In his critically-acclaimed play, Fat Ham, James Ijames takes Shakespeare's Hamlet and reimagines it through the experiences of Juicy, a queer, Southern college student. Confronted by the ghost of his murdered father, Juicy is tasked with avenging his death while navigating his own identity as a Black man. This fresh adaptation of Hamlet explores themes of trauma, love, and liberation against the backdrop of a family barbecue, bringing a lens of contemporary significance to Shakespeare’s narrative. The play has won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
James Ijames's outstanding transformation of Shakespeare's tragedy into a play about Black masculinity and queerness both echoes Hamlet and finds a language beyond it.
From an uproarious family barbecue emerges a compelling examination of love and loss, pain and joy.
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