Elemeno Pea

In playwright Molly Smith Metzler's Elemeno Pea, the help is busy keeping an expansive Martha's Vineyard family compound neat, tidy and ready for whoever or whatever may drop on by. The grounds and buildings are so sprawling that when the sister of the family's personal assistant comes to visit, she gets to stay in the family's huge beachside guest house that she mistakes for the family's main mansion. It's not exactly an East Coast-modern Downton Abbey, but Elemeno Pea does explore the discrepancies of family fortunes vs. working for a living, new money vs. old, and the attitudes and expectations that come with both. Tu 6:30pm; W 2 & 6:30pm; Th, F 8pm; Sa 5 & 9pm; Su 2pm. Through 2/23. $23-$25. B Street Theatre, 2711 B St.; (916) 443-5300; www.bstreettheatre.org.