Fat Ham

Story

Synopsis

Critically-acclaimed playwright James Ijames reinvents Shakespeare’s masterpiece with his new drama, FAT HAM. Juicy is a queer, Southern college kid, already grappling with some serious questions of identity, when the ghost of his father shows up in their backyard, demanding that Juicy avenge his murder. It feels like a familiar story to Juicy, well-versed in Hamlet’s woes. What’s different is Juicy himself, a sensitive and self-aware young Black man trying to break the cycles of trauma and violence in service of his own liberation. From an uproarious family barbecue emerges a compelling examination of love and loss, pain and joy.

Director

Morgan Green

Writers

James Ijames

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

29 April 2021

Ensemble

Cast

• Brennan S. Malone

  Juicy

• 

  Kimberly S. Fairbanks

  Tedra

• Lindsay Smiling

  Rev/Pap

• Taysha Marie Canales

  Opal

• Brandon J. Pierce

  Larry

• Jennifer Kidwell

  Rabby

• 

  Anthony Martinez-Briggs

  Tio