From left to right, Sam Goldstein (Randall Brammer) and John Kelly (Byron Patten) passionately discuss  sports versus academics in the comedy-drama “The Study Group,” which explores friendship among very different personalities and issues of sexual ethics. The show is one of four plays in the Burien Actors Theatre Playwrights Festival running through May 24. Tickets and information: www.burienactorstheatre.org, 206-242-5180.