Staging it: UVA Drama’s New Works Festival highlights fledgling playwrights in collaboration with other students for three original works. They’re Still Friends by Savannah Hard explores trauma and connection; I’m Game by Jessica Harris finds a group of recent high school grads pondering their lives as they prepare for next steps; and Ibrahim Muhammad’s Play It Cool follows its main character as he chases the girl of his dreams while meeting unusual obstacles.
Thursday 1/31–Saturday 2/2. Times vary, $5. Helms Theatre, 109 Culbreth Rd. 924-3376.