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.


Featured on NCPR: Meet the Depot Theatre team finding “fabulous” scripts, actors for shows that are a “darn good time”
The artistic producers at the Depot Theatre in Westport are pretty curious what you’ll think of the new show (RADIANT VERMIN) opening this weekend.
Depot Theatre Announces Cast for RADIANT VERMIN
Depot Theatre Announces Cast for RADIANT VERMIN
Philip Ridley’s Savage Satire on Real Estate, Morality, and the Price of Desire
FIRST DATE – A Review
“Funny, touching, and contradictory… [the songs] illustrate the internal struggles many of us go through — especially under the enormous pressure we can put on that date to be THE one.”
— Shir Filler, Professor of English & Humanities Chair, North Country Community College
FIRST DATE to Kick Off Depot Theatre’s Main Stage Season
FIRST DATE runs June 26-July 13 at the Depot Theatre. Depot Theatre’s Main Stage Season Premieres with the Broadway Hit FIRST DATE Westport, NY (June 16, 2025) The Depot Theatre’s 47th Main Stage season kicks off with a hilarious, high-energy match made in musical theatre heaven: FIRST DATE, the offbeat Broadway hit that proves sometimes love shows up when you least expect […]
THE DROWSY CHAPERONE Comes to Depot Theatre Academy
As seen on BroadwayWorld THE DROWSY CHAPERONE Comes to the Depot Theatre Academy Performances will take place June 12-14 and will open the Main Stage season at the historic Depot Theatre in Westport, New York. The Depot Theatre Academy will present the first of its 2025 summer youth productions: THE DROWSY CHAPERONE. This Tony Award-winning […]