Founded in 1981 by poet, playwright and Nobel Laureate, Derek Walcott, Boston Playwrights' Theatre is an award-winning small professional theatre dedicated to promoting the writing and production of new plays in Boston, Massachusetts.

Led by Artistic Director Kate Snodgrass and Managing Director Jake Strautmann, Boston Playwrights' Theatre is the home of the Graduate Playwriting Program at Boston University.

Each year Boston Playwrights' Theatre produce two plays written by graduates of the Playwriting Program at Boston University as well as a third play under the name Playwrights' Theatre in cooperation with the College of Fine Arts Theatre Program at Boston University, which is then entered into the Kennedy Center College Theater Festival.

Each year since 1999 Boston Playwrights' Theatre has produced the Boston Theater Marathon of 10-minute plays where 50 local theatre organizations showcase the works of New England playwrights. Originally performed at Boston Playwrights' Theatre, the Boston Theater Marathon has been in residence at the Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts since 2005.