O’B
O’B By Bernie O’Brien
Green Venue, Orlando International Theater Fringe Festival, Orlando, FL</strong>
Bernie O’Brien tells stories with the class and heart of your dear departed grandfather. He grew up on the tough streets of Boston where spousal abuse was an art and anyone without a few broken bones was considered a sissy. Combine that with a Scots-Irish background and you might suspect talking is what he does best. We hear of his childhood, his father’s seamanship and a quirky street game called “Half Ball” – think of it as stick ball played with your mother’s diaphragm. While more anecdotal than contrived, Mr O’Brien is one of the great crop of monologists invading this Fringe. He’s the sort of guy that could beat you to a pulp or buy you enough beer to float a row boat, probably on the same night. Just don’t get him going on the Red Sox; he’ll bend you ear until their next world series appearance.
This show is presented as part of the 17th Orlando International Fringe Theater Festival. Information on times, tickets, and venue location my be found at http://OrlandoFringe.org/
