WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME

What Constitution Means to Me the

by Heidi Schreck

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.

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.

LATE ARRIVALS:

Latecomers are seated at the discretion of house management and may be seated in an alternate location until an appropriate break in the performance.

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!

@depotbackstage

@depottheatre

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

TEXT MESSAGING during the performance is not allowed. Please TURN OFF all mobile devices.

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.

www.DepotTheatre.org

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

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 AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. #EquityWorks.

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:

• 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!

www.DepotTheatre.org

The Depot Theatre presents What the Constitution Means to Me

by Heidi Shreck

Original Broadway Production Produced by Diana DiMenna Aaron Glick Matt Ross

Madeleine Foster Bersin Myla Lerner/Jon Bierman

Jenna Segal/Catherine Markowitz Jana Shea/Maley-Stolbun-Sussman

Rebecca Gold/ Jose Antonio Vargas Level Forward Cornice Productions

Lassen Wyse Balsam Nederlander Productions/ Kate Lear

What the Constitution Means to Me was commissioned by True Love Productions. This production originated as part of Summerworks in June and July 2017, produced by Clubbed Thumb in partnership with True Love Productions. West Coast premiere produced by Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Berkeley, CA, Tony Taccone, Artistic Director/Susan Medak, Managing Director.

What the Constitution Means to Me had its Off-Broadway premiere in New York City at New York Theatre Workshop, [Jim Nicola, Artistic Director, Jeremy Blocker, Managing Director, 2018.]

Additional material by: Danny Wolohan

Directed by JULIE LUCIDO

Scenic/Props Design - BONNIE B. BREWER

Lighting Design/Master Electrician - MARGARET SWICK

Sound Design - JACK SCHOONOVER

Costume Design - AMY FITTS

Stage Manager - JORDAN TANNEBERGER *

Master Carpenter - KEVIN BOYLE

WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com

CAST IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE

HEIDI

MIKE ...........................................................................

KAYLA RYAN WALSH*

MICHAEL J. CONNOLLY*

STUDENT DEBATER .......................................................................

LYDYA FELIX

There will be a 10-15 minute intermission.

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

After the show be sure to leave your question in the lobby for the actors!

HEIDI SCHRECK (PLAYWRIGHT) is a writer and performer living in Brooklyn. Her critically acclaimed, award-winning play WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME played an extended, sold-out run on Broadway in 2019, and was nominated for two Tony Awards. It had subsequent sold-out runs at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., as well as at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, and will continue its national tour when safe to do so.

A filmed version of WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME, starring Schreck, premiered this past October exclusively on Amazon Prime Video, and was nominated for a Critics Choice Award, a PGA Award, and a DGA Award. What the Constitution Means to Me was named Best of the Year by The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, Time Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter, The New Yorker and more; NPR named it one of the “50 Great Pop Culture Moments” of 2019.

Schreck’s other plays GRAND CONCOURSE, CREATURE and THERE ARE NO MORE BIG SECRETS have been produced all over the country and she has worked as a stage actor in NYC for almost 20 years. Her screenwriting credits include I LOVE DICK, BILLIONS, NURSE JACKIE and shows in development with Amazon Studios, Big Beach, Imagine Television and A24.

As both an actor and writer she is the recipient of three Obie Awards, a Drama Desk Award, and a Theatre World Award, as well as the Horton Foote Playwriting Award and the HullWarriner Award from the Dramatists Guild. She was named one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business in 2019 and was featured on Variety’s 2019 Broadway Impact List. Schreck was awarded Smithsonian magazine’s 2019 American Ingenuity Award for her work in the Performing Arts.

KAYLA RYAN WALSH (HEIDI) Depot Theatre debut. Kayla was last seen in THE ROSE TATTOO at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, and starred as Alana in the regional premiere of Jeremy O. Harris’ SLAVE PLAY. Kayla has worked regionally at The Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, Theatre Aspen, Shakespeare Theatre of NJ, Southern Colorado Repertory Theatre, Short North Stage, and Weathervane Playhouse to name a few. She also received a Fulbright Scholarship to study at The Globe in London under Philip Bird’s mentorship. Thank you to the entire WTCMTM creative team/cast/crew and Depot Theatre for making this dream show (and role) a reality. Go to www.kaylaryanwalsh.com to see more. This one’s for you, Mom.

MICHAEL J. CONNOLLY (LEGIONAIRRE/MIKE)

Favorite regional credits include Malvolio in TWELFTH NIGHT at Meow Wolf in collaboration with ISC Santa Fe, THE CHERRY ORCHARD and A CHRISTMAS CAROL (both at Princeton’s McCarter Theatre), THE LONG WEEKEND (Lake George’s Lake Theatre) and a world premiere with Centenary Stage Company (Hackettstown, NJ). NYC credits include new adaptations of Victoria Benedictsson’s THE ENCHANTMENT at HERE and Chekhov’s PLATONOV at Columbia Stages, Alan Ayckbourn’s JOKING APART (Rev. Hugh Emerson), THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (Grumio), SHE LOVES ME (Arpad), BYE BYE BIRDIE (Hugo), SWEENEY TODD and the entire G&S canon with the New York G&S Players. Michael has trained with Terry Schreiber in NYC, at LAMDA in London (M.A.), studied engineering at Princeton and has also been caught behind the scenes playing the trombone. Additionally, Michael is the principal of Breukelen Stage & Film LLC, nurturing emerging artists across multiple performance mediums. Thrilled to be here at Depot!

