The Gingerbread Kid

The Gingerbread Kid at Coterie Theatre

A child born with magic in their veins and powdered sugar on their fingertips might sound like a fairy-tale blessing—until those the bakers’ sweets land them in trouble worth running from. The Gingerbread Kid at the Coterie Theatre follows Allspice, the remarkable offspring of a baker couple, whose taste for the family’s sweets leads to consequences that seem easier to run from. So Allspice does what any overwhelmed kid would do: bolts.

The journey that follows pulls together familiar storybook faces you thought lived in separate chapters. Henny Penny and her worry-prone gang cross paths with Little Boy Blue. Foofinella—better known as Little Bunny Foo Foo—hops into the mix. A hungry fox prowls through it all, turning these colliding worlds into something far less predictable than the tales you remember.

Jodi Marr's pop-infused score gives this sixty-minute adventure a contemporary pulse, with Abe Reybold's book and lyrics steering Allspice through a landscape where nursery-rhyme logic meets real emotional choices. The Coterie's all-ages approach doesn't mean simplified—it means a Kansas City stage where kids and adults share the same surprises, the same questions about what happens when you can't just wish trouble away.

Grab tickets and meet a runaway with magic to spare and nowhere safe to land it.