Kimball Allen (born February 22, 1982) is a writer, journalist, playwright, and American actor. He is the author of two one-man autobiographic dramas: The Secret of a Mormon Gayus Felon (2012) and Be Happy Be Mormon (2014). The latter was aired at Row Theater in Manhattan on 24 and 27 September 2014, as part of the Unified Solo Theater Festival. He also hosts Triple Threat with Kimball Allen, a 90-minute talk show at The Triple Door in Seattle.
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The Secret of Felon Mormon Gay is a one-man autobiography drama written and performed by Kimball Allen. In it, he revived the circumstances of his life that brought him from Mormon's childhood through the life of addiction and, finally, the capture.
Allen was born and raised in Blackfoot, Idaho, a religious, conservative area, and he is one of eight children in the orthodox Mormon family. Even when he was a kid, his harsh Mormon parents were concerned about what they perceived as his unusual behavior and behavior on his part, and his mother preemptively warned him, "Boys do not kiss boys."
At the age of 13, she was raped by an older man who was friends with her at the mall. To overcome this trauma, which he could not tell anyone, he quietly turned to alcohol, and finally the drugs. She began to live a double life - Mormon is obedient on the surface, and under a teenager who struggles with her sexual orientation, her rape trauma, and her growing addiction.
The Allen family moved to Utah, the harshest state in the United States, when he was in his first year of high school. He came to his parents as gay when he was 19 years old. His parents replied that they could not support him in that capacity and that they were beaten back by him. According to Allen, coming out as a gay in the Mormon community is "committing social suicide", and he also writes that "I grow up to be a gay in a loving and supportive Mormon family.When I get out, that love and support disappears."
In adulthood, his drug addiction goes deeper into cocaine, acid, and E, and eventually becomes a shopping addiction that makes him crave higher purchases bigger and bigger. Given responsibility for corporate credit cards, he inadvertently used it for his own little fee in 2010, and then began to addictively embezzle corporate funds for luxury over the cards. The lost funds, totaling about $ 70,000, were known in 2011, and Allen landed in prison awaiting trial. He went through the detox in a prison cell, and desperately began writing journals to understand how he ended up in that situation.
After confessing his crimes and making reparations, coming to terms with his addiction, and realizing that he needs help, Allen continues his journal during his healing process. A coherent narrative is finally formed, and self-examination eventually becomes a script, with the help of an extra hour of watching a home video of itself as a child.
The completed game, The Secret of a Mormon Gay Felon , aired in Kansas City in the summer of 2012. It has also runs in Honolulu and San Diego.
A KC Stage reviewer of the drama wrote, "I am skeptical about how to play an hour, play one person... can." Fortunately, playwright, actor, and Kimball Allen subjects have colorful material assets in the story of his life, the gift for the story, and the charisma that draws the audience from beginning to end.... The audience is swept up in his story while also finding parallels in their own lives, places where they strive to meet unrealistic or unrealistic standards and rules healthy. "
LA Splash writes that "Through her game The Secret of a Mormon Gay Felon, the fascinating Seattle playwright Kimball Allen has found an unexpected help in reviving the painful moments of her life and share his impact with his audience.... He found comparisons for esais and fellow non-fictional David Sedaris felon to be an honor but what he found most valuable was the relationship he made with the audience on stage. "Allen has stated, "I want everyone to go with a different perspective, but to understand that children are fragile, and when you raise a child, there is a domino effect."
Ecumenica Journal calls The Secret of a Mormon Gay Felon "a mixture of acknowledgment and a very personal performing arts". It goes on to note that Allen's new theater work written after the game continues to explore "controversial topics and taboos in previous religions and personal life".
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The one-second Allen, an hour Be Happy Be Mormon game, airs at Row Theater in Manhattan on September 24, 2014, as part of the Unified Solo Theater Festival, and because the sold-out premier has a second performance on September 27th. It was previewed on September 4 and 5, 2014 in Seattle. It is described as "A voyeuristic view into childhood of a vegetarian who loves Bambi, wearing ballet slippers, Mormon Boy Scout gay Diet Coke-drinking." The play linked her education to "the extraordinary scapegoat" in a Mormon family she did not relate to, through "colorful narrations, private home movies, songs, dances, and occasional acrobatics". He has stated that the inspiration for the show comes when he reads a long letter that his mother wrote before he was born, anticipating his birth and also his life and hope-for achievement in the Mormon church - an achievement that he never fulfilled because he is true to nature.
