Fat Ham
September 22 - October 29, 2023
The Huntington holds performances at multiple locations. This production is taking place at The Calderwood Pavilion.
By James Ijames
Directed by Stevie Walker-Webb
In association with Alliance Theatre and Front Porch Arts Collective
FAT HAM is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com.
The Huntington
@ Calderwood/BCA
527 Tremont St. Boston, MA 02116
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Approximate run time: 90 minutes with no intermission
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Notable Dates:
Opening Night: 9/27
Synopsis:
In this deliciously funny, Pulitzer Prize-winning new play, sweet and sensitive Juicy wants to make his own way as a queer Black man growing up in a Southern family, until his father’s ghost turns up at a backyard barbecue and insists that Juicy avenge his murder. Ay, there’s the rub! This smart and sharp reinvention of Shakespeare’s masterpiece took Broadway by storm this past spring. Don’t miss the Huntington’s production this fall!
“Funny! Joyful! Directed with creative flair!” – The Boston Globe
“Wicked, saucy, provocative! A tight 90-minute comedy with heft — WILDLY hilarious!” – Jared Bowen, GBH
“Hilarious and thought-provoking! You’re dancing your way out of the theatre!” –WBUR
“A feast for the soul!” –Chris Ehlers, Edge Media
“Wildly funny! A feast of revelations, accusations, ghostly intimations and plenty to chew on!” -Joyce Kulhawik, JoycesChoices.com
Cast & Crew:
James T. Alfred
Rev/Pap
James T. Alfred
James T. Alfred Broadway: Jitney (touring). Off Broadway: Black Odyssey. Regional: Head of Passes, Hushaby (Steppenwolf); Fences, A Brown Tale, Redshirts, Two Trains Running (Penumbra); South Side of Heaven (Second City); A Raisin in the Sun (Guthrie); Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Radio Golf (Court Theater); RedShirts(Round House); Brothers of the Dust(Congo Square); Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Arizona Theater); To Kill a Mockingbird, Jitney (KC Rep); Jitney (Arena Stage); Jitney(Mark Taper Forum); What I learned in Paris (South Coast Rep); End Game(Baltimore Center Stage).
Amar Atkins
Larry
Amar Atkins
Amar Atkins Broadway Tour: The Color Purple Revival. Off Broadway: As You Like It (The Public, Shakespeare in the Park), King Lear (NY Classical). Regional: Toni Stone (Alliance Theater/Milwaukee Rep); The Color Purple Revival (Paper Mill Playhouse); Rent (Gateway Playhouse); Romeo & Juliet, Clybourne Park (Swine Palace).
Thomika Marie Bridwell
Rabby
Thomika Marie Bridwell
Thomika Marie Bridwell The Huntington: Joy and Pandemic. Front Porch Arts Collective and The Huntington: K-I-S-S-I-N-G. Front Porch Arts Collective: Chicken and Biscuits. Regional: A Christmas Carol(Hanover Theater); BLKS(SpeakEasy Stage); A Midsummers Night Dream(Boston Theater Company); Miss You Like Hell (Company One/ART); Coriolanus, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf (Praxis Stage).
Marshall W. Mabry
Juicy
Marshall W. Mabry
Marshall W. Mabry Regional: A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Harlem (Pittsburgh Public); The Tempest, The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington (Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival); Romeo and Juliet (Samuel Lancaster Productions), Once on this Island (Speakeasy Stage), The Music of Alan Menken (Carnegie Hall).
Lau'rie Roach
Tio
Lau'rie Roach
Lau’rie Roach Regional: Toni Stone (Alliance Theatre & Milwaukee Rep); The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, SLUR (Alliance Theatre); Br’er Cotton (Vanguard Repertory), Exit Strategy (True Colors Theatre); RED (Arts Center of Coastal Carolina); The Legend of Buster Neal (NC Black Repertory).
Ebony Marshall-Oliver
Tedra
Ebony Marshall-Oliver
Ebony Marshall-Oliver Broadway: Ain’t No Mo’, Chicken & Biscuits. Off Broadway: Merry Wives, Ain’t No Mo (Public Theater), 7 Minutes (Waterwell), Bodies They Ritual (Clubbed Thumb).
Victoria Omoregie
Opal
Victoria Omoregie
Victoria Omoregie The Huntington: Fat Ham (with Front Porch Arts Collective). Regional: acts of faith (American Stage); FAIRVIEW (SpeakEasy Stage); The Bomb-Itty of Errors (Actors’ Shakespeare Project); LORENA: A Tabloid Epic (Boston Playwrights Theatre); The Legend of Georgia McBride, In The Red and Brown Water, Othello, Are You Ready To Smash White Things (Boston University).