www.DepotTheatre.org

LYDYA FELIX (STUDENT DEBATER) has been in many theatrical productions such as THE WIZARD OF OZ, BYE BYE BIRDIE, THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD, ANNIE, HAIRSPRAY and most recently 9 TO 5: THE MUSICAL as Maria and THE CAKE as Macy. She is planning to graduate with a BA in Theatre from SUNY Plattsburgh and continues to pursue her career in acting.

JULIE LUCIDO (DIRECTOR) returns for a third summer to The Depot Theatre and couldn’t be more inspired and excited to bring to life one of her favorite newer works, WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME. With over 30 years experience other favorite play directing projects have been A FEW GOOD MEN, INHERIT THE WIND, THE LION IN WINTER, ‘DENTITY CRISIS, 45 SECONDS FROM BROADWAY, ALL I REALLY NEEDED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN, and MONTHS ON END. Julie is a working actor and associate member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. Her musical credits include directing/choreographing WORKING THE MUSICAL at The Depot, as well as MAN OF LA MANCHA, WEST SIDE STORY, INTO THE WOODS, 9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL, FOREVER PLAID, MATILDA, CALAMITY JANE STARRING LOUISE MANDRELL, HAIRSPRAY, 7 BRIDES FOR 7 BROTHERS, HOT MIKADO, JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT, GREASE, CHICAGO, THE WIZ, SOUTH PACIFIC, and OLIVER. Much love and appreciation to my husband and daughters who love me enough to support my gypsy theater life!

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.

in Concert

June 30 through August 9

Sundays 5pm

Wednesdays & Fridays 7:30 pm

Campe Concert Hall 1424 County Route 10, Westport, NY

find more information at meadowmount.org/events

www.DepotTheatre.org

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

(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

www.DepotTheatre.org

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. Depotcarpenter 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).

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! Thank you all for making it happen!

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)

Master Carpenter: Kevin Boyle

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

Lindy Flanagan

Jonathan Hadley

Jen Kelly

Lawrence Masle

Bill McColgan

Amy McNamara

Kathy Recchia

Liz Spitler

DEPOT THEATRE ADVISORY COUNCIL

David Howson (Honorary Chair)

Dee Carroll

George Davis

Melissa Davis

Margaret “Beth” Glover

Amy Guglielmo

Daniel Keegan

Karen L. Lewis

Jennifer Moore

Mary Ellen O’Loughlin

Jane Preston

Annie Scavo

Joan Simon

Sally Struthers

Michael Thomas

RESOURCES

NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE:

800-799-7233 with accessibility for over 200 languages 24/7

ESSEX COUNTY RESOURCES:

Child Abuse Hotline

NY State Office of Children & Family Services

800-342-3720

Out-of-state: 800-474-9448

Website: www.ocfs.state.ny.us/main/cps/ 24-hour hotline; caller anonymity guaranteed.

CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES

Essex County Department of Social Services

7551 Court Street · P.O. Box 217

Elizabethtown, NY 12932

Tel: 518-873-3420

www.co.essex.ny.us/

NY STATE COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE

119 Washington Avenue Albany, NY 12203

518-482-5465 · 1-800-942-6906 – NYS Hotline

Fax: 518-482-3807

www.nyscadv@nyscadv.org

SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES OF ESSEX COUNTY

15 Montcalm Street, Suite 2 Ticonderoga, NY 12883

Tel: 518-984-0094

Fax: 201-304-0103

24-Hour Hotline: 877-212-2323

STOP DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

6470 Main Street, Suite 2

P.O. Box 97

Westport, NY 12993

Tel: 1-888-563-6904

NEW YORK STATE OFFICE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES

52 Washington Street, Room 261 Rensselaer, NY 12144-2796

518-473-7793 · Fax: 518-486-7550

www.ocfs.ny.gov

NORTH COUNTRY CONFLICT RESOLUTION SERVICES

2693 Main Street, Suite 204

Lake Placid, NY 12946

Tel: 518-523-0102 · Fax: 518-523-0107

www.rurallawcenter.org

NORTHERN ADIRONDACK PLANNED PARENTHOOD- SARANAC LAKE

41 St. Bernard Street

Saranac Lake, NY 12983

Tel: 518-891-0046

www.plannedparenthood.org

PARENT HELP

41 Main Street

P.O. Box 277

New Paltz, NY 12561

Tel: 800-426-5678 – Hotline

Tel: 845-883-6060 – Administrative Office

www.childfindofamerica.org/

WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILDREN FOOD PROGRAM (WIC)

Essex County Department of Public Health

P.O. Box 217, 132 Water Street

Elizabethtown, NY 12932

Tel: 518-873-3560

www.co.essex.ny.us/PublicHealth/PublicHealth. asp/

Lake Placid Police - 518-523-3306

Moriah Police - 518-546-7286

Saranac Lake – 518-891-4422

Ticonderoga Police - 518-585-3456

For Emergencies, please dial 911.

www.DepotTheatre.org

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

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.

