Jacked! A Beanstalk Remix

Jacked! A Beanstalk Remix at Coterie Theatre

Steal from a giant and you might feed your family. Bring home golden eggs and you might save your village—or watch those eggs destroy everyone you love.

Jacked! A Beanstalk Remix at the Coterie Theatre turns the familiar climb into a story about choices that seem simple until they're not. Idris Goodwin's play reimagines the fairy tale through hip-hop, poetry and storytelling, using breakbeats to propel a version of Jack's adventure that speaks directly to now. The beanstalk stands. The giant waits. But the treasure Jack brings down carries an intoxicating power that transforms salvation into a different kind of threat.

The goose still lays golden eggs, yet these aren't the straightforward riches you remember. Jack's farm can't feed him or his community, and his mother can't support him, so the theft feels justified—until the village discovers what those eggs actually do. The opioid epidemic becomes the giant in this version, and the golden promise that should end hunger instead endangers everyone Jack hoped to help.

Kansas City audiences will find a sixty-minute story built for ages ten and older, one that respects young people enough to tackle substance abuse without softening the stakes. This is the fairy tale you thought you knew, sharpened into something that asks what happens when solving one problem creates another. Secure your tickets to the Coterie now.