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MISSION STATEMENT The mission of The Depot Theatre is to entertain, enrich, and educate through professional theatrical arts and related programs based in a historic train station.

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VISION STATEMENT 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.

FOR YOUR INFORMATION ACCESSIBILITY: When making reservations, please let us know in advance if you will need accessibility accommodations or assistance with selecting a suitable seating location. Assistive listening devices are available upon request.

PARKING: PLEASE NOTE: Construction related to the new Amtrak platform installation is ongoing, and will affect parking availability and locations. Parking attendants will be on hand to provide direction!

QUIET PLEASE: Please turn off all cell phones prior to the start of the performance. Please do not use your mobile device during the performance as the light emitted from the screen can be distracting to patrons seated around you.

NO SMOKING: Smoking is prohibited by federal, state and local regulations. When smoking outdoors, please maintain an appropriate distance from entrances and open windows.

PLEASE NOTE: Feel free to “Follow” us later!

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Taking photographs or video recording during the performance is STRICTLY PROHIBITED BY LAW.

TEXT MESSAGING during the performance LATE ARRIVALS: Latecomers are seated at the discretion of is not allowed. Please TURN OFF all mobile house management and may be seated in an devices. alternate location until an appropriate break in the performance.

Depot Theatre Inc. is a 501(c)3, non-profit corporation.

P.O. Box 414 · 6705 Main Street · Westport, New York 12993 518-962-4449 · www.DepotTheatre.org

THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS 2023 SEASON SPONSORS SEASON SPONSOR Rogers-Carroll Family Foundation WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME Mountain Lake PBS CHESAPEAKE The Mountain Dog Pub & Restaurant THE FANTASTICKS Chazy and Westport Communications/Westelcom PREVIEW NIGHT SPONSOR Champlain National Bank DIGITAL MARKETING SPONSOR Arts Spark EXCLUSIVE AND EXTRAORDINARY CRAFT BEER SPONSOR Ledge Hill Brewing Company PLAYBILL SPONSOR Sylvamo

DEPOT ACADEMY THEATRE PROGRAM SPONSORS UNDERWRITER Brooks and Joan Fortune Family Foundation SUMMER PROGRAM SPONSOR TrailNorth Federal Credit Union The Depot Theatre receives funding from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor and the New York State Legislature.

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LETTER FROM PRESIDENT Fellow Depot Patrons, 45 years.

45 years have sped by since Carol Buchanan led a group of local Historical Society members to preserve and re-purpose the Westport Train Depot. What a stroke of luck that those folks conceived a theater.

At first, the Depot housed a community theater. Many of you will have spent a scene or two on the stage. As time went by, under the direction of numerous talented individuals (the Jones family featuring prominently), the Depot Theatre earned Equity status. That was a game changer, responsible for attracting theater professionals from near and far to Westport and making the Depot Theatre unique, the sole Actors’ Equity Association-affiliated professional theater in the Adirondack Park.

As we celebrate our 45th season it is impossible not to thank all of you for filling our seats, our coffers, and our hearts with your generous attendance, donations, and moral support. Our gratitude is boundless.

Here’s to the next 45!!

Cheri Phillips Depot Theatre Board President

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WELCOME! THE ACTORS’ EQUITY DIFFERENCE Since 1988, the Depot has maintained an active relationship with Actors’ Equity Association – the union for professional actors and stage managers in the United States.

The Depot Theatre is committed to bringing professional theatre artists – actors, directors, stage managers, technicians, choreographers, and designers – to the Adirondacks.

By maintaining its Equity status, as well as being a Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC) affiliated theatre company, the Depot Theatre has built a reputation for producing high quality performances in a unique performance space, in a very rural area in the Adirondacks.

The Depot Theatre employs members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.

ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION (“Equity”), founded in 1913, is the U.S. labor union that represents more than 50,000 Actors and Stage Managers. Equity seeks to foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of society and advances the careers of its members by negotiating wages, working conditions and providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Actors’ Equity is a member of the AFLCIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. #EquityWorks.

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SUPPORT THANK YOU The Depot Theatre’s continued success is a testament to the support we receive from our subscribers, donors, sponsors, grantors, friends, local businesses and partners.

We RELY on your generous contributions, just as you rely on us to deliver on our mission to “entertain, enrich, and educate through professional theatrical arts and related programs based in a historic train station.”

