FAT HAM

Name: FAT HAM
Start: 2023-10-25T00:00:00
End: 2024-01-14T23:59:00
Location: Studio Theatre

Studio Theatre

Run Dates

2023.10.25 ~ 2024.01.14

Studio Theatre

About the show

Hamlet, but with more barbeque and disco. Swapping a Danish castle for a North Carolina BBQ pit, Fat Ham remakes Shakespeare’s story of murder and revenge into what the New York Times calls “a hilarious yet profound tragedy smothered in comedy.” Juicy, a Black queer Southern kid, has a lot on his plate already when his father’s ghost shows up, demanding vengeance. As generations clash at the family’s backyard barbeque, Juicy must face the legacies of violence he’s been raised with and shape the man he wants to be in James Ijames’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play fresh from its Tony-nominated Broadway run.

Creatives

James Ijames

Playwright/Author

James Ijames

Playwright/Author

Details

The Artists PLAYWRIGHT James Ijames DIRECTOR Taylor Reynolds SET DESIGNER Jean Kim COSTUME DESIGNER Danielle Preston LIGHTING DESIGNER Minjoo Kim SOUND DESIGNER/COMPOSER Sinan Refik Zafar PROPS DESIGNER Deb Thomas ILLUSION CONSULTANT Ryan Phillips FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHER Gerrad Alex Taylor CHOREOGRAPHY CONSULTANT Tony Thomas INTIMACY CHOREOGRAPHER Dane Figueroa Edidi DRAMATURG Adrien-Alice Hansel PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER (October 25 - January 7) Lauren Pekel PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER (January 10 - 14) Taylor Kiechlin The Cast JUICY Marquis D. Gibson TEDRA Tanesha Gary REV/PAP Greg Alverez Reid OPAL Gaelyn D. Smith LARRY Matthew Elijah Webb RABBY Kelli Blackwell TIO Thomas Walter Booker U/S JUICY Joshua T. Street U/S TEDRA/RABBY Suli Myrie U/S TEDRA/RABBY Jamie Swann U/S REV/PAP Eli EL U/S OPAL Tymetrias L. Bolden U/S OPAL Arielle Moore U/S LARRY/TIO Jordan Essex production photo ©Margot Schulman

Where it's been performed

Studio Theatre

Washington D.C.

United States

Washington D.C.

United States

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