Our mission

The Philipstown Depot Theatre is a unique community-based performing arts center that connects families and individuals in the Hudson River Valley with the best in high-caliber affordable theater, music and films. The theater entertains, educates and informs audiences with its programs and productions administered in partnership with the Town of Philipstown Recreation Department.

For the Depot's financial records, click here. Minutes of recent board meetings are available below.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statement and Land Acknowledgement:

The Philipstown Depot Theatre is actively working to foster a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and access within our theatre and our community at large. We are committed to being an organization that honors, respects, and features all voices.

The Philipstown Depot Theatre acknowledges that it operates on ancestral land of the Lenape, Munsee, and Wappinger peoples. We honor the many diverse indigenous peoples still connected to this area and are grateful for their stewardship of this land.

These statements draw on work done by colleagues at The Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, The 2nd Stage Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, among others.

Board

Stephen Ives
President

Peter Weed
Vice President

Damian McDonald
Secretary

Kate Calligaro
Treasurer

Christopher Nowak & Peter Weed
Co-Chairmen, Operations

Jim Semmelman
Chairman, Marketing

Claudio Marzollo, Sheila P. Rauch, Katherine Plummer, Byron Stinson, Terry Turner, Caitlin Chadwick, Charles Dupree, Damian McDonald, Karen Kapoor

Staff

Amy Dul
Executive Director

Nancy Swann
Artistic Director

Julie Heckert
House Manager

Ned P. Rauch
Marketing Director

Mona Z. Smith
Grants Manager

Rachel Moody
Youth Coordinator

Photography credits: Mostly Ross Corsair. Additional photos by Gregory Punch, Amy Dul, Liz and Ned P. Rauch, and a few others. Historical images courtesy of Antipodean Books and Putnam County Historian Sarah Johnson.