KEEP US STRONG Recent years illustrated the need for us to ensure that we can weather another unforeseen derailment AND continue to pursue our long-term strategic goals. By remaining financially secure, we can do both.

Here are some ways for YOU to have a long-term impact on the Depot’s success: • •

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Recurring Gift One of the simplest ways to support the Depot Theatre is to make a monthly recurring gift using a credit card.

Multi-Year Pledge We’d love for you to consider pledging a certain level of support for multiple years. A multi-year pledge is a great way to make a significant impact on the future of the Depot Theatre by strengthening our ability to plan budgets and programming.

Planned Giving - support the ongoing work of the Depot Theatre with a planned gift in your will or trust.

QUESTIONS? Contact Kim Rielly, Executive Director, at krielly@depottheatre.org or 518.962.4449 x2.

You, our investors, continue to help keep us strong, and we cannot thank you enough for your generosity!

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The Depot Theatre presents

CH E SAPEA KE

by Lee Blessing

Directed by CRAIG JOSEPH Scenic/Props Design - BONNIE B. BREWER Lighting Design/Master Electrician - MARGARET SWICK Sound Design - JACK SCHOONOVER Costume Design - AMY FITTS Projection Design - NICK NONNO & COMET WANDERER STUDIOS Stage Manager - JORDAN TANNEBERGER * Master Carpenter - KEVIN BOYLE CHESAPEAKE is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

CAST KERR ......................................................................... LUKE WEHNER* *Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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LEE BLESSING (PLAYWRIGHT) Lee Blessing’s play A WALK IN THE WOODS was produced on Broadway and London’s West End. His Off-Broadway productions include A BODY OF WATER, Primary Stages; GOING TO ST. IVES, Primary Stages (Outer Critic’s Circle Award, Best Play, Obie for ensemble performance); THIEF RIVER, Signature Theatre (Drama Desk nomination, Best Play); COBB, Lucille Lortel Theatre (Drama Desk award, best ensemble); CHESAPEAKE, New York Stage and Film at Second Stage; ELEEMOSYNARY, Manhattan Theatre Company, and DOWN THE ROAD, the Weissberger Group at the Atlantic Theatre. The Signature Theatre dedicated its 1992-93 season to his work, consisting of FORTINBRAS, LAKE STREET EXTENSION, TWO ROOMS, and the world premiere of PATIENT A. Recent world and regional premieres of his work include an adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s HEAVEN’S MY DESTINATION which had its world premiere at the Cleveland Play House in Spring 2009, GREAT FALLS in the 2008 Humana New Play Festival of the Actors Theatre of Louisville, A BODY OF WATER at the Guthrie Theater and the Old Globe Theatre, LONESOME HOLLOW, FLAG DAY, and WHORES at the Contemporary American Theatre Festival, THE SCOTTISH PLAY at La Jolla Playhouse, BLACK SHEEP at Florida Stage, and THE WINNING STREAK at George Street Playhouse. Other plays include INDEPENDENCE, RICHES, OLDTIMERS GAME, NICE PEOPLE DANCING TO GOOD COUNTRY MUSIC, and PERILOUS NIGHT. Productions of Blessing’s plays have earned awards such as The American Theater Critics Circle Award, the L.A. Drama Critics Award, The Great American Play Award, The Humanitas Award, and the George and Elisabeth Marton Award, among others. He has received nominations for Tony and Olivier awards, as well as the Pulitzer Prize. Blessing is married to playwright and TV writer Melanie Marnich and lives in New York. He heads the graduate playwriting program at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University.

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LUKE WEHNER (KERR) is excited to make his Depot Debut. He recently returned from a West Coast run of HAND TO GOD at CVRep. Previously, for his performance in HAND TO GOD at Dobama Theatre, Luke received a Cleveland Critics Circle nomination and was included in Scene Magazine’s Best of Cleveland Theatre 2017. Together with Allison Wick, Luke co-founded Hunger Theatre Company. Hunger Theatre credits include THE CRUCIBLE and EVERYTHING WILL BE DIFFERENT. Elsewhere: JOHN, PETER AND THE STAR CATCHER (Dobama); A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (Hubris Theatre Company); DOG SEES GOD (Inner Circle Creative). Thanks to Craig and the entire Depot Team. In the interest of transparency, Luke is a cat person.

