Jacked! A Beanstalk Remix

Jacked! A Beanstalk Remix at Coterie Theatre

When hip-hop storytelling meets a fairy tale about theft and magic, the familiar adventure turns into something Kansas City families need to grapple with together. Jacked! A Beanstalk Remix brings Idris Goodwin's reimagining to the Coterie Theatre, blending poetry, breakbeats and a classic story most audiences know by heart—then asks harder questions than any giant ever posed.

Jack faces the problem poor kids have always faced: his farm cannot feed him and his community cannot support him, and his mother can't support him. Stealing the giant's goose seems like the answer. But those golden eggs carry an intoxicating power that doesn't just fill stomachs—it threatens to destroy his village. What looks like salvation becomes a dangerous temptation, and Jack's wish to help himself collides with consequences that ripple through everyone around him.

The Coterie frames this sixty-minute production for audiences ten and older, signaling that the material doesn't shy away from substance abuse and the opioid epidemic. Goodwin uses the beanstalk, the giant and that famous goose to create space for a conversation about addiction, using imaginative adventure as the entry point to a crisis many communities recognize. The result is a remix in every sense: familiar enough to invite young theatergoers in, urgent enough to hold their attention and honest enough to matter long after the curtain falls.

Secure tickets to Jacked! A Beanstalk Remix at the Coterie Theatre.