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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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.
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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Depot Theatre awarded $33,000 in funding support
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Historic Property Exterior Painting Project Completed
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 Project (paid for by the Depot Theatre, with support from the Charles […]