore Theatre, and Second City Chicago. Preston conceived and wrote book, music, and lyrics for the 2019 Off-Broadway musical We Are The Tigers (Theatre 80, album now streaming); Agent 355 (dramaturgy/co-book Jessica Kahkoska, Marion Fellowship Award Winner); The Rage: Carrie 2, An Unauthorized Musical Parody (Jeff Nominee, Best New Musical); and Krisis Kids Wilderness Adventure Camp (Village Theatre Kidstage Commission). Additional musical collaborations include A Very Netflix Christmas Musical: Now Streaming Live! and Amy Adams Wins An Oscar (books by Edward Precht). 

Plays: Modern Gentleman (2022 New York Stage and Film summer season workshop); Caroline (2021 Ars Nova Out Loud); and Storytime (Lucille Lortel 2023-2024 micro commission). Preston is currently commissioned by Manhattan Theatre Club as a Sloan Initiative recipient to develop a new play in 2023 – 2024.  

​Preston created/co-produced the 2021 concert event A Place For Us: Celebrating Trans and Nonbinary Artists in Musical Theatre. In TV, Preston sold his original play Modern Gentleman to Freeform and wrote on Peter Tolan’s series Belated at FX. Preston is a member of the Writers Guild of America East, Ars Nova Play Group (2019-21), teaching artist for Roundabout Theatre Company, graduate of the Second City/Columbia College Chicago Comedy Studies Program, and alum of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop, and 2023 Jonathan Larson Grant Finalist. Above all, he is the proud father to his cat, Hero. prestonmaxallen.com