This performance portrays a nursery rhyme justice system. Representing the people are detectives who investigate crime and the magistrates who prosecute defenders. These are their rhymes. The investigation involves a crime scene where Mister Humpty Dumpty has been found shattered. With lots of puns and plot twists, this Law and Order spoof surprised audiences by […]
In their poorest winter ever, when the crops have been devastated by locusts and the family must deal with the death of baby Freddie, Charles Ingalls backtracks his family to Burr Oak, Iowa, to take over the running of a hotel. This original play presents the poignant story of the "missing" two years in the […]
In Tuscumbia, Alabama, an illness renders infant Helen Keller blind, deaf, and mute. Pitied and badly spoiled by her parents, Helen is taught no discipline and, by the age of six, grows into a wild, angry tantrum-throwing child in control of the household. Desperate, the Kellers hire Annie Sullivan to serve as governess and teacher […]
After nearly 18 months off stage, we are ready to relight The Dodge City Depot Theater Stage! America’s first great ghost story, Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow follows the quirky and superstitious antics of schoolmaster Ichabod Crane, who is haunted by the dreaded Headless Horseman. This imaginative adaptation stays true to the world that […]
Humorist Jean Shepherd's memoir of growing up in the midwest in the 1940s follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas. Ralphie pleads his case before his mother, his teacher and even Santa Claus himself at Higbee's Department Store. The consistent response: "You'll […]
The Play That Goes Wrong begins before the curtain has even been raised, as the audience are present while the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society prepare to stage their new production – the 1920s murder mystery 'Murder at Haversham Manor'. However the set is not yet complete and there is no time to finish it off…..the […]
Announcing our Youth Theater Spring Break Show and Camp: Theater is a great opportunity for kids of all ages to learn and build communication and creative skills while having as much fun as possible. Our goal at The Depot is to provide a safe and accepting space for students to explore their creativity and empower […]
Mowgli is rambunctious and curious, scrappy and silly. Sound like a kid you know? This new adaptation of the beloved Rudyard Kipling story finds a child lost in the Indian jungle, where he is adopted by Baloo the Bear, Bagheera the panther, and all the beasts who call the mysterious wilderness home. This fast-paced retelling […]
Road Trip Paranormal and Everyday-Legacy Paranormal are RETURNING for a night of investigating the hauntings of the Depot Theater, and YOU get to join us! Bring your flashlights, cameras and/or gear, because you never know what we might encounter! Doors open at 730pm and event begins at 8pm with a brief introduction of the team […]
In the Heights tells the universal story of a vibrant community in New York’s Washington Heights neighborhood - a place where the coffee from the corner bodega is light and sweet, the windows are always open and the breeze carries the rhythm of three generations of music. It’s a community on the brink of change, full […]
Filled with hilarious repartee and not a few acerbic but mostly humorously revealing verbal collisions, the play moves toward tragedy when, in the second act, the spunky Shelby (who is diabetic) risks pregnancy and forfeits her life. The sudden realization of their mortality affects the others, but also draws on the underlying strength - and love - which give the play, and its characters, the special quality to make them truly touching, funny and marvelously amiable company in good times and bad.
Actors all have those roles they love, but will never have the chance to perform onstage – whether because they are of a different gender, age, race, or have different physical characteristics. It doesn't mean they haven't dreamed of what it would be like to get a crack at it – just once! Well, here's […]
