Common Thread Theatre Collective (CTTC), a collaboration between Davidson College and North Carolina A&T State University (NC A&T), is pleased to announce its third season of summer productions. Continuing with a mission to produce theatre by and about traditionally underrepresented communities, this season CTTC will produce the Pulitzer-Prize winning show by North Carolina native James Ijames, Fat Ham, directed by Vanecia Boone, NC A&T Theatre Professor. The play will take place in June 2024, in the Barber Theatre on the campus of Davidson College in Davidson, NC, this season will mark the first performances by CTTC in Greensboro at the Paul Robeson Theatre on NC A&T’s campus

Award-winning playwright Ijames reinvents Shakespeare’s masterpiece Hamlet as a delectable comedic tragedy. The lead character Juicy is a queer, Southern college kid, already grappling with some serious questions of identity, when the ghost of his father shows up in their backyard, demanding that Juicy avenge his murder. It feels like a familiar story to Juicy, who is well-versed in Hamlet’s woes. What’s different is Juicy himself, a sensitive and self-aware young Black man trying to break the cycles of trauma and violence in service of his own liberation. From an uproarious family barbecue emerges a compelling examination of love and loss, pain and joy. [From Concord Theatricals]

Location:
Davidson College – Barber Theatre, Cunningham Theatre Center 310 N. Main Street, Davidson, NC 28035

Dates and Times
Friday, June 14 @7:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 15 @7:30 p.m.
Sunday, June 16 @2:00 p.m.
Wednesday, June 19 @7:30 p.m.
Thursday, June 20 @7:30 p.m.
Friday, June 21 @7:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 22 @ 2:00 p.m.
Saturday. June 22 @7:30 p.m.