Dates: 6/6/2025 - 6/29/2025
📍 Theatre: Austin Playhouse
Austin Playhouse
Virtual
Austin, TX 78705
Phone: 512-476-0084
Tickets: $38 - $42
This uproariously funny, Pulitzer Prize-winning new play is a modern revamp of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Fat Ham follows Juicy, a queer, pensive, young Black man finding his way in the world when the ghost of his father demands Juicy avenge his murder. Set at the family cookout, this “hilarious yet profound tragedy smothered in comedy” (The New York Times) examines love, loss, and a particular set of daddy issues.
Content Advisory: A comedic take on Hamlet, this 2022 Pulitzer Prize–winning play about family drama at a backyard bbq and wedding reception contains frank (and often hilarious) discussions of sex, violence, murder, and adult situations (much like Shakespeare). Due to the mature content in the play, it may be best suited to high school ages and up. Parental discretion is advised.
The results are in and the buckets have found their new homes! The Austin Theatre Critics Awards honored the outstanding artists, productions, designers, directors, and unsung heroes who made this past season one to remember. Check out the full list of winners and celebrate the best of Central Texas theatre.
The 2025–2026 Austin theatre season was bold, adventurous, thought-provoking, and funny as heck. I haven’t cried in public as much as I did this past season!
Austin Playhouse has revealed the cast and creatives for the Austin premiere of Seared, a comedy by Theresa Rebeck. Directed by Producing Artistic Director Lara Toner Haddock, Seared plays June 5–28, 2026 at Austin Playhouse.
Austin Playhouse has announced the lineup for its annual Festival of New Texas Plays, returning June 21–22, 2025. The festival showcases new works-in-progress by Texas-based playwrights and continues the company’s commitment to nurturing original voices through readings, commissions, and world premieres.
A bold, hilarious, and deeply moving reimagining of Hamlet. Austin Playhouse’s Fat Ham is a theatrical triumph—perfectly cast, brilliantly directed, and bursting with heart, humor, and power. Don’t miss this unforgettable ride.
Austin Playhouse has announced the cast and creatives for the regional premiere of the deliciously funny and Pulitzer Prize-winning play Fat Ham by James ljames.
Austin Playhouse 2024-25 Season will include a world premiere, an outlandishly fun musical, a thought-provoking masterpiece, and more. Learn how to purchase tickets.
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Pulse Oscar G. Brockett (11/13-11/20) |
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The Visit B. Iden Payne (10/29-11/08) |
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ALL MY SONS by Arthur Miller The Filigree Theatre (10/30-11/14) |
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Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors Austin Community College Drama Department (10/16-11/01) |
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Clue: The Musical BASTROP OPERA HOUSE (4/02-4/18) |
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The Second-to-Last Chance Ladies League Doug Smith Performance Center (10/16-11/15) |
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Caleb De Casper ‘People Don’t Fall’ music video release show Cheer Up Charlies (10/29-10/29) |
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Journeys First English Lutheran Church (10/24-10/25) |
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Cristian Castro El Paso County Coliseum (11/07-11/07) |
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La Energia Nortena The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory (2/13-2/13) |
