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Julia Sweeney marks a transition in her long career as a performer

Spokane Public Radio | By Doug Nadvornick
Published March 23, 2022 at 1:00 PM PDT
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Julia Sweeney says the Fox Theater is the perfect place to culminate her one-woman performing career.

Sweeney plans to end her on-stage career Saturday with two shows at Spokane's Fox Theater.

Julia Sweeney is marking the end of an era. The Spokane native is performing her final one-woman comedic show Saturday at the Fox Theater.

The comedienne became famous when she was part of the ensemble of Saturday Night Live in the 1990s. She has also acted in movies and, during the last 25 years, she has kept in the public eye with a variety of solo productions based on periods in her own life.

Her final stage show is titled “Older and Wider.” Her two performances on Saturday will be taped for rebroadcast. She spoke Tuesday with Verne Windham.

Sweeney will perform the show Saturday at 4 and again at 8 at The Fox. Tickets are available at FoxTheaterSpokane.org or at 509-624-1200.
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Doug Nadvornick
Doug Nadvornick has spent most of his 30+-year radio career at Spokane Public Radio and filled a variety of positions. He is currently the program director and news director. Through the years, he has also been the local Morning Edition and All Things Considered host (not at the same time). He served as the Inland Northwest correspondent for the Northwest News Network, based in Coeur d’Alene. He created the original program grid for KSFC. He has also served for several years as a board member for Public Media Journalists Association. During his years away from SPR, he worked at The Pacific Northwest Inlander, Washington State University in Spokane and KXLY Radio.

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