Jacked! A Beanstalk Remix

Jacked! A Beanstalk Remix at Coterie Theatre

A golden goose promises wealth beyond measure—but what if every egg it lays pulls your whole village deeper into ruin? That's the trap waiting in Jacked! A Beanstalk Remix at the Coterie Theatre, where playwright Idris Goodwin turns a childhood fable into something alive, urgent and impossible to shake.

This isn't your storybook Jack climbing for adventure. He's desperate to feed a starving community, stealing from a giant because his mother cannot support him and the farm has nothing left to give. When those golden eggs arrive, they carry an intoxicating power—one that doesn't just sparkle. It destroys. Goodwin uses the opioid epidemic as the dark engine beneath the fairy tale, showing how something golden and magical can become a slow-burning catastrophe.

The storytelling itself moves. Hip-hop rhythms, spoken-word poetry and breakbeats drive the language, turning a familiar world of beanstalks and giants into sharp contemporary urgency without abandoning the adventure. The show balances imaginative spectacle with real pain, holding both at once without flinching.

Recommended for ages ten and older and running approximately sixty minutes, Jacked! A Beanstalk Remix tackles substance abuse through a story Kansas City audiences already know—then twists it into something they've never seen. Get tickets for Jack’s unsettling beanstalk adventure at The Coterie.