The Gingerbread Kid

The Gingerbread Kid at Coterie Theatre

Running away sounds like freedom until a child realizes the world beyond home holds both wonder and real danger. At the Coterie Theatre, The Gingerbread Kid follows Allspice, the magical offspring of a baking couple, who bolts after devouring their sweets and facing the fallout. What starts as escape turns into an encounter with storybook figures who have their own ideas about what happens next.

This roughly 60-minute pop musical delivers a full adventure in a manageable running time. Jodi Marr's music carries the journey forward while Abe Reybold's book and lyrics introduce Henny Penny and her gang, Little Boy Blue, Foofinella—also known as Little Bunny Foo Foo—and a fox with an appetite. The cast of familiar names from nursery rhymes creates a landscape where consequences follow choices, even for a kid made of magic and mischief.

The Coterie designed this all-ages show for Kansas City families looking for theater that respects everyone's attention span. Allspice's predicament—running from trouble only to meet bigger trouble—gives the story real tension, and the pop score keeps the energy alive from the first scene to the last.

Get tickets for The Gingerbread Kid at The Coterie Theatre in Kansas City and let the storybook complications begin.