The Geffen Playhouse production of James Ijames' Fat Ham begins performances March 27 prior to an official opening April 4. The Pulitzer Prize-winning play, set to run at the Los Angeles venue through April 28, is directed by , the associate director of the work's Broadway production.
The cast for the West Coast premiere includes as Tedra, as Tio, as Rev/Pap, as Opal, as Juicy, as Rabby, and as Larry.
Fat Ham reinvents Shakespeare's classic tragedy Hamlet, moving the action to a Southern cookout. There, queer college kid Juicy has to grapple with identity questions, the ghost of his father, and a supernatural demand for vengeance.
The work earned a Tony nomination for its extended Broadway bow in 2023, which followed its extended and sold-out Off-Broadway debut via and in 2022.
Fat Ham is produced in association with , Public Theater Productions, and . The work made its world premiere in 2021 as a streaming production via Philadelphia's Wilma Theater, where Ijames serves as co-artistic director with , who directed the digital production.
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