Starlighters II theater celebrating 50th anniversary

When the theater bug bites, most people just audition for a play. Not Ron Ketelsen. His hometown of Monticello didn’t have a community theater, so he started one — when he was just 16 years old. A high school student, Ketelsen was “mesmerized” by a production of “Oklahoma!” he saw at Dubuque’s community theater. He had gone there with Monticello teacher Emil Prull, and told The Gazette he couldn’t stop talking about it all the way home. He knew he wanted to be in that show someday, but without a...