by Kim Rielly | Feb 7, 2023 | News
* 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...
by Kim Rielly | Jan 9, 2023 | News
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...
by Kim Rielly | Nov 18, 2022 | News
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 18, 2022, with live music and refreshments beginning at 2pm...
by Kim Rielly | Nov 10, 2022 | News
WESTPORT, N.Y. —The Depot Theatre in Westport, NY was recently awarded grants from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), Cloudsplitter Foundation, and Stewart’s Shops in support of artists, artists’ housing, and arts-in-education. The Depot has received...
by Kim Rielly | Oct 27, 2022 | Backstage Dispatches
Did you know? The Depot Theatre owns one building on the National Register of Historic Places (our artists’ housing) and is a steward of another (the Town of Westport’s circa 1876 Train Station). 2022 saw the completion of the Historic Property Exterior Painting...
by Tim Rowland | Aug 16, 2022 | Backstage Dispatches
The Addams Family brand just won’t die. But of course. Born in 1938 as a series of one-panel cartoons, this ghoulish family has lived through the generations as cartoon, TV show, film, video game, dance move, and musical comedy. Broadway critics tried to drive a stake...