Fat Ham
Apr 19 - May 17 · Portland Center Stage at The Armory
Join the barbecue feast for a sharp, witty and hilarious retelling of Hamlet… where the only thing getting roasted is the patriarchy.
A backyard barbecue becomes a simmering cauldron of family tension when Juicy's mother marries his uncle just one week after his father's death. Sound familiar? In this Pulitzer Prize-winning reimagining of Shakespeare's Hamlet, playwright James Ijames brilliantly transforms the sweet prince of Denmark into a queer, Black college student in the American South. In comedy birthed from tragedy, Juicy must decide to avenge his father’s death or stay true to his center. Fat Ham questions identity, family and the cycles of liberation required to become who we truly are.