[2] In May 2022, the Trans Entertainment Guild hosted a staged concert version of the musical off-Broadway, with an all-trans/gender nonconforming cast, at The Players Theatre in New York City.

[3] The musical begins with an elderly Albert Cashier remembering his youth as a soldier in the Civil War ("Ghost Boy").

A flashback is shown about Young Albert enlisting into Company G of the 95th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, where Sergeant Collins is mustering troops ("Battle Cry of Freedom").

Young Albert meets several other men, including Billy Middleton, Walter Suiter, and Jeffrey N. Davis.

Young Albert laughs off Walter's conviction, and tactlessly says "That's your imagination-but then again I had always heard you slaves were full of imagination.

Young Albert meets Jeffrey again, is exasperated by his constant nervous chatter, but declare each other friends ("Brothers in Arms").

Older Albert is being held in the hospital as the trial progresses, and is visited by Nurse Smith, who tries to convince him to give up acting like a man so he can be acquitted.

As Jeffrey rushes away to go prepare to go back to Belvidere, Albert contemplates his future, and how he could never be satisfied living as a woman ("I Gotta Try").

Albert's trial continues, and many of his fellow soldiers testify that he is a man, and the charge is dropped due to insufficient evidence.

Nurse Smith returns, and takes Albert to the Watertown State Hospital for the Insane, due to one of her attendants reporting him.