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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Depot Theatre’s CHESAPEAKE Features Dynamic One-Man Cast
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WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME – A REVIEW
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Depot Theatre announces cast of WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME
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Depot Theatre awarded 2023 NYSCA Grant for New Sound System
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Staged Play Reading to be held May 7
The Depot Theatre, and the Westport Chamber of Commerce are pleased to present a staged play reading of SHADES OF VALOR by Karen Lewis on May 7, 2023 at 2pm at the Westport Heritage House. The reading is produced by Saranac Lake-based Adirondack Stage Rats. ABOUT THE EVENT SHADES OF VALOR by Karen L. […]
Depot Theatre Announces 45th Main Stage Season Lineup
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Staged play reading to be presented at Westport Library
* NOTICE: EVENT DATE CHANGE! * The Depot Theatre, the Westport Chamber of Commerce and the Westport Library Association are pleased to present a staged play reading of RADIANT VERMIN by Philip Ridley at the Westport Library on March 19, 2023 at 2:30pm. The reading is produced by Saranac Lake-based Adirondack Stage Rats. The reading […]
Depot Theatre Academy sponsors participants at NYSTEA student conference
Westport, NY — The Depot Theatre Academy sponsored 10 students and 3 chaperones at the New York State Theatre Educators Association annual student conference January 6-8, 2023 in Callicoon New York. The North Country contingent joined over 600 students from all over New York, including Depot friends from the Book and […]
Whallonsburg Grange Hall and Depot Theatre Academy to present A CHRISTMAS CAROL
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