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Walnut Hill School for the Arts

The Cottage

Calderwood Pavilion, 527 Tremont Street

February 13 – February 14 2026

A comedic farce set in an English cottage.

The Cottage by Sandy Rustin is a frothy, screwball-style farce set in 1923 England. Sylvia Van Kipness, having spent a romantic night with her lover Beau, impulsively decides to send telegrams to her husband Clarke and to Beau’s wife, Marjorie, confessing the affair. What seems like a bold declaration of love soon spirals into chaos as unexpected visitors, further secrets, and comedic misunderstandings pile up. Rustin mixes classic British farce sensibilities (à la Noël Coward) with a more modern, feminist edge, giving her female characters agency and boldness and the determination to choose their fates.

A comedic farce set in an English cottage.

The Cottage by Sandy Rustin is a frothy, screwball-style farce set in 1923 England. Sylvia Van Kipness, having spent a romantic night with her lover Beau, impulsively decides to send telegrams to her husband Clarke and to Beau’s wife, Marjorie, confessing the affair. What seems like a bold declaration of love soon spirals into chaos as unexpected visitors, further secrets, and comedic misunderstandings pile up. Rustin mixes classic British farce sensibilities (à la Noël Coward) with a more modern, feminist edge, giving her female characters agency and boldness and the determination to choose their fates.

Venue

The Calderwood Pavilion, 527 Tremont St.

Duration

2 hour 15 minutes with ONE 15 minute intermission

SUITABLE AGE

14+

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Roberts (Robert Benson)
The Calderwood Pavilion; 527 Tremont St.

Calderwood Pavilion/BCA, 527 Tremont St

The Calderwood Pavilion contains the Wimberly Theatre, the Roberts Studio Theatre, the Carol G. Deane Hall, and the Nicholas Martin Hall. You should navigate to the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA if you are seeing a show in any of those aforementioned spaces.

Directions and parking for the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA

Google Maps directions to 527 Tremont St, Boston MA 02116

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