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The Festival of Northwest Plays continues its run with shows Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Theatre on the Square.

Standouts of the festival include Grace Livingston in Rosalind Bell's "New Orleans Monologues," and the world premiere of Brent Hartinger's "Geography Club" and the Kennedy Center award-winning "In the Sawtooths" by Dano Madden.

But of course, there is also "Tater Tots" and other collections of really great short works.

Friday's lineup, which starts at 8 p.m., includes "The Three," "Charlotte’s Web We Weave," "Diarrhea, a Love Story," "Tads," "Less Steady," "Blanks," "The Laurel & Hardy Love Story," "Pool Parlor"  and "The Evolution of Chaos."

Saturday's line up, which starts at 4:30 p.m., includes: "Fish Play," "We Remember Breakfast," "Poor Shem," "Europa & Bull," "Hamlet, Prince of Denny’s," "Memorable Moments with Strangers," "The Man Who Fell off His Bicycle," "Kuwait," "The Soft Sand," "Snippy," "Ravishment," "Mammals and "Chat Room."

The night-time line up will be "Geography Club."

Saturday's double-feature line up, which starts at 2:30 p.m., includes:  "New Orleans Monologues," then "In the Sawtooths," at 7:30 p.m..

All performances at Theater on the Square, 915 Broadway, near the corner of Broadway and 9th in downtown Tacoma. Tickets available at the door or at www.ticketwindowonline.com. Visit www.northwestplaywrights.org for more information.