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Black and white cover art for "Fat Ham" with an outdoor grill opened to revel a bedazzled skull with a red section at the bottom that reads: "Fat Ham" by James Ijames, directed by Tosin Morohunfola.

Fat Ham
by James Ijames

May 14 – June 8, 2025
Unicorn Theatre | Levin Stage

Directed by Tosin Morohunfola

Run Time: ~90 min. | with Intermission

2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Winner
2023 Tony Award Nominee for Best Play

Juicy is a queer, self-aware young black man grappling with some serious questions of identity, when the ghost of his father shows up in their backyard, demanding that Juicy avenge his murder. From an uproarious family barbecue emerges a compelling examination of love and loss, pain and joy.