James Ijames
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James Ijames is an acclaimed playwright whose Pulitzer Prize-winning play 'Fat Ham' reinterprets the themes of Shakespeare's Hamlet through the lens of a queer Black experience, blending humor and tragedy in a contemporary context.
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James Ijames is a playwright whose latest drama, Fat Ham, is based on Hamlet and features a queer protagonist.
‘What if everyone didn’t die?’ The queer, Pulitzer-winning, happy-ending Hamlet | StageThe Guardian·
United Kingdom· 2025-07-23
United Kingdom· 2025-07-23Also mentioned
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James Ijames’s Pulitzer-winning play about a young man named Juicy has landed at Toronto’s Berkeley Street Theatre.
Review: Barbecue smoke and Radiohead collide in Fat Ham, a tender examination of Black AmericaThe Globe and Mail·
Canada· 2025-02-22
Canada· 2025-02-22
James Ijames is the playwright of the Pulitzer-winning play Fat Ham.
Inside the thicc world of Fat Ham at Canadian StageThe Globe and Mail·Canada· 2025-02-14
Canada· 2025-02-14