2025-2026 Season

MAINSTAGE SERIES

FAT HAM

BY JAMES IJAMES

DIRECTED BY LUTHER WELLS


OCTOBER 22 - 26, 2025

CHARLES WINTER WOOD THEATRE

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A 2002 Pulitzer Prize winning play, Fat Ham is a hilarious reimagined adaptation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The story follows Juicy, an early twenties queer Black man, who is grappling with questions of identity, his father’s death, and the unexpected task to organize a wedding celebration for his mother and uncle/step-father. Get ready to experience ghostly apparitions, a backyard BBQ, a karaoke wedding, spirited tension and plenty of laughs in this compelling examination of love and loss, pain and joy.

Advisory: Contains mature language and subject matter.

Suggested Audience: 13+

Midweek Performances

Wednesday & Thursday 8 p.m.

$15 Adults

$10 Senior Citizens, FAMU Employees & Military with ID

$8 Non-FAMU Students/Children

Free FAMU Students with ID

Weekend Performances

Friday 8 p.m. | Saturday 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. | Sunday 3 p.m.

$25 Adults

$20 Senior Citizens (Age 62+), FAMU Employees & Military with ID

$10 Non-FAMU Students/Children (Age 4 – 18)

Free FAMU Students with ID

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