His family moved to St. Petersburg, Florida shortly after his birth, then to Gainesville before eventually settling in El Paso, Texas, where he spent most of his youth.
[7] In December 2017, Allen premiered a musical, The Shards of an Honor Code Junkie, starring Alison Fraser, Teal Wicks, Kristy Cates, Hannah Cruz, and Michael Lowney.
[8][9][10] After the sold-out world premiere of shards in 2017 as a benefit concert for The Trevor Project, Allen's classical-crossover score was picked up by No Reverse Records to be released in July 2021 as a storybook album.
1[17] The same year, Allen won the 2019 GLAM Award for Best Cabaret for his work with Tina Burner on Witch Perfect[18] at Club Cumming with fellow performers Bootsie Lefaris and Tammy Spenks.
[19] In 2020, Allen won Best Arrangement of the Decade for Mack the Knife[20] and was nominated for My Funny Valentine, Best Musical Director, and Best Recurring Series for An Evening With...
[26] Allen also wrote a one-act play, Kelly [1955] based upon the Kelly-Hopkinsville Encounter, which premiered at the Hudson Guild Theatre in March 2019 and also starred Jessica Hendy.
[31] Also in 2020, Allen wrote the theme song and incidental music to Doris Dear's Gurl Talk, a weekly lifestyle show on Broadway on Demand.
[38] They collaborated for seven years on the international hit Witch Perfect based upon Disney's Hocus Pocus (1993 film) including winning the 2020 GLAM Award for Best Cabaret.