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 – SOLD OUT 
Friday, February 7 – SOLD OUT 
Saturday, February 8 – SOLD OUT
Sunday, February 9 – SOLD OUT
Thursday, February 13 – SOLD OUT 
Friday, February 14 – SOLD OUT 
Saturday, February 15 – SOLD OUT 
Sunday, February 16 – SOLD OUT

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