Our Mission & Vision
Mission: The Depot Theatre is to entertain, enrich, and educate through professional theatrical arts and related programs based in a historic train station.
Vision: The Depot Theatre will have a robust, regional, and year-round presence by creating the highest of quality programs, building strong partnerships, and enhancing community engagement while promoting diversity in all that we do.
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- Featured on Mountain Lake PBS: RADIANT VERMIN examines the underbelly of living wellJuly 24, 2025 - 4:07 pm
The play Radiant Vermin by British playwright Philip Ridley is set around a couple’s dream of the perfect home, but behind the closed doors are sinister secrets of the haves and have nots.
The Depot Theatre receives funding from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
With special thanks to the following for their support of the Depot’s ongoing strategic objectives: Alfred Z. Solomon Charitable Trust, Cloudsplitter Foundation, J.M. McDonald Foundation, Inc., Glenn and Carol Pearsall Adirondack Foundation, Charles R. Wood Foundation, Adirondack Foundation, Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation, Rogers Carroll Family Foundation, Brooks and Joan Fortune Family Foundation.

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Inside Track: 2023 in Review
As the curtain falls on 2023, the Depot Theatre staff and board of trustees wish to thank our patrons, donors, sponsors, friends, local businesses and partners for our continued success. THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY GIVEN THIS YEAR! LEARN MORE about the many ways to support the only Equity professional theatre in the […]
Depot Theatre presents New Holiday Play Reading at Westport Heritage House
Westport, N.Y – The Depot Theatre and the Westport Chamber of Commerce are pleased to present a staged play reading of DECKED by Ginna Hoben at the Westport Heritage House on December 9, 2023, at 5pm. The reading is produced by Saranac Lake-based Adirondack Stage Rats. With a nod to the classics IT’S A WONDERFUL […]
Whallonsburg Grange Hall and Depot Theatre Academy to present A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Whallonsburg, NY — The Whallonsburg Grange Hall and the Depot Theatre Academy are pleased to present a return to a holiday tradition with a performance of A CHRISTMAS CAROL: A RADIO PLAY on December 17, 2023, with live music and refreshments beginning at 2pm and the reading performance at 3pm. Based upon the novel by […]
In the News: Construction continues at Depot Theatre
The Sun Community News highlighted the ongoing construction projects at the Depot Theatre. >> READ ALL ABOUT IT HERE!
Construction update
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In the News: Mt Lake PBS features Depot Theatre 45th Season
Mountain Lake PBS featured the Depot Theatre’s 45th season in its August 25 episode of Mountain Lake Journal. WATCH THE EPISODE
THE FANTASTICKS – A Review
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THE FANTASTICKS returns to Depot Theatre
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CHESAPEAKE – A Review
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”] What is art, anyway? Your dog knows. Long before this thing called woke, long before we had come to understand that all the world’s problems could be solved with pronouns, there existed a simpler time in […]