In August 2014 Allen, who is a former Mormon, presented excerpts from and comments on Be Happy Be Mormon, plus a question and answer session, at the Sunstone Symposium 2014, the Mormon annual meeting, the ulama, and others interested in the diversity and richness of Mormon thought and experience.
Triple Threat with Kimball Allen
On April 3, 2015, Allen presented and hosted Triple Threat with Kimball Allen, a 90-minute talk show, at The Triple Door in Seattle. The formations include various Seattle local artists, entertainers, and celebrities, including writer and activist Dan Savage and Seattle's Men's Chorus. Reviewing the show at West Seattle Herald, Amanda Knox wrote that "Allen is a very grateful host as a jovial groupie, always ready and willing to make her party fun for her guests' talents as for the audience. "Matt Baume at Seattle Gay Scene writes" It's like a talent show, but with real talent. From his hosting station behind the desk, Kimball spins through a bag bag from a local artist like a star-studded episode of The Tonight Show . "Both Knox and Baume say they are looking forward to the next installment of the stage show.
The second Triple Threat with Kimball Allen is on August 28, 2015. Celebrity, entertainer, comedian and music player sequences include rock-music radio personality Marco Collins, and Daniel Blue, local frontman Band Washington Motopony. Seattle Gay Scene describes Allen as "Seattle version of Simon Carson". The third installment of Triple Threat was held on March 31, 2016, and was titled by Emmy-winning actor and comedian Leslie Jordan.
In 2017, given the current US president, the producers added more slant activists to the event, and a decision was also made to subsequently donate all proceeds from each show to a nonprofit. March 2017's lineup included a spokesperson for Planned Parenthood alongside Seattle comedians and musicians, and all proceeds from the show went to Planned Parenthood. The July 2017 event included filmmaker Wes Hurley and the "boylesque" performer, Waxie Moon, and all the results were submitted to the Vanderpump Dog Foundation.
Additional scripts, performances, and activism
Allen has written an opinion for the New York Times . In the article, he talks about "the negative effects a religion can have, especially when the individual does not fit a dogmatic mold", and an unresolved spiral of irritation and unresolved anger brings it. He also discussed the family, social, community, and religious impacts of his arrival, which forever affected his ability to interact freely with his Mormon community.
For Edge Seattle , Allen's article includes an interview with Jewel and Brian McKnight. She has also reviewed the Sister Act: The Musical , Other Desert City , An Evening with Brian McKnight , Jewel's Greatest Hits Tour i>, and Bumbershoot .
For Capitol Hill Times , he has interviewed John Densmore and Ron Jeremy. He has also reported various local arts and political issues and the Seattle gay scene.
In 2013, he taught a workshop on "Find a Proud Sound Through Your Performance" at the annual conference of True Colors, a large, nonprofit conference that mentors LGBT teenagers. He also appeared in the video "No More Fear", part of the PSA project "AIDS is Going to Lose".
He has also done additional performances. In 2014 in Seattle he performed at Mortified Live, and on A Guide To Visitors - The Best of Stories On Stage. In November 2015 he performed a monologue in "Arctic Entry" for Alaska Public Media in Anchorage, where he previously lived, and in March 2018 he performed in Phoenix, Arizona at a new show called Arizona Storytellers: Stylish Stories.
In January 2017, Allen and her husband, who both earned tickets for the 2017 President Inauguration in October 2016 expect Hillary Clinton to win, attend the inauguration of Donald Trump. After the couple's disappointment over the election results, Allen feels that attending the inauguration, holding his husband's hand, is an important way to represent, the proud gay couple in America, and that doing so is their way of protesting and holding Trump responsible.
After moving to Scottsdale, Arizona, Allen began organizing a series of what he called Casa Concert, featuring local musicians and tours and comedians, at his home every month starting in November 2017.
Personal life
Allen lived for many years in Capitol Hill neighborhood in Seattle. He married Scott Wells in October 2016. Until the end of 2017, they live in Scottsdale, Arizona.
He is an Eagle Scout.
References
External links
- Kimball Allen in Dramatic Guild of America
- Kimball Allen on Doollee.com
- Trailer for Blessed Being Mormon
- An interview on Blessed Mormon on RepRadio (one hour audio, September 2014)
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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