Pulitzer-Winning Play 'Fat Ham' Offers Radical Reimagining of Masculinity and Identity

Retelling of Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' is set at a Southern backyard barbecue and challenges traditional notions of gender and race.
Play's protagonist Juicy prioritizes personal identity over vengeance, rejecting stereotypical masculine belligerence.
Though some critics feel the play lacks the propulsive rage of Shakespeare's original, it has been praised for its imaginative positing of new ways of living and being.
Play's examination of cycles of male violence and invitation to witness 'better ways to be' have led to acclaim and several awards.