Actor Stephen Guarino & Playwright Erik Patterson ("Handjob"): "Orgies by the Airport!"

DENNIS ANYONE? with Dennis Hensley · Sep 30, 2019 · 59m

Dennis heads to Burbank to interview playwright Erik Patterson and actor Stephen Guarino about "Handjob," Erik's about a gay writer who hires a shirtless cleaner. Erik talks about the time he hired a real shirtless cleaner, how he realized it could be a play and later inviting the real cleaner to see the play he helped inspire. Stephen talks about what appealed to him about the project, the challenge of finding flawed, three-dimensional roles, and performing the title act in front of an audience. They both talk about what it's like to be an artist today when people are more in tune around…