The Alliance Theatre is bringing the critically acclaimed play, Fat Ham to Atlanta. Written by James Ijames and directed by Tony Award-nominated Stevie Walker-Webb, the 2022 Pulitzer Prize-winner will be onstage beginning on Wednesday, April 3 through Sunday, May 12. Opening night is Wednesday, April 10.
Playwright James Ijames has reinvented Shakespeare’s masterpiece, Hamlet, turning “Hamlet upside down” according to the Boston Globe, and creating what The New York Times calls “a hilarious yet profound tragedy smothered in comedy.”
Juicy is a queer, Southern college kid, already grappling with some serious questions of identity, when the ghost of his father shows up at their backyard barbecue, demanding that Juicy avenge his murder. But here’s the rub! Revenge doesn’t come easy to Juicy, a sensitive and self-aware young Black man in search of his own happiness and liberation. From an uproarious family cookout emerges a compelling examination of love, loss, masculinity, pain and joy.
“Bringing Fat Ham to Atlanta is like a homecoming for the story itself,” said Director Stevie Walker-Webb. “Shakespeare’s Hamlet is set in a castle in Denmark. James Ijames’ Fat Ham takes place in a backyard BBQ in the South. Atlanta is the perfect place for a southern premier.”
Tickets are available at Alliance Theatre Box Office by calling 404-733-4600. Tickets are also available online at www.alliancetheatre.org/fat-ham.