The Gingerbread Kid

The Gingerbread Kid at Coterie Theatre

Running away from trouble sounds like an easy fix—until you're a magical child who's just devoured your parents' precious baked goods and every storybook character wants a piece of you. The Gingerbread Kid arrives at Coterie Theatre with a sixty-minute pop musical that follows Allspice, who bolts from the consequences of sweet-toothed mischief and discovers that escape only leads to bigger problems.

Allspice isn't your ordinary runaway. Born to bakers and blessed with magic, this kid has appetites that outpace common sense. The journey away from home throws Allspice into the path of Henny Penny and her anxious crew, Little Boy Blue with his own agenda, and Foofinella—better known as Little Bunny Foo Foo—each one complicating the getaway in unexpected ways.

Then there's the fox. Hungry and clever, this predator turns Allspice's flight into something far more dangerous than a scolding back home. What started as dodging parental disappointment becomes a scramble for survival, and the stakes shift fast when teeth are involved.

Jodi Marr's music and the book and lyrics by Abe Reybold power this all-ages story through Kansas City, blending familiar nursery-rhyme figures with a protagonist whose magical origins can't solve every mess. The Coterie presents a tale where running creates more trouble than it solves, and where a child's reckoning with consequences unfolds in song.

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