James Ijames

James Ijames is a playwright, director, actor, and educator. Ijames was awarded the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Fat Ham. His other awards include a Pew Fellowship, the F. Otto Haas Award for Emerging Artist, the Terrence McNally New Play Award, a Whiting Award, a Kesselring Prize, and a Steinberg Prize. His other plays include Kill Move Paradise, Abandon, The Threshing Floor, Reverie, Good Bones, Welcome Table, Media/Medea, and White. He resides in South Philadelphia.

James Ijames is a playwright, director, actor, and educator. Ijames was awarded the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Fat Ham. His other awards include a Pew Fellowship, the F. Otto Haas Award for Emerging Artist, the Terrence McNally New Play Award, a Whiting Award, a Kesselring Prize, and a Steinberg Prize. His other plays include Kill Move Paradise, Abandon, The Threshing Floor, Reverie, Good Bones, Welcome Table, Media/Medea, and White. He resides in South Philadelphia. See less