Fat Ham
by Ijames, JamesDescription
Winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, James Ijames' Fat Ham reinvents Shakespeare's masterpiece in startling and hilarious ways amidst the backdrop of a family barbecue in the American South.
Winner of the 2024 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ+ Drama.
Juicy--a young, queer, Southern man, who is grappling with questions of identity--is visited by the ghost of his father (Pap) at his mother's wedding/family barbecue. Pap demands that Juicy avenge his recent murder. How will Juicy, a sensitive and self-aware young Black man, trying to break a cycle of trauma and toxic masculinity, avenge his father's premature death? Fat Ham reinvents Shakespeare's masterpiece in startling and hilarious ways amidst the backdrop of a family barbeque in the American South.
| Author(s): | Ijames, James |
|---|---|
| Format: | Paperback |
| ISBN-10: | 163670168X |
| Language: | English |
| Number of Pages: | 112 |
| Publication Date: | 2023-08-01 |
| Publisher: | Theatre Communications Group |
| Weight: | 0.45 Pounds |
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