CRAIG JOSEPH (DIRECTOR) (HE/HIM) is excited to join the Depot Team this summer after visiting as an audience member in 2022. By day, Craig is the Literary Director at Cleveland Play House.

He is also the Artistic Director of Seat of the Pants (seatofthepants.org), an ensemble-based, process-driven theatre company that performs throughout Northeast Ohio. Additionally, he freelance acts and directs throughout the Midwest with credits at Writers Theatre, TimeLine Theatre, Resonance Works, Dobama, Karamu House, Ensemble Theatre, Canton Symphony, and Akron Symphony, among others. Craig is a Certified Teacher of the Michael Chekhov Technique through the Great Lakes Michael Consortium and a proud founding member of The Greenhouse, a cohort of Ohio-based theatre makers who come together regularly to encourage and provoke one another’s evolution as humans, artists, collaborators, and citizens.

Thanks for your support of live theatre and for welcoming me to Westport!

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ROGERS-CARROLL FAMILY FOUNDATION The Depot Theatre is grateful for the longtime support of the Carroll family.

Dee Carroll, her late husband Bob, and sons Jim and Larry, have made incredible contributions of time and treasure to the arts in the region through their businesses, their foundation, and as individuals.

Their contributions to the Westport Chamber of commerce and other regional tourism efforts alone are significant!

And, through their monetary support through via The Galley Restaurant & Bar, Westport Marina, and the Family Foundation, they have bolstered the Depot, the Academy (formerly the Boquet River Theatre Festival), and other arts organizations with sponsorships and gifts every single year since before they moved to the area in the early 1980s.

In addition to being advocates for Westport and the greater community, they are true champions for the arts, and their consistent support continues to have a tremendous impact.

THANK YOU.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The Depot Theatre wishes to acknowledge that we are operating on the traditional and unceded homeland of the Mohawk or Kanienkehaka people, who oversaw a gathering place for many Iroquoian and Algonquian peoples in this space. We honor the Kanienkehaka ancestors who took great care of this land and their present-day descendants who continue to teach us the importance of land stewardship and community.

With great respect and gratitude to the Kanienkehaka, we express our desire to align with their teachings to protect the land the theater is located on and to create community to the best of our abilities.

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DEPOT THEATRE STAFF KIM RIELLY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR) Kim Rielly (Executive Director) is thrilled to be at the helm for her SIXTH season! As ED, she provides comprehensive theatre management and oversight of staff, budget, programs, marketing, audience development, and community relations.

Rielly’s experience includes more than 20 years of marketing and communications, most recently as the longtime director of communications for the Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism.

A native of Westport, she is no stranger to the Depot, having lived in the region for the majority of her life, and volunteered for several terms as a board trustee, including one year as president.

As a trustee, she was directly involved in the development of the strategic plan to grow the organization’s artistic and educational offerings within the scale of the rural market it serves.

Rielly is committed to continuing to expand the Depot’s impact on the economic vitality of the region and the community, and grateful for the tremendous support and generosity of the organization’s Trustees, Advisory Council, staff, donors, grantors, volunteers, and organizational partners.

MICHAEL GLAVAN (ARTISTIC PRODUCTION MANAGER) is energized to back at the Depot donning a new hat as Artistic Production Manager after appearing onstage last summer in RED and as Lurch in THE ADDAMS FAMILY. He is an actor, director, writer, and teacher who has worked regionally across the country and in NYC. Directing: JOEY AND RON (NYC), MACBETH: TWO TRUTHS (NYC), several performance pieces in the FAST AND FURIOUS series at the Tank

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(NYC), RICHARD III (Milwaukee, WI), MISERY (Canton, OH), assistant direction for THE OTHER PLACE (Cleveland, Ohio). Educational: SHE KILLS MONSTERS (Laurel School), GODSPELL and [TITLE OF SHOW] (Kent State University), Marilyn Bianchi Kid’s Playwrighting Festival (Dobama Theatre). Michael will be directing with Seat of the Pants, a process-forward professional theatre company, for their production of BACH AT LEIPZIG this spring. Michael is a proud member of The Greenhouse, a theatremakers’ collective. Catch him before or after the show—he is an extrovert and loves meeting fellow theatre makers, enthusiasts, and patrons.

