Brian Linthicum
Brian Linthicum is a local actor who has been involved in community theater for more than 40 years. His local stage credits include Charles Strickland in David Mamet’s Race, the Narrator in Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Show (New Phoenix Theatre), Charlotte (the isolated, crazed denizen of Sam Hollis’ antebellum Louisiana mansion) in Hush Up Sweet Charlotte (Lab Theater) and backwater hick G.W. Nethercott in Sordid Lives (Lab Theater). Other roles include Charlie Brown in You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown (three times), Mr. Mushnik in Little Shop of Horrors, Dr. Bumble in Oliver, 
Greta in Bent, Madame Arcati in Blithe Spirit, Albert Soady in Escanada in da Moonlight and Love! Valour! Compassion! in community theaters in Toledo, Ohio, Corpus Christi, Texas and Chicago, Illinois. He also portrayed the reindeer Donner in LabTV’s televised stage production of Jeff Goode’s The Eight: Reindeer Monologues.
Although he’s done a number of dramatic roles, Linthicum prefers comedy. “Over time, I’ve run the gauntlet of comedic roles. But some of my favorite were the darker characters. One of my favorite shows was Little Shop of Horrors. Mr. Mushnik 
was not the nicest guy.”
Brian next appears in Lab’s Sunset Boulevard parody Sunset Schmoulevard, adapted by Annette Trossback.
September 30, 2019; revised May 24, 2021.
About the Author
Tom Hall is both an amateur artist and aspiring novelist who writes art quest thrillers. He is in the final stages of completing his debut novel titled "Art Detective," a story that fictionalizes the discovery of the fabled billion-dollar Impressionist collection of Parisian art dealer Josse Bernheim-Jeune, thought by many to have perished during World War II when the collection's hiding place, Castle de Rastignac in southern France, was destroyed by the Wehrmacht in reprisal for attacks made by members of the Resistance operating in the area. A former tax attorney, Tom holds a bachelor's degree as well as both a juris doctorate and masters of laws in taxation from the University of Florida. Tom lives in Estero, Florida with his fiancee, Connie, and their four cats.