Home and hope
Phillip Butler, left, and Joe Anderson Jr. in Patches: A Black Gay Man’s Journey to the Moon launches Bishop Arts Theatre Center’s new season. (Photos by Frank Washington) Texas playwright brings Black queer love to the stage in ‘Patches’ RICH LOPEZ | Staff writer Rich@DallasVoice.com Next week, Bishop Arts Theatre Center (BATC) will launch its 31st Anniversary season with the premiere of Patches: A Black Gay Man’s Journey to the Moon by Joe Anderson Jr.
This run is a homecoming for Anderson: Although he’s based in Austin now, the writer/actor/producer hails from just down the street from the theater where his play will open.
Bringing Patches home is Anderson’s full circle Oak Cliff moment. …………………….. Patches: A Black Gay Man’s Journey to the Moon Written and staged by: Joe Anderson Jr. Cast: Joe Anderson Jr., Phillip Butler Live band: Jeff Gonzalez, Carlos Hernández, Carlos Jordan Runs Oct.
18-27. BishopArtsTheatre.org. …………………….. “Part of the show was written here in Dallas and in Bishop Arts. I used to write this show at a coffee shop just blocks from the theater,” Anderson said. “To be able to bring something I wrote here, from where I am now in Austin to Bishop Arts, means the world to me.” Patches runs Oct.
