Episode 328: Getting Steamy in the Hothouse, Interview with Joel Metzger




Radio Drama Revival show

Summary: Episodes 3 + 4 Followed by Exclusive Interview Take a surly trip to a gritty, dystopian neighborhood of Los Angeles called the 'Hothouse' in this thrilling new serial by TV writer Joel Metzger. All of downtown LA is enclosed by a massive glass wall -- making a hyper-capitalist, Orwellian, city-within-a-city called "The Hothouse." Jason "Bruiser" Brusman used to be a cop -- but after getting trapped in the Hothouse, he's become an enforcer for the powerful corporation that controls the Quarantine. Part detective, part hit-man, Bruiser slugs it out with grimy Hothouse underground -- with one twisted plot leading to the next. Bruiser's heart is outside the walls -- with his wife and daughter -- and every day he's separated from them... he becomes more and more like the grimy underworld he battles. In episodes three and four of Hothouse Bruiser, we're introduced to a sinister voice who will play games with Bruiser, all the while showing us the darkness that lies below the city and below the walls of the Box.  We also get a chance to chat with Joel, who talks about life as a TV writer and how the desire to have complete creative freedom with a production led him to take a 60-minute TV script and turn it into the 4.5 hr audio serial. Get ready for a ride... to the Hothouse. This show has quite the cast... Paul Nobrega .................. Bruiser Traci Lords ........................... Vera Grayle Jim Storm ............................ Mr. Saeger John Terry .................................... Chlorine Buddha Claudia Christian ...................... Chief Plagman Armin Shimerman .................... Dr. Wolverton John Billingsley ............................  The Man Upstairs Michael Welch ........................ Ash Hamilton Denise Crosby ..................... Ginny Mills Cliff Simon ........................... The Hothouse Sniper Gideon Emery .................. The Pipe Vanessa Angel .............................. Miss Power Tools Sonita Henry ..................... Jill Strauss Kirsten Roeters ...................... Risa Brusman Fanny Veliz .............................. Riley Brusman James Leary .............................. Graveyard Mike Tom Beyer ................... Spider Robin Gwynne ........................ Tuesday Last Ira Katz ......................... Janitor Alexander Von Roon ........................... Professor Tough Guy Lyle Skosey ............................. No Hand Stan Brantley Kearns .......................... Seager’s Lawyer Vito LaMorte ............................ Muzzy Palermo Billy Scott ............................... Private Huiza