Fat Ham
Public Theatre
Anspacher Theater
Previews Began: March 21, 2023
Opening Night: April 12, 2023
Closing Night: June 25, 2023
Playwright: James Ijames
Juicy is a queer, Southern college kid, already grappling with some serious questions of identity, when the ghost of his father shows up in their backyard, demanding that Juicy avenge his murder. It feels like a familiar story to Juicy, well-versed in Hamlet’s woes. What’s different is Juicy himself, a sensitive and self-aware young Black man trying to break the cycles of trauma and violence in service of his own liberation. From an uproarious family barbecue emerges a compelling examination of love and loss, pain and joy.
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Marcel Spears Juicy
Nikki Crawford Tedra
Chris Herbie Holland Tio
Billy Eugene Jones Rev
Pap
Adrianna Mitchell Opal
Calvin Leon Smith Larry
Benja Kay Thomas Rabby
Understudies: RJ Foster (Rev/Pap), Marquis D. Gibson (Juicy/Larry/Tio), Alexandria Lewis (Opal), Matthew Elijah Webb (Juicy/Larry/Tio), Rema Webb (Tedra/Rabby)
