Fat Ham – Digital 2020 - Wilma Theater
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Fat Ham – Digital 2020 - Wilma Theater
Winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Drama! We will be producing FAT HAM in our 2023-24 Season. LEARN MORE. A witty take on Shakespeare's Hamlet where the only death is the patriarchy. The ghost of Juicy’s dad haunts him and asks for revenge – on Juicy’s uncle, who has now married his widowed mom. Sound familiar?
Feb 23, 2021
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Watch the trailer for FAT HAM at The Wilma Theater! 🍿 The Pulitzer Prize-winning play finally arrives on stage in Philadelphia, in a celebratory new production, following its limited Broadway run! James Ijames’s riff on Shakespeare’s Hamlet is set at a BBQ in the South, and centers Juicy, who is Black, queer, and soft – and learning to love himself. Tickets 🎟: https://wilmatheater.org/event/fat-ham-2/ #fatham #wilmatheater #broadst #phillytheatre #phillythingstodo #jamesijames #theatre #philly
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Watch the trailer for FAT HAM at The Wilma Theater! 🍿 The Pulitzer Prize-winning play finally arrives on stage in Philadelphia, in a celebratory new production, following its limited Broadway run! James Ijames’s riff on Shakespeare’s Hamlet is set at a BBQ in the South, and centers Juicy, who is Black, queer, and soft – and learning to love himself. Tickets 🎟: https://wilmatheater.org/event/fat-ham-2/ #fatham #wilmatheater #broadst #phillytheatre #phillythingstodo #jamesijames #theatre #philly
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Watch the official new trailer for FAT HAM! The Bard’s classic looks a lot different in this backyard. Don't miss director Elizabeth Carter’s production of FAT HAM — a tragicomedy that reimagines the famed Danish prince as a Black, queer kid at a family BBQ in the American South. This heartfelt meditation on identity and breaking generational cycles from James Ijames took home the Pulitzer Prize in 2022 and is a hit with OSF audiences from all over! 🎟 osfashland.org/fatham Written by James Ijam
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Get a taste of "Fat Ham" in this trailer of the sweet and spicy reimagining of Shakespeare’s "Hamlet" where the drama is juicy, and the laughs are well done. Now playing through Sep. 22---> cincyshakes.com/on-stage/fat-ham | Cincinnati Shakespeare Company
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Watch the trailer for FAT HAM at The Wilma Theater! 🍿 The Pulitzer Prize-winning play finally arrives on stage in Philadelphia, in a celebratory new production, following its limited Broadway run! James Ijames’s riff on Shakespeare’s Hamlet is set at a BBQ in the South, and centers Juicy, who is Black, queer, and soft – and learning to love himself. Tickets 🎟: https://wilmatheater.org/event/fat-ham-2/ #fatham #wilmatheater #broadst #phillytheatre #phillythingstodo #jamesijames #theatre #philly
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“you're going to want seconds.” –LA Times Don't miss FAT HAM, James Ijames Pulitzer Prize-winning, Tony-nominated riff on Shakespeare's HAMLET! Set at a backyard BBQ in the American South, queer, Southern Black mama's boy Juicy receives a visit from the ghost of his Pap, demanding that Juicy avenge his death. Will Juicy reconcile the truth in service of his own liberation? Find out at the Allen Theatre through February 23! Tickets available here: https://bit.ly/FatHamCPH Videography by: BG Video
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Canadian Stage | Fat Ham lets the juiciest, funkiest parts of Hamlet play out at a modern-day southern Black barbecue and YOU'RE invited! 🍖 Get your tickets... | Instagram
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🐷🎉 “Festive and delicious, Fat Ham, now playing at the Cleveland Play House, is so terrific I’m (almost) running out of adjectives.” —Laura Kennelly, CoolCleveland 🐷🎉 You still have time to join us at the cookout! FAT HAM plays through February 23 at the Allen Theatre— don’t miss James Ijame’s contemporary riff on HAMLET that is hilarious, emotional, and served with “a side of karaoke.” ➡ Tickets available here: https://bit.ly/FatHamCPH | Cleveland Play House
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🐷🎉 “Festive and delicious, Fat Ham, now playing at the Cleveland Play House, is so terrific I’m (almost) running out of adjectives.” —Laura Kennelly, CoolCleveland 🐷🎉 You still have time to join us at the cookout! FAT HAM plays through February 23 at the Allen Theatre— don’t miss James Ijame’s contemporary riff on HAMLET that is hilarious, emotional, and served with “a side of karaoke.” ➡ Tickets available here: https://bit.ly/FatHamCPH | Cleveland Play House
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