The Cottage

The Cottage

January 16 – February 8, 2026

A comedy about doing the wrong thing with the right person.

If six people are involved in a love triangle – does that make it a love hexagon? A witty farce about romance, sex, marriage, betrayal and, well — love, The Cottage will keep you laughing as a hilarious web of secrets is revealed. It is 1923 in a charming cottage in the English countryside. Sylvia is certain that she married the wrong man and has sent telegrams to that effect to both her husband and her lover’s wife. That brazen decision sets off a cavalcade of arrivals, surprises, and laughs. What follows is a fast-moving, unpredictable, and — potentially murderous — romp.

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Critics interested in reviewing The Cottage should email Rachel Phillips at rphillips@hartfordstage.org.
Press weekend is Friday, January 23 through Sunday, January 25.

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Special Dates

Previews
January 16 – 22

Music in the Lobby featuring Mad Agnes
January 21 – 22

Opening Night
January 23

Open Captioned [?]
February 1 at 2pm

Audio Described [?]
February 7 at 2pm

Post-Show Conversations

January 25 at 2pm
with Director Zoë Golub-Sass

February 3 at 7:30 pm
with Artistic Director Melia Bensussen

February 4 at 2pm
with Director Zoë Golub-Sass

Gallery

The cast of The Cottage.
Photos by Miceli Productions.

Cast & Crew

Mary Cavett as Sylvia

Craig Wesley Divino as Clarke

Matthew J. Harris as Richard

Jetta Juriansz as Dierdre

Kate MacCluggage as Marjorie

Jordan Sobel as Beau

Scenic Design
Tim Mackabee

Costume Design
Hunter Kaczorowski

Lighting Design
Evan C. Anderson

Sound Design and Composition
Nathan A. Roberts and Charles Coes

Wig and Make-up Design
Tommy Kurzman

Fight Direction and Intimacy Coordination
Michael 
Rossmy

Dialect and Vocal Coaching
Julie Foh

Stage Manager
Avery Trunko

Assistant Stage Manager
Alison Fischer Greene

Casting
Alldaffer & Donadio Casting

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