The Gingerbread Kid

The Gingerbread Kid at Coterie Theatre

A kid who can literally run away from trouble sounds like every parent's nightmare—and every child's secret superpower. Allspice, the magical offspring of a baking couple, devours their sweets and then bolts before anyone can talk about what just happened. That impulsive escape sets off a collision course with storybook figures who've got their own problems to solve.

The Coterie presents The Gingerbread Kid, a pop musical that tosses Henny Penny and her anxious gang, Little Boy Blue, and the mischievous Foofinella into the same universe where Allspice is trying to outrun consequences. Add a hungry fox to the mix and you've got familiar characters behaving unpredictably when their separate tales crash together. Jodi Marr's music and Abe Reybold's book and lyrics shape an adventure where fleeing your mistakes only leads to stranger, more complicated messes.

At roughly sixty minutes, this all-ages production gives younger audiences a complete theatrical arc without testing anyone's patience. The score channels contemporary pop energy while Allspice learns what happens when you can't just sprint away from every hard conversation. It's the kind of story that lets kids recognize their own impulse to dodge responsibility—and see where that road actually leads.

The Coterie Theatre in Kansas City makes room for everyone in the family to watch a gingerbread child discover that running fast doesn't solve everything. Get Gingerbread Kid tickets and discover where that runaway impulse leads.