Shanelle Chloe Villegas
U/S Opal
Shanelle Chloe Villegas
Shanelle Chloe Villegas Regional: Coriolanus, Othello, Taming of the Shrew, Henry VI, Macbeth (Actors’ Shakespeare Project); People, Places and Things, BLKS, School Girls Or; The African Mean Girls Play (SpeakEasy Stage); The Arboretum Experience (ART).
David J. Castillo
U/S Tio and Larry
David J. Castillo
David J. Castillo Regional: Edward II (Actors’ Shakespeare Project), Baltimore (New Rep), The T Party (Company One ), La Llorona (Fresh Ink), Blood Wedding (Apollinaire Theatre Company).
Kai Tshikosi
U/S Juicy
Kai Tshikosi
Kai Tshikosi The Huntington: Romeo & Juliet.Front Porch Arts Collective: black odyssey boston (with Central Square Theater).
Vincent Ernest Siders
U/S Rev and Pap
Vincent Ernest Siders
Vincent Ernest SidersThe Huntington: Clyde’s. Regional: Arabian Nights and Mr G (Central Square Theatre); Guided Tour (Hibernian Hall); The Glass Menagerie (Lyric Stage Company); Much Ado About Nothing (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company); Jesus Hopped the A Train (Company One); Our Lady of 121st Street (SpeakEasy Stage); Monticel (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre).
Yewande Odetoyinbo
U/S Tedra and Rabby & Associate Choreographer
Yewande Odetoyinbo
Yewande Odetoyinbo Regional: FELA! (Olney Theatre Center/ Round House Theatre); The Colored Museum (American Stage Company); Sister Act, The Light, Breath and Imagination (IRNE Award winner, with Front Porch Arts Collective), The Wiz, Little Shop of Horrors (Lyric Stage); Fairview, Once On This Island, The View Upstairs (SpeakEasy Stage); Passing Strange, Caroline, or Change (Elliot Norton nomination), Parade (Moonbox Productions); Macbeth in Stride (ART); Hair (New Rep); Show Boat (Fiddlehead Theatre); The Sound of Music, Show Boat (Reagle Music Theatre); Finish Line, The Gay Agenda (Boston Theatre Company); In the Heights, Seussical, Ragtime (Wheelock Family Theatre); Fannie Lou Hamer: Speak On It! (Merrimack Repertory Theater).
James Ijames
Playwright
James Ijames
James Ijames is a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, director, and educator. James’ plays have been produced by Flashpoint Theater Company, Orbiter 3, Theatre Horizon, Wilma Theatre, Theatre Exile, Azuka Theatre (Philadelphia, PA), The National Black Theatre, JACK, The Public Theater (NYC), Hudson Valley Shakespeare Theater, Steppenwolf Theatre, Definition Theatre, Timeline Theater (Chicago, IL) and Shotgun Players (Berkeley, CA) and have received development with PlayPenn New Play Conference, The Lark, Playwright’s Horizon, Clubbed Thumb, Villanova Theatre, Wilma Theater, Azuka Theatre and Victory Gardens.
Stevie Walker-Webb
Director
Stevie Walker-Webb
Stevie Walker-Webb is a Tony Award-nominated, Obie Award-winning director, playwright, and cultural worker who believes in the transformational power of art. His work has been produced on and Off Broadway, including Ain’t No Mo’ (The Public Theater/Broadway), One in Two (The New Group), Black Odyssey (Classic Stage), Fairview (Woolly Mammoth), and Our Town (Baltimore Center Stage).
Dawn M. Simmons
Associate Director
Dawn M. Simmons
Dawn M. Simmons The Huntington: K-I-S-S-I-N-G (Co-Produced with Front Porch Arts Collective). Front Porch Arts Collective: Queens Girl in the World, The Three Musketeers.
PJ Johnnie Jr
Choreographer
PJ Johnnie Jr
PJ Johnnie Jr Broadway: Ain’t No Mo’ (Associate Director). Regional: One in Two (Signature Theatre, Associate Director); Black Odyssey (Classic Stage Company Theatre, Director).
Luciana Stecconi
Scenic Designer
Luciana Stecconi
Luciana Stecconi The Huntington: The Art of Burning, Witch. Regional: Faith Healer, Waiting for Godot (Barrington Stage); Antonio’s Song (Goodman Theatre); Anna in the Tropics (Bay Street Theatre); Murder on the Orient Express, Antonio’s Song (Milwaukee Rep); Macbeth (Merrimack Repertory Theatre); John Proctor is the Villain (Studio Theatre); Private (Mosaic Theatre Company); A Wind in the Door (Kennedy Center Theater for Young Audiences).
