Weekly podcast with John Duffy BO BRINKMAN

Born in Houston, raised in Pasadena, Texas, Bo graduated two years early from high school and left home. He backpacked to Hilo Hawaii and lived in a tent for several months surviving on Papaya, coconuts and fish he speared off the coast. He worked as an ironworker while studying theatre at Texas State University and later at the University of Houston. His first year in New York, Bo discovered an unused basement under a restaurant in Greenwich Village, built a sixty seat theater and founded the Cactus Theater. During that time Bo produced, directed and acted in almost thirty plays. Cactus Theater became a well known and popular venue throughout the eighties. Company members and special guests included James Gandolfini, Melissa Gilbert, Susan Aston, Penn Jillette, (Penn and Teller) D ...