James Ijames News

Nashville Repertory Theatre has revealed its 2025-2026 season. The season will feature a mix of Broadway hits, powerful dramas, beloved classics, and groundbreaking new works. Learn more!

San Francisco Playhouse is presenting the Northern California Premiere of 2022 Pulitzer Prize-winning Fat Ham. Get a first look at photos. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets!

BroadwayWorld chats with actor Devin A. Cunningham, who is starring as Juicy in San Francisco Playhouse's production of James Ijames' Pulitzer-winning 'Fat Ham' running March 20th thru April 19th.

The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio is currently performing the Pulitzer Prize-winning play March 6-23 at Studio One at the Riffe Center. Check here for more details.

Tony Award nominee Jocelyn Bioh has stepped away from GODDESS's creative team ahead of the project’s New York premiere at The Public Theater in April. Learn more here.

Ijames reinvented the Shakespearean tragedy into something far more accessible for modern-day audiences. Instead of a dark tale of murder and revenge set in a dreary Denmark castle, Ijames brilliantly updates it into a backyard barbeque, replete with a karaoke machine, a gas grill, and a game of charades.

Philadelphia-based Arden Theatre Company's fourth production of its 2024/25 season with August Wilson's gripping drama, King Hedley II, which debuted February 27.  See video highlights and new photos from the show.

Orlando Shakes' has announced titles for its 2025-2026 season including, two Pulitzer Prize-winning plays, a popular annual holiday tradition, and Shakespeare's most famous love story.

The National Arts Club has announced its 2024 Kesselring Prize for Playwriting has been awarded to Charles Smith, who was nominated by the Cleveland Playhouse for his play The Price of the Ticket.

The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle has revealed its 2024 Season Award Finalists and Special Award Honorees for theatrical excellence. See the list of nominees here!

Island City Stage will present their collaborative production of Fat Ham, the 2022 Pulitzer Prize-winning play by James Ijames, this spring. Learn more!

Arden Theatre Company has announced the extension of August Wilson's gripping drama King Hedley II. Directed by Pulitzer Prize-winner James Ijames, King Hedley II, set in 1985, takes audiences on an emotionally charged journey of survival and redemption following an ex-convict's struggle to rebuild his life against overwhelming odds.

The first production of the New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) 2025/26 Season will be the world premiere of the new LGBTQ+ musical, with music by Sia - Saturday Church. We have all of the details here!

Wilbury Theatre Group has revealed the cast and crew of the Rhode Island premiere of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Drama: Fat Ham by James Ijames, directed by Don Mays. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

This summer, Soul Rep Theatre will team up with Fort Worth theatres Stage West and Circle Theatre for local productions of 3 prestigious plays by Black American playwrights.

Virginia Rep has announced their third title of the 2024/2025 season - Fat Ham playing March 1 - March 23 on the Majorie Arenstein stage at the historic November Theatre.

Goodman Theatre will present additional performances for both of its current productions: James Ijames' Fat Ham and Susan V. Booth’s major revival of Betrayal. Learn more!

Theater Latté Da will present solo show SCHOOL PICTURES, receiving its local debut at Latté Da starting February 5, 2025, now the recipient of a 2025 Obie Award.

Playwright James Ijames turns William Shakespeare’s Hamlet on its head in this piping hot play that transports the drama to a modern-day barbecue in the American South.

Details have been announced for the RSC's Summer 2025 season and upcoming festive family show, The BFG. Learn more about the full season lineup and how to get tickets here!