Shortly after he arrived in New York, Lordan opened his mailbox and found Culik had sent the etching.
“One the back of it he wrote, ‘To John Lordan, who even though he mad the big time, never got us humble town folk,’” Lordan said. “And then he wrote, ‘Nyaah!’ He always said that when he made a joke.”
Lordan had met Culik through Georgiann Goodson of Joliet (deceased) who brought “the magic of the stage,” according to her obituary to Joliet.
She did this through her roles at as drama director at the former Richards Street United Methodist Church, theater manager at Bicentennial Park in Joliet and founder of the former Curbside Playhouse on Ruby Street in Joliet, a former tavern.
Goodson brought “a very warm, collegial, creative” time to Joliet, which forged lifelong friendships, such as Lordan’s to Culik.
Lordan said he was just 20 when he lost both parents in six months. But people like Culik and everyone Lordan met at the Curbside Playhouse helped him through it.
“That’s just the way John was,” Lordan said. “He was quiet but supportive…he was just a bright spot in so many people’s lives.”
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