Fat Ham

Location

Goodman Owen Theatre

170 N. Dearborn, Chicago, IL, 60601+ Google Map

A boisterous Southern cookout sets the scene for a Black, queer discovery of self and resilience in this Pulitzer Prize-winning, five-time Tony nominated “uproarious reimagining of Hamlet” (The New Yorker).

“This is what I was raised in: pig guts and bad choices.” As Juicy grapples with his identity and his family at a backyard barbecue, his father’s ghost shows up asking for revenge—on Juicy’s uncle, who has married his widowed mom—bringing his quest for joy and liberation to a screeching halt. James Ijames has reinvented Shakespeare’s masterpiece, creating what the New York Times hails as “a hilarious yet profound tragedy, smothered in comedy,” where the only death is the patriarchy. Tyrone Phillips, Founding Artistic Director of Chicago’s famed Definition Theatre, directs.

A co-production with Definition Theatre.

Theatre Week Performances:
Thursday, February 6 – 2:00pm and 7:30pm
Friday, February 7 – 7:30pm
Saturday, February 8 – 2:00pmand 7:30pm
Sunday, February 9 –  2:00pm and 7:30pm
Thursday, February 13 – 2:00pm and 7:30pm
Friday, February 14 – 7:30pm
Saturday, February 15 – 2:00pm and 7:30pm
Sunday, February 16 – 2:00pm

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