Jacked! A Beanstalk Remix

Jacked! A Beanstalk Remix at Coterie Theatre

Jack wants to save his family from hunger, but the solution he steals might destroy everyone he's trying to protect. Jacked! A Beanstalk Remix takes the familiar fairy tale and pushes it into dangerous new territory, where golden eggs become an intoxicating power that threatens an entire village rather than rescuing it.

Idris Goodwin's play uses hip-hop, poetry and breakbeats to tell the story of a farm that can't feed Jack or his community, and a mother who can't support her son. When Jack climbs the beanstalk and returns with the giant's goose, those glittering eggs seem like the answer to everything—until their seductive pull reveals itself. What looks like salvation turns into a mirror of the opioid epidemic, showing how quickly help can become harm when desperation meets temptation.

The Coterie Theatre brings this sixty-minute piece to Kansas City with unflinching honesty about substance abuse, using rhythm and storytelling to explore how one person's choice ripples outward. Jack's wish to help himself collides hard with what happens to his neighbors, his family and the fragile bonds holding his world together. The fairy-tale frame makes the stakes clear without softening them.

Recommended for ages ten and older, Jacked! A Beanstalk Remix offers no easy answers—just the complicated truth about what happens when we reach for something that glitters. Get Jacked! tickets and follow the treasure that threatens Jack’s village.