Jacked! A Beanstalk Remix

Jacked! A Beanstalk Remix at Coterie Theatre

A mother watches her son slip away, not to war or wandering but to something she brought into their home. Jack climbs that famous beanstalk and steals the giant's goose, expecting golden eggs to solve every problem his struggling farm community faces. Instead, those eggs bring an intoxicating power that threatens to destroy the very village he hoped to save.

Jacked! A Beanstalk Remix takes the childhood tale you know and transforms it into something urgent. Idris Goodwin's play uses hip-hop, poetry and breakbeats to tell a story about substance abuse and the opioid epidemic—weaving the familiar magic of giants and beanstalks into a sobering look at how addiction spreads. The Coterie Theatre presents this hour-long work that doesn't lecture but instead follows Jack as the golden promise turns toxic, putting his community at risk.

This isn't nostalgia dressed up in modern clothes. The giant remains a giant, the goose still lays golden eggs, but Goodwin's remix makes the fairy-tale elements serve a contemporary crisis. What starts as an adventure about survival becomes a struggle against something far more dangerous than any oversized villain. The farm that can't feed its people, the mother who can't support her son—these familiar stakes take on new weight when the solution becomes the problem.

Recommended for ages ten and older, this Kansas City production connects imagination to reality. Secure your seat at the Coterie Theatre.