The Gingerbread Kid

The Gingerbread Kid at Coterie Theatre

A baking couple's magical child develops an appetite that launches a chase through every fairy tale in the neighborhood. At the Coterie Theatre, The Gingerbread Kid is a pop musical where Allspice's sweet-toothed escapades turn familiar storybook characters into an unlikely ensemble. This isn't about separate bedtime tales staying neatly on their own pages—it's what happens when Henny Penny's gang, Little Boy Blue, Foofinella and a hungry fox all converge on one adventure in Kansas City.

Allspice eats the household's baked goods and runs from the fallout, pulling the kind of mischief that sends ripples across the entire storybook world. The musical runs approximately sixty minutes, giving younger audiences and adults alike a tightly packed journey through consequences, courage and creatures who normally wouldn't share the same stage.

Jodi Marr's music and Abe Reybold's book and lyrics transform a runaway scenario into a pop-infused collision of characters you thought you knew. When Little Bunny Foo Foo appears under the name Foofinella alongside a fox with his own agenda, the familiar becomes unpredictable. The Coterie presents this all-ages production, designed to hold attention without stretching patience.

Grab tickets for The Gingerbread Kid and watch what happens when a magical child discovers that running away solves nothing if everyone's chasing the same trail.