KEVIN BOYLE (MASTER CARPENTER) runs a small woodworking business and brings a wealth of building experience and creative solutions to support both the technical and set design team and many infrastructure projects at the Depot.

Though he describes himself as lacking a background in theatre, he enjoys the “fleeting nature” of live performances, and has seen every main stage production at the Depot since 2010.

He has been a longtime supporter and volunteer, with a 2015 Volunteer of the Year award to prove it.

BONNIE B. BREWER (OPERATIONS MANAGER/ SET DESIGN/PROPS) has been working the professional theatre circuit for over 36 years now. Directing projects include: DAMN YANKEES!, SANTALAND DIARIES, KIMBERLY AKIMBO, URINETOWN, ANNIE, ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, THE LAST ROMANCE, ALMOST MAINE, AGNES OF GOD, OTHER DESERT CITIES, ALFRED HITCHCOCK’S THE 39 STEPS, THE GIN GAME, EVITA, SYLVIA, ARSENIC AND OLD LACE, THE COMPLETE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE ABRIDGED (and a few of their

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other abridged shows too), ALL MY SONS, WAIT UNTIL DARK, DEATH OF A SALESMAN, AND LEND ME A TENOR. Light and set designs include: ACT OF GOD, WORLD GOES ROUND, FOREVER PLAID, URINETOWN, ANNIE, ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, THE LITTLE MERMAID, AMADEUS, CHICAGO, OTHER DESERT CITIES, BASKERVILLE: A SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY, and …more than I can remember at present. Thank you to the entire Depot Theatre Family -- it is great collaborating with you to make professional theatre a reality in the Adirondacks. BIG SHOUT OUT to Mr. Depot carpenter ex·tra·or·di·naire!

AMY FITTS (COSTUME DESIGNER) has worn many costumes on the Depot stage from 1998 - current. She’s thrilled to be on the “other side” costume designing this season! She has been a drama teacher in NYC since 2001 and costumed 20+ years worth of shows!

DAVID HOWSON (COMPANY MANAGER) teaches in and directs the Arts Administration Program at Skidmore College. He is very happy to be working with this incredible team of professionals at Depot. Training: MFA, David Geffen School of Drama at Yale.

ELLA LOBDELL (BOX OFFICE ASSOCIATE) is a rising senior locally at Boquet Valley Central School. This is her second year working for the Depot Theatre and her 10th summer participating in the Depot Academy (formally known as the Boquet River Theatre Festival).

GIGI MASON (ACADEMY OUTREACH AND EDUCATION DIRECTOR) has just completed her first year in this new position, and she has been enthusiastically pursuing new and exciting educational opportunities for North Country

students in the theatre arts. Mason is extremely excited to lead the academy program this summer! Mason, a retired school administrator with over 30 years of experience, has always been a passionate supporter of children and theatre.

She has produced, directed, and choreographed shows for children since 1996 in local schools, community theaters and the Boquet River Theatre Festival. Mason has also been involved with the Depot Theatre as a Board member, Advisory Board member, and Education Committee member. gmason@depottheatre.org CHAVON PATTERSON (ADMINISTRATIVE INTERN) is currently a student at Skidmore College. She plans to graduate with a degree in Theater as well as a minor in Arts Administration.

She has worked as the front-of-house manager in the Skidmore College theater department and is looking forward to working as the general manager there in the fall. This is Chavon’s first time in Westport, and she looks forward to enjoying the Adirondacks and its nature.

KATIE SHEPARD (BOX OFFICE & HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER) began working in the Depot Theatre’s Box Office in 2012, and she became the Box Office Manager in 2014. Last year, she took on more administrative responsibilities as the HR Manager. She is the co-founder of Essex Editions (essexeditions.com), a small artisanal publishing and author services company in Essex, NY. In 2016, she published her first book Essex, New York Architecture: A Doodler’s Field Guide cocreated with Geo Davis. Currently, she is also the Managing Editor for Rewilding Earth (rewilding. org).

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JACK SCHOONOVER (SOUND DESIGNER) is a sound designer, engineer, and instrument builder based in Essex, NY. His previous theater credits include the Depot Theatre productions of PUTTING IT TOGETHER, RED, and THE ADDAMS FAMILY. Jack also runs the Westport-based synthesizer company SetonixSynth.

