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Northwest Playwrights Alliance is doing its last stage reading gig at Tacoma's Broadway Center for the Performing Arts before the group shacks up with Seattle Rep in September.
Shows on the roster for Monday's reading include: Last Call, by Lia Romeo; Three Kings, by James Venhaus; The Tale of Johnny Elgam vs. the Newport Kid, by Aaron Shay; Matchmaker, by Cathy Sampson; and Lefty by Bryan Willis.

The stage readings will be at 7 p.m. Aug. 11 at Broadway Center Rehearsal Studio - 915 Broadway. Admission is free.

The Academy of International Education, Broadway Center for the Performing Arts and Northwest Playwrights Alliance will also present a slate of six plays for Play Buffet X at 7 p.m. Aug. 16 at the Theater on the Square.