Storybook Theatre’s Award Winning JACK AND THE BEANSTALK at Theatre West
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A rollicking interactive version of the famous story
Storybook Theatre’s award-winning children’s play Jack and the Beanstalk continues its run at Theatre West every Saturday through May 16th with a rollicking interactive version of the famous story. There are plenty of songs and lots of audience participation to delight the whole family. With a rapping giant, a talking golden goose, and chases up and down the beanstalk, members of the audience try to hide Jack from the giant on his adventure.
The ensemble includes Elise Walters, Bryan Siu, Maxwell Oliver, Aidan O’Connor, Saratoga Ballantine, Meg Lin, Mark Bowen, and Briana Burnside. The show is double-cast. Stage managers are David Mingrino and Leesa Freed.
Storybook Theatre, founded by Lloyd J. Schwartz and Barbara Mallory Schwartz, has been entertaining family audiences for over 40 years. Storybook Theatre is a division of Theatre West. The production is made possible in part by the generous support of the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles.
Celebrating its 64th year
Established in 1962, Theatre West is celebrating its 64th year as the oldest continually running professional theatre company in the city of Los Angeles as a membership collective of actors, playwrights, directors, and technicians. Theatre West’s alumni members include Ray Bradbury, Beau Bridges, Richard Dreyfuss, Sally Field, Betty Garrett, Martin Landau, Lee Meriwether, Jack Nicholson, Carroll O’Connor, Sherwood Schwartz, Joyce Van Patten, Jim Beaver, and Paul Winfield.
The company has produced more than 300 plays and musicals over many decades. Of them, nearly 70% have been original works developed in its workshops with many leading to Broadway, regional tours, and feature films like A Bronx Tale by Chazz Palminteri; A Very Brady Musical by Lloyd Schwartz and Hope Juber; Our Man in Santiago by Mark Wilding that transferred to Off-Broadway in the Fall of 2022; and their co-production of Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground that went to Broadway in 2023.
Theatre West is supported in part by The Ahmanson Foundation, California Arts Council, Peter Glenville Foundation, The Green Foundation, Kaplan-Loring Foundation, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture, Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, National Endowment for the Arts, Lloyd E. Rigler-Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation, Sidney Stern Memorial Trust, Dwight Stuart Youth Fund, and L.A. Parent Magazine.
Information and ticketing.
Now playing every Saturday at 1 PM at Theatre West through May 16, 2026. Jack and the Beanstalk reservations are available online or by calling (323) 851-4839. Find more information at theatrewest.org. Theatre West is located at 3333 Cahuenga Blvd W, Los Angeles, CA 90068.
*Special thanks to Philip Sokoloff PR.
