Performances

Sweet Tea

The acclaimed book is brought to life as E. Patrick Johnson seamlessly inhabits the many interviewees who comprise the fascinating oral history of black, gay southern life.

Pouring Tea

The dramatic reading based on oral histories collected from black gay men who were born, raised, and continue to live in the South.

Put a Little Honey in my Sweet Tea

This dramatic reading is based on the oral histories collected in Johnson’s, Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South–An Oral History and Black. Queer. Southern. Women.–An Oral History.

Making Sweet Tea

The story of Sweet Tea spans more than a decade. Starting off a scholarly book by E. Patrick, it has since been adapted into a one-man show and is now a feature length documentary. Each iteration highlights different characters and topics in the lives of these black gay men of the south.