Welcome Educators!

Stream Jacked! by Idris Goodwin to your online classroom, homeschool, or learning pod!

The play is 40 minutes long and is best for ages 5 to 11.

It’s Jack and the Beanstalk with a modern-day twist. In this reimagined world, Jack and his mother struggle to live happily ever after. When his farm can't feed him, his community can't support him, and his mother can't take care of him, Jack takes matters into his own hands. After climbing the beanstalk and stealing the giant's goose, Jack flees home and discovers the goose's golden eggs have a mysterious, intoxicating power that turns his world upside down. How can something so good make everything bad? Can Jack turn things around to save his village?

Jacked! fuses storytelling and poetry with nonstop hip-hop and break-beat music in this fresh, energetic virtual production that uses hand-drawn animation based on visuals by artist Nick Kryah, exploring the imaginative boundaries of theater, film, and animation. And inside the story and the music is an age-appropriate message for children about substance abuse and its effects on our communities.

The cast includes St. Louis hip hop duo The Knuckles and MTC favorite Jarris L. Williams.

For more information about virtual field trips, please contact Community Support and School Bookings Associate, Zahria Moore at zahria@metroplays.org.

Presenting Sponsor

Jacked! was originally commissioned by Cleveland Play House and developed as part of Cleveland Play House's Classroom Matinee Touring Program with a soundtrack by Rhythm Science Sound.

Tickets

Ticket prices range from $2 to $5 per student, depending on the size of the group. All tickets include an Interactive Educator’s Guide connected to Missouri curricular standards. For an additional per-classroom price of $200, a live education workshop can be added as well.

Jacked! with ADA-compliant audio description is available, in partnership with MindsEye. Audio Description (AD) provides additional information about facial expressions and social and emotional cues for those with ASD, reduces external distractions, and provides two channels of brain processing simultaneously - visual and auditory - for people who have difficulty processing and/or interpreting visual information.

Performance Viewing

Number of Attendees: 1 to 200
$5 per person

Number of Attendees: 201 to 499
$4 per person

Number of Attendees: 500 to 999
$3 per person

Number of Attendees: 1,000+
$2 per person

Jacked! by Idris Goodwin

Cast
Jack – Jarris L. Williams
Ensemble – The Knuckles

Production Team
Director – Jamie McKittrick
Soundtrack and musical direction by Jackie “Jackpot” Sharp
Visual Artist – Nicholas Kryah
Costume Designer – Dorathy L. Johnston
Animation Designer/Video editor – Michael Tran
Stage Manager – Jimmy Bernatowicz