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Meet Juicy, a young, queer Black man with a Shakespearean-sized dilemma. When the ghost of his dead father shows up at his family’s BBQ wedding reception demanding his murder be avenged, does the poetic and sensitive Juicy have it in him to do the deed, or will he “to thine own self be true?” See what the New York Times calls “a hilarious yet profound tragedy smothered in comedy,” in this Pulitzer Prize–winning take on Hamlet, direct from Broadway to L.A.

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Fat Ham

Geffen Playhouse

Directed by Tony Award nominee Saheem Ali (Fat Ham), this story of the legendary artists who recorded the album features the soul-stirring music of Cuba’s golden age, with a book by Marco Ramirez (Drama Desk Award winner, The Royale), choreography by Patricia Delgado and Tony Award winner Justin Peck (Carousel, Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story) and a music team led by Tony Award winner David Yazbek (The Band’s Visit).

Buena Vista Social Club

Atlantic Theater Company

In anticipation of this summer’s production of HAMLET in Central Park, we’ve invited artists from The Public Theater’s past and future to ask, why does this play matter? Why does its central role continue to attract artists to perform, interpret, adapt, interrogate, and transform it? How does the play ask us to re-examine the deepest questions of identity, love, responsibility, memory, imagination, and family.? 

Public Shakespeare Talks: Let’s Talk About Hamlet

Joe's Pub

Berkeley Rep presents the world premiere of an exuberant new musical by award-winning playwright Jocelyn Bioh School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play and composer Michael Thurber, conceived by director Saheem Ali. A young man returns home to Mombasa, Kenya to marry his fiancée and step into his family’s political dynasty. But when he visits Moto Moto—a steamy afro-jazz club and the stomping ground of his youth—he finds himself drawn to a mysterious new singer. Inspired by the myth of Marimba, who created beautiful songs from her heartbreak, Goddess is a joyful infusion of contemporary romance, ancient magic, and the irresistible vibes of African, jazz, and R&B music.

Saheem Ali

Director

Events

Mar 27 - Apr 28, 2024

Fat Ham · Geffen Playhouse

Nov 18 - Dec 31, 2023

Buena Vista Social Club · Atlantic Theater Company

May 1, 2023

Public Shakespeare Talks: Let’s Talk About Hamlet · Public Theater

Aug 13 - Sep 25, 2022

Goddess · Berkeley Repertory Theatre

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