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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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: Downpour failed to dampen the patriotic spirit / Mountain Lake PBS
The cast of the Depot Theatre’s Million Dollar Quartet had the honor of opening the 176th Essex County Fair with the National Anthem at 5 pm on Wednesday, August 13th. A torrential summer storm framed the moment, rain pouring down as the cast performed the anthem to open the Fair. Cast members from left to right: Jane […]
Depot Theatre Announces Cast for Jen Silverman’s The Roommate
Sharp Wit and Unlikely Friendship to Close the 2025 Season Westport, N.Y. — The Depot Theatre will close its 2025 Main Stage season with a limited Labor Day weekend engagement of The Roommate by Jen Silverman, fresh from its acclaimed Broadway run. Starring Depot Theatre Co-Artistic Director Beth Glover alongside Leslie Dame, the production will […]
Depot Theatre Announces Cast for Broadway Mega-Hit MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET
Electrifying Musical Inspired by the Greatest Jam Session in Rock ’n’ Roll History Hits the Depot Theatre Stage August 2025 Westport, NY — The Depot Theatre, a professional Equity theatre located in the Adirondacks, is proud to announce the cast and creative team for its upcoming production of MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, the exhilarating jukebox musical […]
Featured on Mountain Lake PBS: RADIANT VERMIN examines the underbelly of living well
The play Radiant Vermin by British playwright Philip Ridley is set around a couple’s dream of the perfect home, but behind the closed doors are sinister secrets of the haves and have nots.
Press Republican Feature: Chan Harris directs RADIANT VERMIN at Westport’s Depot Theatre
Chan Harris directs savage satire on real estate, morality, and the price of desire