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Kimball Allen (born February 22, 1982)〔(Kimball Allen – About ). Facebook.〕 is an American writer, journalist, playwright, and actor. He is the author of two autobiographical one-man plays: ''Secrets of a Gay Mormon Felon'' (2012) and ''Be Happy Be Mormon'' (2014). The latter premiered at Theatre Row in Manhattan on September 24 and 27, 2014, as part of the United Solo Theatre Festival. Allen also hosts the recurring ''Triple Threat w/ Kimball Allen'', a 90-minute variety talk show at The Triple Door in Seattle. ==''Secrets of a Gay Mormon Felon''== ''Secrets of a Gay Mormon Felon'' is an autobiographical one-man play written and performed by Kimball Allen. In it, Allen reenacts the circumstances of his life that led him from a Mormon childhood through a life of addiction and, eventually, arrest.〔(''Secrets of a Gay Mormon Felon'' ). ''BroadwayWorld.com''. July 5, 2013.〕〔Lee, Steve. ("''Secrets of a Gay Mormon Felon''" ). ''LGBT Weekly''. July 5, 2013〕 Allen was born and grew up in Blackfoot, Idaho,〔(Kimball Baden Allen – Bio ). ''BroadwayWorld.com''.〕 a religious, conservative region,〔 and he was one of eight children in an orthodox Mormon family.〔 Even when he was small, Allen's strict Mormon parents were concerned by what they perceived as unusual behavior and mannerisms on his part, and his mother preemptively warned him, "Boys don't kiss boys."〔Velazquez, Dagney. ("''Secrets of a Gay Mormon Felon'' adds spice to KC Fringe Fest" ). ''KC Stage''. July 27, 2012.〕 At the age of 13, Allen was raped by an older man who befriended him at a mall.〔Allen, Kimball. ("When Love Falls Short" ). ''New York Times''. January 9, 2013.〕〔Lumpp, Ray. ("Secrets of a Gay Mormon Felon: An Interview with Kimball Allen" ). ''All Treatment''. November 15, 2012. Part 1.〕 To cope with this trauma, which he could not tell anyone about, he surreptitiously turned to alcohol, and eventually drugs. He began living a double life – a devout Mormon on the surface, and underneath a teen struggling with his sexual orientation, the rape trauma, and his growing addictions.〔 Allen's family moved to Utah, the most heavily Mormon state in the U.S., when he was in his junior year of high school.〔Allen, Kimball B. (''Secrets of a Gay Mormon Felon'' ). 2012. p. 14.〕 Allen came out to his parents as gay when he was 19. His parents responded that they couldn't support him in that capacity and that they were repulsed by him.〔Lumpp, Ray. ("Secrets of a Gay Mormon Felon: An Interview with Kimball Allen" ). ''All Treatment''. November 15, 2012. Part 2.〕 According to Allen, coming out as gay in the Mormon community was "committing social suicide",〔〔 and he has also written that "I grew up gay in a loving, supportive Mormon family. When I came out, that love and support disappeared."〔 In adulthood, Allen's drug addictions spiraled further into cocaine, acid, and E, and eventually into a shopping addiction which led him to crave the high of larger and larger purchases.〔 Given responsibility for a corporate credit card, he accidentally used it for a small expense of his own in 2010, and then started addictively embezzling the company's funds for luxuries via the card.〔("Man turns himself in for embezzling in Palo Alto" ). ''ABC 7 News''. ''KGO-TV''. April 15, 2011.〕 The missing funds, totalling around $70,000,〔Koehn, Josh. ("Embezzler Avoids Jail Time" ). ''San Jose Mercury News''. May 2, 2011.〕 were noticed in 2011, and Allen landed in jail awaiting trial. He went through detox in the jail cell,〔("Meet the Press: Kimball Allen" ). ''New Queer on the Block''. May 20, 2013.〕 and out of desperation began journal writing to make sense of how he ended up in that situation.〔Caplan, Chris. ("The Journey of a Gay Mormon Felon" ). ''In Hollywood'' Magazine. 2012.〕 After admitting to his crimes and making reparations,〔 coming to terms with his addictions, and realizing he needed help, Allen continued his journaling during his recovery process.〔 A coherent narrative eventually took shape, and the self-examination eventually became a script, with the additional help of many hours viewing home videos of himself as a child.〔 The completed play, ''Secrets of a Gay Mormon Felon'', premiered in Kansas City in the summer of 2012.〔(KC Fringe Festival Program, 2012 ). ''KCFringe.org''.〕 It has also run in Honolulu〔(''Secrets of a Gay Mormon Felon'' ). ''Oahu Fringe''. 2012.〕〔(Oahu Fringe Performing Arts Festival 2012 Programme ). ''OahuFringe.com''.〕〔(Fringe Schedule Online ). ''Oahu Fringe Performing Arts Festival''. November 2012.〕 and San Diego.〔("SECRETS OF A GAY MORMON FELON to Play San Diego Fringe Festival, 7/5-7" ). ''BroadwayWorld.com''. June 12, 2013.〕〔(''Secrets of a Gay Mormon Felon'' ). ''San Diego Fringe Festival''. July 2013.〕 A ''KC Stage'' reviewer of the play wrote, "I was skeptical about how engaging an hour long, one-man play ... could be. Fortunately, playwright, actor, and subject matter Kimball Allen possesses the assets of colorful material in his life story, a gift for story-telling, and a charisma that drew in the audience from beginning to end. ... The audience is swept up in his story while also discovering parallels in their own lives, places where they have tried to live up to standards and rules that are unrealistic or unhealthy."〔 ''LA Splash'' wrote that "Through his play ''Secrets of a Gay Mormon Felon'', fascinating Seattle playwright Kimball Allen has found unexpected relief in reenacting painful moments from his life and sharing their impact with his audience. ... He finds the comparisons to essayist and fellow non-fiction funny-man David Sedaris to be an honor but what he finds most rewarding is the connection he makes with the audience on stage."〔Armour, Casandra. ("''Secrets of a Gay Mormon Felon'' the Unexpected Play From Author Kimball Allen" ). ''LA Splash''. October 9, 2012.〕 Allen has stated, "I want everyone to leave with a different perspective, but to understand that children are fragile, and when you raise a child there is a domino effect."〔 ''Ecumenica Journal'' called ''Secrets of a Gay Mormon Felon'' "a mix of deeply personal confession and performance art". It went on to note that Allen's new theater work written after this play continues to explore "controversial topics and taboos within his former religion and his personal life".〔Beasley, Heather. ("Interview with Kimball Allen" ). ''Ecumenica: Journal of Theatre and Performance''. 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