Today, the entire Depot Theatre community embraces that metaphor, and invites all to… “Take a journey without leaving the station.”

www.DepotTheatre.org

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

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

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

• Free thrice weekly e-News

•

•

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.

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 June 22, 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)

Barbara Howson

David & Amy McNamara

Cheri Phillips

MAGNATE ($1,500 - $2,999)

Anonymous (1)

Cerf-Dunbar Fund in Honor of Depot Alum Jeanine Tesori

Catherine Conover Covert

George Davis & Susan Bacot-Davis

Catherine & Taylor Haskins

Arlene Ida

John & Antje Munroe

Kevin F. O’Keefe DMD & Alisa Endsley

Shipstore*

Cloudsplitter Foundation

David & Candace Weir Foundation

BENEFACTOR

($1,000 - $1,499)

Sandy & Bill Bertsch

Sharon & Barry Cook

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

Tom & Sally Hoy

William & Brenda McColgan

Drs. David & Pearila Namerow

Katharine Preston & John Bingham

Annie Scavo & Rob Farkas

Joel Shapiro

Carolyn Sicher & Aaron Woolf

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

Eleanor Garrell Berger

S.E. & A.D. Bissell

Michael Bosworth

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Davey

Rich & Marty Frost

Keith & Kathleen Giles

Michael & Genevieve Griffin

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

Douglas & Joan Smith

The Birch Store

Michael Tyler

Richard & Beverly Van Duyne

CONDUCTOR ($100 - $249)

Anonymous (3)

McCutchen & Ellen Few Anderson

Matt & Beth Bakes

Betty S. Band

Andie & Co Bertsche

Alan & Jennifer Booth

Bradamant Real Estate

Bob & Gerry Bradley

Naomi Bradshaw

Susan & Peter Cadieux

Servando & Carol Canas, Jr

Christine & Mark Carpenter

David & Penny Carr

Bob & Lynn Chase

Keely & J.T. Compton

Margaret Covert In Honor of

Catherine Conover Covert

John & Nancy Cowen

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

Peter Flanagan

John & Julie Fraino

Howard & Karen Glass

John & Sandy Goodroe

Peter Greenwald & Phyllis Bermingham

Amy Griffin

Jonathan Hadley

Harmon Family Charitable Fund

Catherine Hearn & Kevin Raines

Steven Hecht Investments

Hillary Hollister-Hinge & Matthew Hinge

Al & Jini Hood

David C. Howson

Sandy & Susan Jacobs

Brigitte Johnson

William & Meredith Johnston

Jenda L. Jones

Marc & Suzanne Joslow

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

Judith Mannix

Mark & Lisa Mastrean

Jon & Mimi McBride

Scott & Tracy McClelland

Candice McKeon

Schelling & Annie McKinley

Connie Meng

Arthur P. Momot

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

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

Debi & Jerry Sherman

Joan Simon in Honor of Shoshi Satloff

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

David & Robin Wright

Lake Placid Rug & Home

SWITCHMAN ($1 - $99)

Anonymous (16)

Elizabeth A. Arthur

Mary Lou Baker

Suzanne Baker

Winifred Balz

Paul & Cherry Bamberg

Jane Barber

Judith Bertsche

Bonnie Black

Blackrock Inc.†

Patricia Ann Boera

John & Elaine Bottiroli

Walter & Mary Ellen Boynton

Skip & Dari Brennan

Tom & Sheera Broderick

Thomas F. Burleigh

Lori & Joe Butera

Betsy Byrne

Regis & Doreen Canning

John Cauffman

Dr. Nancy J. Church in Honor of Maureen Carlo

Mrs. Patricia Conley

Holly Cusick

Sue & Glenn De Forge

Tom Duca & Amy Heffner

Michelle Feeley

Kathy & Lonnie Ford In Memory of Denis Q. Moore

Debra Gastler

Nicholas & Annmarie Harmon

Linda Haynes

David Ware & Sarah Hoover

Colleen & Ken Hynes

Valerie & Elton Jodoin

Dave & Lora Langston

Eric & Beverly Lawson

Carol Matos in Memory of Sally Pendleton

Mary McGowan

Thomas & Elizabeth Metz

Bruce Moore

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

Yvonne N. Smith

Thomas & Barbara Squadere

James & Enzina Stevenson

Matt & Jess Storey

Vendetti Family

Carolyn T. Ware

Linda A. Warner

Patience M. Whitman

Jeff Williams

Malcolm Willison & Martha Huggins

Timothy Singer & Augusta Wilson

Jo Ann Wood

In-Kind

Gift

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: T TUESDAY-SUNDAY AT 5:00 PM OYSTER

THURSDAY 4 - 5PM

Please Support Our Advertisers

The organizations who have purchased ads in our program are supporters of the Arts.

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.

45 45 MATCHING GIFT 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!