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Podcast: DENNIS ANYONE? with Dennis Hensley
Episode: Actor Stephen Guarino & Playwright Erik Patterson ("Handjob"): "Orgies by the Airport!"
Description: 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...