Jack and the Beanstalk

Directed and produced by Julie Atlas Muz, “Jack and the Beanstalk”presented by ONEOFUS at the Abrons Art Center in 2017 & 2018 is a traditional Panto told through our multi-cultural (US/UK), inclusive (meaning disabled and non-disabled), feminist, community lens. New York City needs family theater that is inherently irreverent, lightly political with the strong theme that eventually good triumphs over evil.

“Jack and the Beanstalk,” notably one of the oldest fairy tales is ripe for updating to a more community-orientated conclusion. Our Jack is a dreamer who needs the whole town’s support to help him focus and chop down the beanstalk, together freeing the village from their oppressor, the plundering Giant Rump. Every kid needs to feel this sense of support, and in today’s worrisome world we want to bring that sentiment back for the whole family, for our neighborhood, and to enhance Society, in a fun way that sends everyone home laughing, chatting, and feeling like they are a part of what they’ve just seen.

“This inclusive and exuberant mayhem will leave you overjoyed and hopeful/for the battles to come. Frequently messy — quite literally, during a wonderful pie-in-face segment…many shows for kids preach diversity, community and acceptance, but the gleeful, glittery and gangly Jack & the Beanstalk embodies those qualities.”

Time Out New York
Raven Snook 
December 8, 2017