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Metro Theater Company presents a virtual streaming production of Jacked!, January 21 – March 31
production of Ghost, takes on the role of Jack.
Metro Theater Company taps popular punk pop duo The Knuckles and the musical direction of Jackie “Jackpot” Sharp for award-winning playwright Idris Goodwin’s hip-hop work inspired by “Jack and the Beanstalk” MTC also continues its refreshed 20-21 season with virtual streaming of “And In This Corner: Cassius Clay” (March 22-April 30) and both live outdoor and streaming performances of “The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show” (April 25-May 16) WHO:
Metro Theater Company
WHAT:
Jacked!
Jacked! is Jack and the Beanstalk with a modernday twist. In this reimagined world, Jack and his mother struggle to live happily ever after. When his farm, which was once green and fertile, can no longer feed him; when his community can no longer support him; and when 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
Metro Theater Company (MTC), St. Louis’s premiere professional theater for youth and families, continues its refreshed 2020-21 season with the virtual production of Jacked! (available January 21 – March 31, 2021 at metroplays.org). Written by awardwinning playwright Idris Goodwin (Ghost, And In This Corner: Cassius Clay) and inspired by the fairytale Jack and the Beanstalk, Metro Theater Company reworked what was initially planned as an in-person touring production into an imaginative, fully virtual experience that combines hand-drawn animation, spoken word poetry, and behind-the-scenes studio footage. Jacked! is set to a fresh, energetic hip-hop
world upside down. How can something so good make everything bad? Can Jack turn things around to save his village?
score by Jackie “Jackpot” Sharp, featuring vocals and rap by the popular St. Louis punk pop duo, The Knuckles. Actor Jarris L. Williams, who recently played the lead character in Metro Theater Company’s Copyright © 2017 - All rights reserved.
Created and developed for children ages 5-11, Jacked! fuses storytelling and poetry with hip hop and breakbeat music in a multisensory virtual production designed to engage the audience on multiple levels, coming as close as possible to the active engagement of a live performance. It's also an allegory that uses the familiar story of Jack and the Beanstalk as a launching point to explore the impact of substance abuse for very young audiences, encouraging a gentle www.the-arts-today.com www.the-today.com
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