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.
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.
Email Signup
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Etiam ut arcu nec magna porttitor fringilla vitae placerat elit.
2022 Main Stage Season Announced
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”header” _builder_version=”4.17.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] [/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”release” _builder_version=”4.17.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] Westport, N.Y. — The Depot Theatre will ease into live theatre’s “new normal” with a decidedly abnormal (and eclectic) three-show lineup for the 2022 main stage season, which features a tribute to Sondheim, a […]
Area Students Invited to Participate in Festival of Theatre Arts
Willsboro, N.Y. – The Willsboro Central School Drama Club, in partnership the Depot Theatre Academy, will host a one-day Festival of Theatre Arts on May 14, 2022 from 9am to 4pm. The Festival is free and open to all students in grades 7-12 from any school, and offers the opportunity for participation in workshops in […]
Depot Alumni – Apprentices and Academy Awards
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text admin_label=”quote” _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”]“The creative arts are the measure and reflection of our civilization. They offer many children an opportunity to see life with a larger perspective…The moral values we treasure are reflected in the beauty and truth that is emotionally transmitted through the arts. The arts […]
Depot Alumni – Back on Stage in 2021
As 2021 draws to a close, and the world of theatre is beginning to open up again in so many wonderful and exciting ways, we thought this would be a great time to check in with some of our Depot alumni and see who has begun to step foot “onto the boards” again, and what […]
Depot Theatre awarded NYSCA support toward local year round positions
WESTPORT, N.Y. —The Depot Theatre in Westport, NY was awarded two grants from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) for fiscal year 2022 as part of the state’s support of the recovery of the nonprofit arts and culture sector. The Adirondacks’ only professional Equity theatre was awarded $10,000 from the NYSCA Recovery […]
Depot examines life of Billie Holiday
By Tim Rowland The subset of the American population who remember Billie Holiday in her prime is precipitously dwindling, meaning we are more likely to remember her music, but not her. Some might argue this is for the best. Even in the lengthy canon of artistic tragedy, the woman born in Baltimore in 1915 as […]
Forest serves as backdrop for Depot Theatre Academy’s INTO THE WOODS, JR.
UPDATE: Performing an outdoor production requires a lot of challenges, and of course, the weather is unpredictable. This weekend it looks like it is going to rain, with a probable thunder/lightning storm Thursday night. Considering this, the Depot Theatre has made the decision to move our performances of INTO THE WOODS, JR. indoors at the […]
2021 Season Culminates with LADY DAY AT EMERSON’S BAR AND GRILL
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] The Depot Theatre In Westport, NY closes the 2021 main stage season on a high note with its final main stage production of 2021, LADY DAY AT EMERSON’S BAR AND GRILL, with performances from August 12-29. The production recounts the […]
Review: WORKING: A MUSICAL
“WORKING’s goal is to elevate the worker, making us see the person instead of the job.” The Depot Theatre had planned its production of the Broadway musical Working back in the dark ages of 2020, which was only one year ago, yet in some ways seems like a million. As live theater was succumbing to […]