Brian Linthicum plays Charles Strickland in David Mamet’s ‘Race’
Lab Theater is bringing David Mamet’s Race to the stage at the end of April. Directed by Sonya McCarter, the production features Michael A. Massari, Lemec Bernard, Cantrella Canady and Brian Linthicum.
Linthicum portrays Charles Strickland, a wealthy white man accused of raping a black woman. Born into wealth, one of Strickland’s many problems is that the word “no” has never found its way into his vocabulary. Although Strickland maintains that he and his accuser were in a consensual relationship, his story begins to unravel as systemic racist anecdotes from his past bubble to the surface.
It 
is always challenging playing a character who the audience views as unsympathetic, so it will prove interesting to see how Director Sonya McCarter and Linthicum portray Charles Strickland. But rest assured, Brian is more than capable of pulling off the feat. Linthicum, you see, has been involved in community theater for more than 40 years. His local stage credits include 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). But most recently, Linthicum dug deep to bring powerful authenticity to the role of Donner in LabTV’s production of Jeff Goode’s The Eight: Reindeer Monologues in which, coincidentally, it was Santa Claus who stood accused of rape.
For all of Brian’s stage credits, go here.
April 3, 2021.
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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.