Jacked! A Beanstalk Remix

Jacked! A Beanstalk Remix at Coterie Theatre

When golden eggs promise everything you need, how do you say no? At the Coterie Theatre, Idris Goodwin's Jacked! A Beanstalk Remix follows a young man whose desperate attempt to save himself and his hungry community sets off a crisis that spreads faster than hope.

Jack's farm can't feed his village. His mother can't support him. So he climbs, he steals, and he brings home the giant's goose—a creature whose golden eggs carry an intoxicating power that begins to consume everyone around him. What starts as survival turns into something darker, as the gift Jack meant to share becomes a threat no one saw coming.

Goodwin uses hip-hop, poetry and breakbeats to retell the familiar fairy tale, but this version addresses substance abuse and the opioid epidemic head-on. The magic here isn't whimsical—it's dangerous. Jack's wish to help collides with the reality that some solutions create new problems, and the entire village pays the price for what one boy thought would rescue them all.

Recommended for ages ten and older, this sixty-minute production in Kansas City doesn't soften the stakes. It connects a giant, a beanstalk and a golden goose to the choices communities face when need and addiction intersect.

Grab your tickets for Jacked! A Beanstalk Remix at the Coterie Theatre.