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In partnership with our lovely neighbors over at Portland Center Stage, we invite you to join us for a showing of Fat Ham. Book this package direct on markspencer.com to receive two discounted tickets, and we'll thank you for supporting The Arts in Portland with a welcome gift and a complimentary room upgrade.
How does it work?
This package is only bookable for evenings with a show - that's Wednesdays - Sundays for the duration of the show's run. When we receive your reservation, we'll book your seats at PCS's box office. If you have additional tickets available for purchase. For parties wishing to book additional tickets, call contact our Sales office directly at 503-265-4399.
About the Show
Fat Ham
by James Ijames
Directed by Charles Grant
A co-production with Portland Playhouse
April 19 - May 17
Opening Night April 24th and Closing Night May 17th
A week after Juicy’s father dies, he finds himself at a backyard barbecue celebrating the marriage of his mother and uncle—sound familiar? James Ijames’s Pulitzer Prize-winning reimagining of Shakespeare's Hamlet casts the sweet prince of Denmark as a queer, Black boy from the South. In this comedy born from tragedy, Juicy must choose between seeking vengeance for his father’s death or staying true to his own heart—a story of identity, family, and liberation as we become our truest selves.
“Fat Ham uses the silhouette of Shakespeare’s masterwork to birth something new, a vicious critique of masculinity and violence infused with a much-needed hilarity.” — The Guardian
“(Fat Ham) is both very funny and piercingly moving.” — The Daily Beast