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FAT HAM

The 2022 Pulitzer Prize Winner and Five-time Tony-Nominated Dramatic Comedy by James Ijames

In this delectably comic, Pulitzer Prize-winning reinvention of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, an uproarious family barbecue instigates a compelling examination of love and loss, pain and joy. FAT HAM is about a Black, queer discovery of self, softness, and resilience. Your typical Southern family cookout just got anything but. Juicy gets a visit from his father’s ghost seeking revenge for his death by his brother – now married to his mother! Sound familiar? This Pulitzer Prize winner is as profound as it is funny. Pass the napkins because things are about to get messy…

2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
2023 Nominated for five Tony Awards, including Best Play
2023 Nominated for Drama Desk Award (Outstanding Play)
2023 Nominated for Drama League Award (Outstanding Production of a Play)
2023 Outer Critics Circle Award

Running time: 90 minutes

There will be no intermission.

New! All evening shows start at 7:00 PM!

For all that Ijames dismantles in Shakespeare’s original text, he builds it back up into something that’s more tragic but also more joyous, more comedic, more political, more contemporary.

-New York Times

...a vicious critique of masculinity and violence infused with a much-needed hilarity. Ijames crafts a tender story on being queer, Black and “soft” in the American south.

-The Guardian