Virginia Stage Company Presents: FAT HAM

What if the hero of the story wasn’t who everyone expected? Meet Juicy, a young Southern queer college boy grappling with grief, identity…and now the ghost of his father demanding vengeance for his murder!? Set against the backdrop of a family wedding barbecue, will the poetic and sensitive Juicy lose his courage to get the answers he needs or will he find the strength to ‘his own self, be true.’ This Pulitzer-Prize-winning adaptation by James Ijames serves you a juicy blend of comedy, drama, and social commentary with a side of soul food; and reimagines this timeless classic with a bold and innovative look that shatters stereotypes and celebrates identity, togetherness, and the meaning of family.

A dysfunctional family barbecue you NEED to see, this Pulitzer Prize – winning comedy where a young, Black, queer protagonist wrestles with the ghosts of his past, literally, in a riotous backyard brawl to discover how to be “to thine ownself, true.”

Tickets available at vastage.org/fat-ham or by calling the Box Office at (757) 627-1234