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THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 2021 • B1
‘WE’RE READY TO BE BACK.’
Jennifer Crockett | Liberty Theatre’s executive director
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LIBERTY LOOKS FORWARD
45th Parallel Universe Orchestra
will perform Sunday.
Theater’s fi rst in-person show scheduled for Sunday
By ZOË BUCHLI
For The Astorian
he Liberty Theatre
is scheduled to open
its doors again this
weekend, ending a
15-month long clo-
sure due to the coronavirus
pandemic.
“We’re ready to be back,”
said Jennifer Crockett, the
theater’s executive director.
“It’s been really emotional
for the staff . Not being open
has been really hard.”
The theater will kick
things off with a perfor-
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mance from the 45th Par-
allel Universe Orchestra on
Sunday. Theater staff are
looking forward to a sum-
mer with safe and fun events
where performers can go
back to sharing their talents
with the community, Crock-
ett said.
The 45th Parallel Uni-
The Liberty
Theatre will
reopen Sunday.
Hailey Hoff man/
The Astorian
verse event will be indoors
with masking and distancing
guidelines.
The orchestra, based in
Portland, describes them-
selves as a “collective
of musicians who come
together to celebrate great
chamber music with inti-
mate artistic expressions.”
Crockett will be part of
the show, where she will
play the clarinet. This will
be her fi rst in-person perfor-
mance since the pandemic
started, she said.
Jenny Lewis
See Liberty, Page B4
David Sedaris will perform in
Astoria in 2022.