MARGARET SWICK (LIGHT DESIGN/ MASTER ELECTRICIAN) During the year she works through IATSE at the Flynn as a production electrician. She also currently works at the Strand and is excited to return to SUNY Plattsburgh as an adjunct instructor and Production Manager in the fall. She is excited to be returning for her tenth season at the Depot!

JORDAN TANNEBERGER (PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER) lives in Brooklyn, NY and is grateful to be returning to The Depot for her fourth season as Stage Manager. Previous credits include: PUTTING IT TOGETHER (SM), RED (Deck Crew), and THE ADDAMS FAMILY (SM). Other credits include Deck Crew for Red Bull Theater and Stage Manager for AMDA College. She is excited to continue working with talented casts and hardworking crews for The Depot’s 45th season!

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STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS ADMINISTRATION Executive Director: Kim Rielly Operations Manager/Graphic Designer: Bonnie B. Brewer Academy Outreach and Education Director: Ginene Mason Box Office/ Human Resources Manager: Katie Shepard Company Manager: David Howson Administrative Intern: Chavon Patterson Bookkeeper: Teresa Cummings Auditor: Joseph P. Lafiura, CPA P.C. MAIN STAGE PRODUCTION TEAM Artistic Production Manager: Michael Glavan Set Design/Properties: Bonnie B. Brewer Master Electrician/Lighting Designer: Margaret Swick Sound Technician/Designer: Jack Schoonover Costume Designer: Amy Fitts Stage Manager: Jordan Tanneberger (Member, Actors’ Equity Association)

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DEPOT THEATRE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Cheri Phillips (President) Scott Gibree (Vice President) Lindy Flanagan (Secretary) Alexandra Henderson (Treasurer) Betsy Bacot Maureen Carlo Jim Carroll Catherine Conover Covert Alisa Endsley Jonathan Hadley Jen Kelly Lawrence Masle Bill McColgan Amy McNamara Kathy Recchia Liz Spitler

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Welcome to Westport, NY And the Depot Theatre Westport. The earliest record of Westport as a location occurs on 18th Century French maps. Though the bay on which Westport sits was known as Northwest Bay, a 1779 map by French Surveyor and cartographer, Claude Joseph Sauthier, lists it as “Baie des Rocher Fendus” or Bay of the Split Rocks after a geological feature along the lakeshore between Westport and Essex. Essex County’s early settler William Gilliland, christened the area Bessboro, in honor of his wife, Elizabeth. The town was not settled again until 1804 when Charles Hatch made his way to North West Bay from Elizabethtown. It took four men two days to hack their way through the eight miles of forest between Elizabethtown and the bay.

The town was officially named Westport in 1815 when it separated from Elizabethtown. The early character of the town is evidenced by a vote at the first town meeting “to raise double the sum allowed by the State for the support of common schools” and “to raise twenty dollars for the support of the poor”. By then, there existed a considerable settlement, with grist, saw and pulp mills, as well as stores, taverns, a tannery and a cloth factory.

Westport’s early iron industry was based on three beds of ore, the Campbell bed, the Merriam bed and the Jackson bed. Francis Jackson built the Sisco furnace, at a cost of $100,000, which in 1846 was one of the most expensive and technologically advanced furnaces of its day. Furnace Point Road, Merriam Forge Road, and Sisco Street memorialize this early industry in Westport.

Beginning in 1906, Westport was accessed on Lake Champlain by passage on the steamboat Ticonderoga, which docked every night in Westport meeting the train from New York City to transport passengers, farm produce, livestock, and dry goods up the lake to other towns. The Ticonderoga ended service in the 1950’s but it lives on today as one of only two remaining side-paddle-wheel passenger steamers, and is a feature of the Shelburne Museum in VT. Westport is a charming lakeside community with year-round and seasonal residents, vacationers, and a growing farm-to-table agricultural industry. It is home to outdoor recreation enthusiasts, artists, musicians, actors, and business owners. It is also home to one of the few remaining hand-wound town clocks in America, at the Westport Library. Champlain Area Trails (CATS), headquartered in Westport, creates and maintains hiking and cross-country ski trails in the Champlain Valley. CATS has developed 42 miles of trails and is working to create trails that make it possible for people to “Hike the Lake” by walking from hamlet-to-hamlet.

