In the heart of West Campus, a few steps from Agganis Arena, is the Boston Playwrights’ Theatre. The small venue right on BU’s campus gives playwrights the opportunity to workshop their shows and perfect them.   

A nearly full house filled the cozy 70-seat Boston Playwrights’ Theatre for Friday night’s Boston premiere of “Elemeno Pea.” The play was written by Molly Smith Metzler, an alum of Boston...