At one point in the play “Home,” life has been so tough on protagonist Cephus Miles that he ends up homeless, sweeping bars in New York for a little spare change.
Patrick Sims – the UW assistant professor of theater and actor who’ll portray Cephus in Madison Repertory Theatre’s upcoming production of “Home” – knows that guy. He knows that bar-sweeper: smelly, unkempt, down on his luck, looking for work, seeking hope.