{"id":133424,"date":"2026-01-22T12:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T12:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/133424\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T12:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T12:36:09","slug":"north-texas-theater-collab-on-hamlet-spinoff-heads-to-dallas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/133424\/","title":{"rendered":"North Texas theater collab on \u2018Hamlet\u2019 spinoff heads to Dallas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wait, wasn\u2019t Fat Ham<\/a> just produced by another local company? Yes, the second show in a three-year partnership between Stage West Theatre and the Dallas Theater Center had its run in Fort Worth late last summer and is now moving to the Kalita Humphreys.<\/p>\n

The collaboration has so far featured some of the most celebrated titles in recent live drama. Like Primary Trust<\/a>, staged a year ago by the top companies on each end of D-FW with the same cast, set and director, the comedic takeoff on Shakespeare\u2019s Hamlet won the Pulitzer Prize. <\/p>\n

Playwright James Ijames has relocated the action from the medieval Danish court to a Black backyard barbecue in the contemporary American South. Spoiler alert: No one dies this time, at least not in the course of the play. Juicy, n\u00e9e Hamlet, has already lost his father Pap, the king, to his power-hungry uncle Rev, who immediately marries his brother\u2019s wife. Soon, Pap\u2019s ghost is haunting his son, seeking revenge. Juicy choses another route.<\/p>\n

The next co-production, Where We Stand, opens shortly at Stage West before moving next month to Bryant Hall. The interactive one-woman show, set at a town hall meeting, stars Theater Center stalwart Liz Mikel<\/a> as a storyteller spinning a fable filled with music and magic, the audience deciding the fate of a neighbor who has struck a dangerous bargain.<\/p>\n

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The ongoing collaboration consolidates costs at a time when post-pandemic audiences have not returned to theater in the same numbers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis partnership will allow us to share our work with more people across two cities while providing greater creative opportunities for artists,\u201d says Theater Center executive director Kevin Moriarty<\/a>, who has also struck co-production deals with the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University and TheatreSquared in Fayetteville, Ark., for shows this season.<\/p>\n

Details<\/p>\n

Fat Ham runs Jan. 30-Feb. 8 at the Kalita Humphreys Theater. Where We Stand runs Jan. 29-Feb. 15 at Stage West and Feb. 25-March 22 at Bryant Hall. Tickets at dallastheatercenter.org<\/a> and stagewest.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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