Nearby Camp Dudley is the oldest, continuously run camp in America. For over 130 years Camp Dudley & Kiniya have provided boys and girls (ages 10 to 15) with the opportunity to develop as individuals through a balanced program of arts, athletics, outdoor exploration, and spirituality.

Wadhams! (It deserves an exclamation point) Nearby Wadhams, also part of the Westport Township, was formerly known as Wadhams Mills. It takes its name from the Wadhams family who, as early as 1825, began constructing mills at this location. “The Falls” as they continue to be known, supplied Take a journey without leaving the station

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the waterpower that was the incentive for the settlement. That waterpower continues to be utilized today, producing electricity sold to power companies. Just below the falls is an area known locally as the “Old Indian Burying Ground” for the number of arrowheads found there. Long before the settlers’ rafts, ferries, canal boats and steamships travelled the lake and streams; the Native Americans used the waterways as a thoroughfare.

The Depot Theatre. IT ALL STARTED WITH THE BUILDING. Nestled between the shores of Lake Champlain and the High Peaks region of the Adirondacks, The Depot Theatre originated out of a community-wide effort in 1978 to save the historic Westport train station (circa 1876) from demolition.

Initially, the Westport Historical Society maintained stewardship over the historic station. The Historical Society saw the potential for cultural activity in the partially renovated station and they decided to begin presenting theatre in the space.

They turned to a unique funding solution to accomplish that goal: Wednesday Night Bingo. Initially this venture raised the tidy sum of nearly $3,000. In 1985, The Depot Theatre stepped out from under the Historical Society’s umbrella to become its own separate not-for-profit entity. In 1988, it became a professional theatre company operating under an agreement with Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers.

Today, The Depot Theatre is the only professional Actors’ Equity Association (AEA) and Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC) affiliated theatre company in the Adirondack Park, a 6 million-acre publicly and privately held natural resource, that includes many small communities like Westport.

We are grateful to the minds and energy of people like Carol Buchanan and Shami McCormick, who were catalysts for the creation and evolution of a high-quality, live professional theatre in a historic train depot.

About the Historic Train Station. The Delaware and Hudson Railway built this historic train station in 1876. It was expanded twice in 1891 and in 1908. D&H sold the building to the Town of Westport in 1974. Though Delaware and Hudson is no longer in operation, this historic train depot serves Amtrak passengers between New York City and Montreal providing important gateway access for travelers coming to the Adirondack region. The Town of Westport, Canadian Pacific Railway, Amtrak and the Depot Theatre have developed a unique partnership to keep this historical space actively used and maintained.

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SPECIAL THANKS Adirondack Stage Rats Stephanie Ames AMTRAK Artistry Community Theatre Ausable Central School Judy Bertsche Bessboro Builders Bob’s Music Book & Blanket Players Kevin Boyle Jim Carroll Champlain National Bank Cloudsplitter Foundation Coakley’s Home & Hardware Compass Printing Plus The Deer’s Head Inn Essex County Arts Council Beth Glover Greg Harper Derrick A. Hopkins David Howson Dave and Cynthia Johnston, DaCy Meadow Farm The Galley Restaurant and Bar at Westport Marina William Johnston Debbie Kanze Lake Placid High School Karen Lewis Luna Rhythm Gigi and Ed Mason J.M. McDonald Foundation

Amy & David McNamara The Mill Jennifer Moore New York State Council on the Arts Glenn & Carol Pearsall Adirondack Foundation Melissa Otis Pendragon Theatre Cheri Phillips Kevin Raines & Katie Hearn Kathleen Recchia Don Rusch Saranac Lake High School SAranac Village at Will Rogers Alfred Z. Solomon Trust Justin Stearns, Mac’s Safe & Lock Stewart’s Foundation Kent Streed Carolyn Vanderhoof at Ledge Hill Studio Vaughn’s Custom Sawing Town of Westport Susan Weinrich, NYCON Westelcom Charles R. Wood Foundation Steve Van Nort Westport Central School Westport Chamber of Commerce Willsboro Central School Whallonsburg Grange Hall

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A POWERFUL ONLINE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT INFORMATION AND RESOURCE GUIDE FOR THE ADIRONDACKS.

