Remember a time when your biggest worry was falling off the monkey bars? If you’re like me, that was just last week.

The Jungle Book is currently transporting adults at the Apollo Theatre to an enchanting world where you can always tell who the bad guys are by the way they’re dressed and a lost baby boy is not immediately devoured by vicious wolves. If only the jungle of the real world was this kindhearted.

The Emerald City Theatre Company’s production of Rudyard Kipling’s imperialist tale is an imaginative and interactive theatrical escape. The set is designed similar to a pop-up book; the vitality of the jungle overflows the stage and animals sneak and slither free down the aisles and next to the audience (monkeys don’t really get the fourth wall concept). The noises engulf the theater, and it’s difficult not to become lost in the authentic jungle atmosphere. Who cares if you know that those aren’t real panthers?

Walt Disney would’ve loved it, and then he would’ve enslaved the whole cast and crew and forced them to work for him in Los Angeles -carnivorous capitalist that he was.

The show is targeted to young children, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. It’s surprisingly invigorating to experience theater as an unsullied youngster and not as a cynical adult (see previous Walt Disney comment).

Like all kiddy adventures, The Jungle Book is highly energetic and relatively brief, running a little over an hour. So take time away from the commotion of the big city and embrace the juvenile jungle animal within. Besides the monkey bars, what’s to worry about?

The Jungle Book is playing at the Apollo Theatre, 2540 N Lincoln Ave., through June 4. Tickets are $12 and can be purchased by calling (773) 935-6100.