Aubrey Dube
Sound Designer
Aubrey Dube
Aubrey Dube The Huntington: Fat Ham, The Bluest Eye, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Clyde’s, The Lehman Trilogy (associate designer). Regional: Paradise Blue, The Thin Place, Stew (Gloucester Stage); Simona’s Search (Hartford Stage); The Fortune Teller (Chuang Stage); How We Got On (Arts Emerson); Trayf, Good (New Rep); Clyde’s (Berkeley Rep); Queens, Torch Song, The House of Ramon Iglesia (Moonbox Productions); Vinegar Tom, Monster, Serious Money, Pentecost (PTP/NYC); A Taste of Honey (BCAP); Potus, A Case For The Existence of God (SpeakEasy Stage); Fences (Umbrella Theatre); Downtown Crossing, Vietgone, Morning Noon & Night (Company One); The Renaissance Mixtape (Apollo Theatre NYC).
Celeste Jennings
Costume Designer
Celeste Jennings
Celeste Jennings Off Broadway: Malvolio (Classical Theatre of Harlem). Regional: Finding Freedom (Charleston Gailliard Center). Upcoming: Blues in The Night (Alabama Shakespeare Theatre).
Xiangfu Xiao
Lighting Designer
Xiangfu Xiao
Xiangfu Xiao New York-based Lighting Designer. Born and raised in China, he has been working nationally and abroad in the US in the theatre and live events industry and continues to expand his Chinese and international career.
Jesse Hinson
Fight Director and Intimacy Consultant
Jesse Hinson
Jesse Hinson Regional: Macbeth (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company), Heroes of the Fourth Turning (SpeakEasy Stage), Incels and Other Myths (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre), The Merchant of Venice (ASP). Current Resident Acting Company member with Actors’ Shakespeare Project.
Earon D. Nealey
Hair and Wig Designer
Earon D. Nealey
Earon D. Nealey The Huntington: Fat Ham, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone. Broadway: Fat Ham (Associate Designer), Macbeth, Chicken and Biscuits, Sweat.
Evan Northrup
Illusions Designer
Evan Northrup
Evan Northrup The Huntington: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, I Was Most Alive with You. Regional: Fast Company (Lyric Stage Company); Carnival (Gloucester Stage Company); The Tempest (Camden Shakespeare Festival); A Bright Room Called Day (Flat Earth Theater Company); Dracula (Salem Theater Company).
R. Lamar Williams
Production Stage Manager
R. Lamar Williams
R. Lamar Williams is an Atlanta native who studied theatre at Florida A&M University’s Essential Theatre. His 23-year tenure at the Alliance has included stage managing The Boy Who Kissed the Sky, Hands Up; Hospice/ Pointing at the Moon, The Temple Bombing, Choir Boy, In Love and Warcraft, Bike America, The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls, 22 years of The Palefsky Collision Project and assistant stage managing a slew of great shows.
Ashley Pitchford
Stage Manager
Ashley Pitchford
Ashley Pitchford The Huntington: The Heart Sellers, Fat Ham, Joy and Pandemic, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Our Daughters, Like Pillars, Teenage Dick, Witch, We All Fall Down, Man in the Ring.
Adi Cabral
Dialect Coach
Adi Cabral
Adi Cabral Front Porch Arts Collective: Queens Girl in the World (Hangar Theatre/Central Square Theater). Regional: keyp-ing (New Rep); A Raisin in the Sun, The Play That Goes Wrong, Emma The Musical (Utah Shakespeare Festival); Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles, A Christmas Carol (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis); A Christmas Carol: The Musical (Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities); The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano (New Hazlett Theatre); Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles (Southwest Shakespeare Company).
ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR FAT HAM
Associate Director……Dawn M. Simmons
Associate Choreographer…..Yewande Odetoyinbo
Fight Director and Intimacy Coach………. Jesse Hinson
Dialect Coach………………………. Adi Cabral
Dance Captain……………….. Yewande Odetoyinbo*
Fight Captain………………………. Amar Atkins*
Stage Manager Substitute……………………. Sarah Goshman*
Production Assistants……Winnie Chiang, Lucas Bryce Dixon
Voice Lessons….David Freeman Coleman
Carpenters…………………….Hannah Ashe, Joe Ellard, Michelle Walker, Nick Robinette, Steven Asaro
Deck Run Crew………………..Charlie Berry
Scenic Artists………………….Sam Galvao, Guthrie Morgan
Props Artisans……………Steven Doucette, Ian Thorsell
Props Run……………………….Corey Roberts
Stitcher………..Stephanie “Sam” Martin, Sasha Nemi Lato
Wardrobe Run………………..Jennie Fuchs, Katherine Lawrence
Wardrobe Swing………Brighid DeAngelis
Wig Run………………………..Kiara Escalera
Wig Run Swing………………..Ellie DeLucia Production
Electrician………………………… Violet Gayzagian
Electricians…………………….Dean Covert, Hannah Jope, Joseph Lark – Riley, Jessie Marasco, Isaak Olson
Follow Spot Operator……Jemma Kepner
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