• Free thrice weekly e-News • Online calendar of activities, performances & events • Website directory of establishments & organizations featuring art, performance & culture

ADK A&E is donation driven, meaning that there is no charge to post in, or subscribe to, the newsletter.

Those wishing to receive the free e-News can sign up on the website at adirondackaande.com as well as explore both the Directory and Events Calendar.

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The Board of Trustees of the Depot Theatre extends its sincere appreciation to the friends of the theatre who have generously supported the organization with a gift this fiscal year.

This list represents gifts received August 1, 2022, through July 13, 2023.

ARCHANGEL ($5,000+) Betsy Bacot Lindy & David Flanagan in Memory of Lane & Peter Buchanan New York State Council on the Arts The Rogers-Carroll Family Foundation The Brooks and Joan Fortune Family Foundation ANGEL ($3,000 - $4,999) Lyn & Terry Flynn Barbara Howson David & Amy McNamara Cheri Phillips MAGNATE ($1,500 - $2,999) Anonymous(1) Cerf-Dunbar Fund in Honor of Depot Alum Jeanine Tesori Cloudsplitter Foundation Catherine Conover Covert George Davis & Susan Bacot-Davis Catherine & Taylor Haskins Arlene Ida John & Antje Munroe Kevin F. O’Keefe DMD & Alisa Endsley Shipstore* David & Candace Weir Foundation BENEFACTOR ($1,000 - $1,499) Sandy & Bill Bertsch Sharon & Barry Cook Michael & Genevieve Griffin David Howson Lawrence & Astrid Masle

Christopher Rice & Tomlin Coggeshall Stewart’s Holiday Match Grant PATRON ($500 - $999) Stephanie Ames Bobbi Atz Linda M. Beane Caroline & Jim Carlisle Maureen Carlo Nancy Decker Christine Decker Marquis Essex County Arts Council Scott Gibree Peter Gow Daphne Hallowell Alex & Danny Henderson Jane Preston & Alan Hipps Tom & Sally Hoy William & Brenda McColgan Drs. David & Pearila Namerow Katharine Preston & John Bingham Annie Scavo & Rob Farkas Joel Shapiro Carolyn Sicher & Aaron Woolf Joan & Allen Simon Liz Spitler Joe Steiniger & Mary McDonald Charles Updike & Beth Kaufman Steve Van Nort Bill & Ann Westervelt ENGINEER ($250 - $499) Anonymous(3) Theo Bakewell Michael H. Bartlett

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Eleanor Garrell Berger S.E. & A.D. Bissell Michael Bosworth Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Davey Rich & Marty Frost Keith & Kathleen Giles Greg & Kathleen Harper Jeaninne & Robert Honstein Scott & Wesley Kevelson Sara & Joel Kremer Tom & Kathie LaBombard Adirondack Regional Theatre George Maffey Matthew Melewski Greg & Jennifer Moore Paul & Rhonda Morrisroe Amy & Steve Neidig Bob & Kim Nesmith Kathy Recchia & Fred Balzac Linda H. Rielly Donald Yanulavich Douglas & Joan Smith The Birch Store Michael Tyler Richard & Beverly Van Duyne David & Robin Wright CONDUCTOR ($100 - $249) Anonymous(4) Judy Ross & Scott Abrahamson ADK Taste McCutchen & Ellen Few Anderson Matt & Beth Bakes Betty S. Band Andie & Co Bertsche Alan & Jennifer Booth Bradamant Real Estate Bob & Gerry Bradley Naomi Bradshaw

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Susan & Peter Cadieux Servando & Carol Canas, Jr Christine & Mark Carpenter David & Penny Carr Bob & Lynn Chase Martha & Jeff Clark Keely & J.T. Compton Margaret Covert In Honor of Catherine Conover Covert John & Nancy Cowen Mary Cushman & Fred Daly Barbara & Dekkers Davidson Dr. James C. & Caroline W. Dawson Jessica Deeb & Jeff Letson Art & Peggy de Grandpré Jenifer H. Deming Richard & Leanna Deneale Therese Denton Laura & Robert Devinney EYE PEEK-Judith Doebler Kathleen Donohue & Michael Brown Jacob & Patricia Dresden Ellie Eldredge Echo Farm Peter Flanagan John & Julie Fraino Howard & Karen Glass John & Sandy Goodroe Peter Greenwald & Phyllis Bermingham Amy Griffin Amy Guglielmo & Brian Giebel Jonathan Hadley Nicholas & Annmarie Harmon Harmon Family Charitable Fund Catherine Hearn & Kevin Raines Steven Hecht Investments Hillary Hollister-Hinge & Matthew Hinge

