The Gingerbread Kid

The Gingerbread Kid at Coterie Theatre

A child born with magic, raised on sugar and flour, runs from trouble straight into the woods where every cautionary tale waits. The Gingerbread Kid at the Coterie Theatre pulls Allspice—the enchanted offspring of two bakers—out of the family kitchen and into a tangled forest populated by characters who've spent lifetimes in their own stories. The hungry fox prowling those woods isn't interested in backstory or happy endings, just his next meal, and Allspice must navigate a landscape where danger wears familiar faces and nobody's guaranteed safe passage.

Henny Penny and her anxious gang occupy the same territory as Little Boy Blue, while Foofinella—better known as Little Bunny Foo Foo—hops through a world that suddenly includes a gingerbread runaway who thought fleeing consequences would be simpler. These storybook fixtures collide in ways their separate tales never prepared them for, and the pop musical score by Jodi Marr, with book and lyrics by Abe Reybold, carries the sixty-minute adventure forward through choices that matter when a fox is closing in.

Allspice's magical origins don't guarantee safety. Running away from one mistake can deliver you straight into another, especially when the woods are crowded with characters making their own calculations. The Coterie presents this all-ages production where familiar names mean unfamiliar stakes, and Kansas City audiences can follow a child learning what happens when escape routes disappear.

Get Gingerbread Kid tickets and follow Allspice beyond the family kitchen.