{"product_id":"fat-ham-9781636701684","title":"Fat Ham","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, James Ijames' \u003cem\u003eFat Ham\u003c\/em\u003e reinvents Shakespeare's masterpiece in startling and hilarious ways amidst the backdrop of a family barbecue in the American South.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2024 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ+ Drama.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJuicy--a young, queer, Southern man, who is grappling with questions of identity--is visited by the ghost of his father (Pap) at his mother's wedding\/family barbecue. Pap demands that Juicy avenge his recent murder. How will Juicy, a sensitive and self-aware young Black man, trying to break a cycle of trauma and toxic masculinity, avenge his father's premature death? \u003cem\u003eFat Ham\u003c\/em\u003e reinvents Shakespeare's masterpiece in startling and hilarious ways amidst the backdrop of a family barbeque in the American South.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e James IJames\u003c\/strong\u003e is a playwright, director, actor, and educator. Ijames was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for \u003cem\u003eFat Ham\u003c\/em\u003e. His other awards include a Pew Fellowship, the F. Otto Haas Award for Emerging Artist, the Terrence McNally New Play Award, a Whiting Award, a Kesselring Prize, and a Steinberg Prize. His other plays include \u003cem\u003eThe Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eWhite\u003c\/em\u003e. He resides in South Philadelphia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Theatre Communications Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50591308775698,"sku":"9781636701684","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d98b70cc-ecd1-4b96-980a-f2733c760c89.jpg?v=1732089222","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/fat-ham-9781636701684","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}