The Gingerbread Kid

The Gingerbread Kid at Coterie Theatre

A magical child born to bakers discovers that eating every treat in sight carries consequences worth running from—and The Gingerbread Kid at the Coterie Theatre turns that flight into a pop musical adventure through a storybook Kansas City has never quite seen assembled this way.

Allspice doesn't belong to just one fairy tale. This roughly sixty-minute journey pulls Henny Penny and her gang into the same world where Little Boy Blue wanders and Little Bunny Foo Foo hops under a different name. A hungry fox stalks the margins. Characters who usually live in separate bedtime stories now share the same stage, and the collisions create something fresh for audiences of all ages.

Jodi Marr's music gives the whole thing a contemporary pop pulse, while Abe Reybold's book and lyrics steer Allspice through encounters that feel both familiar and surprising. The score doesn't lean on nursery-rhyme nostalgia—it's built for ears that expect melody and energy, not gentle lullabies.

The Coterie presents this as an all-ages experience, which means the stakes land clearly and the songs move without talking down. Allspice's journey starts with a baker's magical child and spirals outward into a world where chickens, shepherds and rabbits all have their own agendas. The adventure doesn't pause to explain itself—it just runs.

Secure your tickets and follow Allspice into a storybook that refuses to stay on the shelf.