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.
Email Sign-up
Get the latest Depot Theatre News!
Recent News
This June, the Depot Theatre Academy and Cornell Cooperative Extension of Essex County’s 4-H program continue their growing partnership with two new opportunities designed to bring young people closer to the creative process, both onstage and behind the scenes. On Friday, June 12, following the evening performance of Hadestown: Teen Edition, the Depot Theatre will […]
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.


Depot Theatre Academy offers Musical Theatre/Monologue Rep Class
Westport, N.Y. –The Depot Theatre Academy outreach and education program is pleased to offer an in-person Musical Theatre/Monologue Rep Class from September 28-October 26 on Mondays from 6 p.m.-9 p.m. This 5-week course is ideal for those interested in preparation for auditions, public speaking training and general acting craft development. Participants ages 18 and older […]
In the news: Depot Theatre Academy featured on MT LAKE PBS
The Depot Theatre Academy outreach and education program is featured in a recent episode of Mountain Lake Journal’s Spotlight feature on Mountain Lake PBS. Click through to view the video of the program, as well as interviews with the participants, instructors, and Depot Theatre Producing Artistic Director Kenney Green.
Depot Theatre awarded NYSCA NEA CARES grant
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.4.6″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.4.6″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.6″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.6″ hover_enabled=”0″] NYSCA NEA CARES grants of $10,000 support community-based arts organizations, prioritizing underserved communities Westport, NY — The Depot Theatre in Westport, N.Y. is one of only five organizations in the North Country Region to have been awarded a $10,000 NYSCA NEA CARES Grant. This grant is […]
Depot Theatre sets dates for “Plan B” Academy outreach and education program
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.4.6″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.4.6″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.6″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.6″] [/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.6″ hover_enabled=”0″] Westport, N.Y. – The Depot Theatre is pleased to announce that it has developed an alternate outreach and education program for in-person learning this summer. The Depot Theatre Academy 2020 outreach and education program, originally set to be held inside the Whallonsburg Grange Hall as […]
Adirondack Foundation’s Generous Acts Fund supports Depot Theatre
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.4.6″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.4.6″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.6″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.6″] The Depot Theatre is pleased to have been awarded a $3,000 grant from the Adirondack Foundation’s Generous Acts Fund to support operations in 2020. Though the Depot’s 2020 main stage season was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Theatre will alter its Academy outreach and education program […]