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Al & Jini Hood Sandy & Susan Jacobs Brigitte Johnson William & Meredith Johnston Jenda L. Jones The Joslow Family Dina Kaufman Kathy Kelley Jen Kelly Terrance & Lynne Fisher Kemp Gregory Knowles & Donna Schlegel Bill & Maura Dickerson Sandy Lashua Anne Laumont Karen Lewis & Beth Glover Valerie Longwood Roland & Pamela Machold Judith Mannix Mark & Lisa Mastrean Jon & Mimi McBride Scott & Tracy McClelland Judith McCusker Candice McKeon Schelling & Annie McKinley Connie Meng Arthur P. Momot Ana Maria & Jack Moore Robert & Phyllis Mooso Richard & Mona Morgan Dennis & Diane Mullen Jane Nigra in Memory of Thomas Nigra Ralph Ocker Nancy Page Cynthia B. Palen Greg Pedrick Eye Peek, Inc Ann Pember & Jay Frank Richard Pendleton

Phyllis Perna & Richard Arndt Mark & Karen Perreault Tena Perrelli & Danny Curtin Bill & Nancy Persell Mark & Julie Pohlman Megan Price Lois & Rich Rawson Mr. & Mrs. P.H. Rice Jaye Roseborough Nancy & John Rosenthal Bill & Marcia Russell Ernst & Betty Schoen-Rene Dan Schoonover Vincent P. Shanley Wilhelmina Sheridan Debi & Jerry Sherman Audie Sparre Mr. & Mrs. Richard Stanton Angela Surkis Louise K. Tanner Maureen Thoman Mike & Karen Thomas Betsy & David Tisdale In Honor of Kim Reilly Harry & Marie Tobiassen Lynn C. Valenti Lee Vera & Jose Torres Deborah & Julio Virella Michael & Connie Wayne Donald K. White Lake Placid Rug & Home SWITCHMAN ($1 - $99) Anonymous (17) Linda Alexander Elizabeth A. Arthur Mary Lou Baker Suzanne Baker Winifred Balz

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Ana & Jack Moore Pat Moore Barbara Wylie & Rick Pickering A. Putnam Mr. & Mrs. R. Randolph Nietta Rogers Tim & Beth Rowland Charles Russell & Alison Weld Emily & Ronald Scauri Cynthia Schira Laura & John Doyle Timothy A. Seymour Mary & Marty Shubert Thomas & Barbara Squadere James & Enzina Stevenson Matt & Jess Storey Vendetti Family Nat & Liane Walker Carolyn T Ware Linda A. Warner Patience M. Whitman Jeff Williams Malcolm Willison & Martha Huggins Timothy Singer & Augusta Wilson Jo Ann Wood

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Additional season funding is made possible, in part, by the Essex County Arts Council CAP Grant supported by the Essex County Board of Supervisors.

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Locally sourced • Made with love Lovingly hand-prepared, locally-sourced food served with a gorgeous lakeside view.

Restauranteurs Scott Brankman and Emily Farnsworth-Brankman are excited to welcome all to Westport Yacht Club for a sixth season!

DINNER: TUESDAY-SUNDAY AT 5:00 PM OYSTER HOUR THURSDAY 4 - 5PM "TWO BUCKS A SHUCK" Reservations recommended, walk-ins welcome!

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We encourage you to utilize their services. If you would like to advertise in future programs or sponsor a future production, please contact the theatre.

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CHALLENGE

In celebration of our 45th anniversary, a generous donor has pledged to match every dollar donated to the Depot, up to $45,000.

Thank you to Betsy Bacot, who is committed to the Depot not only as a patron, but as a dedicated volunteer and board trustee.

She is donating this pledge in honor of her mother, Shirley Bacot Shamel, who was a treasured friend and mentor, and a longtime board member who lent us her generous support and expertise for decades.

THANK YOU for participating in the Matching Gift Challenge: your gift, and its impact, will be doubled!

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