Jacked! A Beanstalk Remix

Jacked! A Beanstalk Remix at Coterie Theatre

Jack thinks he's found the answer when golden eggs start rolling in—but what begins as a lifeline becomes a crisis that could swallow his entire village whole.

Jacked! A Beanstalk Remix at Coterie Theatre brings Idris Goodwin's reimagined fairy tale to Kansas City through hip-hop and spoken word. The story unfolds in verses, poetry and breakbeats, creating a rhythm-driven world where a farm can't feed the people who depend on it and a desperate boy climbs toward a solution. Jack steals the giant's goose, and those golden eggs carry an intoxicating power that spreads fast. What looked like salvation becomes something far more dangerous.

Goodwin uses the familiar beanstalk frame to tackle the opioid epidemic and substance abuse. The giant isn't just a villain in a castle—the threat is what Jack brings back down, and how quickly prosperity turns into destruction. A mother who can't support her son, a community already struggling, and eggs that promise everything but deliver ruin: the fairy tale becomes a lens on a crisis that's painfully current.

Recommended for ages ten and older, this sixty-minute production doesn't sugarcoat the weight of addiction. The storytelling stays imaginative and adventurous even as it digs into serious ground, balancing the wonder of a talking goose and a towering giant with the real consequences of chasing an easy fix.

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