Jacked! A Beanstalk Remix

Jacked! A Beanstalk Remix at Coterie Theatre

When Jack climbs down from the giant's castle with a goose that lays golden eggs, he thinks he's just saved his starving village. What he brings home instead is a new kind of ruin—one that glitters and promises relief while it spreads through his community like wildfire. Jacked! A Beanstalk Remix uses hip-hop and spoken word to transform the fairy tale you know into a raw exploration of how desperation can make poison look like salvation.

Idris Goodwin's play opens with a farm that cannot feed Jack or his neighbors and a mother who cannot support her son. The golden eggs arrive with an intoxicating power, and what begins as Jack's wish to help himself spirals into consequences that threaten everyone around him. The goose that should end hunger becomes the source of a darker crisis entirely.

The Coterie presents this 60-minute reimagining with poetry, storytelling and breakbeats carrying the plot forward. The familiar beanstalk frame holds a sharp, current story about the opioid epidemic and substance abuse—serious material shaped for audiences ages ten and older without softening the stakes.

Kansas City theatergoers looking for work that trusts young people with difficult truths will find it at the Coterie Theatre. Get tickets and follow Jack beyond the easy promise of golden treasure.