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Longtime Rialto stagehand recalls Red Skelton, Jerry Lee Lewis and a century of local theatre
Summary
Lauren Lynch, a Joliet native and longtime Rialto stage technician and union business manager, recalls working with national stars, building student-matinee and group-sales programs, and urges continued local support for the Rialto Square Theater.
Lauren Lynch, a Joliet native who says his family has been connected to the Rialto Square Theater for generations, recounted decades of backstage work and fundraising that helped keep the downtown theater operating.
"My great uncle and my grandfather were both signers on the charter," Lynch said, summarizing a family history he described as stretching back to the union’s charter in 1905 and the Rialto’s opening in 1926. Lynch said he first worked on shows in 1974 and later learned lighting and stagecraft under mentor Robert Kelly.
Lynch listed a string of headline…
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