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.
The Depot Theatre Awarded $83,000 NYSCA Capital Grant for Historic Preservation and Facility Improvements
The Depot Theatre has been awarded $83,000 from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) to support critical capital improvements to its historic home in the 1876 Westport train station. The grant is part of a statewide capital funding announcement supporting arts and culture facilities across New York State. Funding will help The […]
ADK Talks Interview with the Depot Theatre
Professional theatre and the Adirondacks aren’t necessarily two things most people put together. Yet in a restored railroad station overlooking Lake Champlain, audiences gather every summer to experience exactly that. The Depot Theatre in Westport has spent decades proving that world-class theatre doesn’t require a Broadway address. It requires talent, creativity, community support, and a […]
Local Teens Take the Stage as Depot Theatre Academy Launches Summer with Hadestown: Teen Edition
This June, young performers from across the North Country will step into myth, music, and storytelling as the Depot Theatre Academy opens the Depot Theatre summer Main Stage season with Hadestown: Teen Edition. Presented in the Depot Theatre’s historic 1876 train station in Westport, the production brings together a cast of student performers from throughout […]
Depot Theatre Academy and 4-H Expand Youth Programming with Live Talkback and Behind-the-Scenes Workshop
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 […]
Depot Theatre Academy and 4-H Bring Youth Workshops and Career Programming to New County Facility
April workshops launch the first public event in Essex County’s new Youth and Agriculture Building, with expanded career-focused programming to follow. The Depot Theatre Academy and Cornell Cooperative Extension of Essex County (CCE) will continue their county-wide 4-H youth partnership this spring with a new series of workshops in Essex County schools and community spaces. […]