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Community theaters / Clarkston (old Grand Trunk depot)

Clarkston Village Players

Community theatre in an old train depot: Clarkston Village Players bought the town's former Grand Trunk station for $150 in 1962 and has played there since 1964. 2026–27 is its 65th season.

Fairy-tale characters on a forest set: a prince in a crown, a girl in a peach gown, two sisters in pink gowns with dark glasses and white canes, and a white cow prop

Clarkston Village Players · Photo from the venue’s official website

Quick facts

Opened
1961
Formerly
Clarkston train station (Grand Trunk depot)

01 / Playbill

Now on stage

Announced lineup

What the venue announced on its own site when we last checked (2026-09-26). Click through for exact times and tickets.

Full lineup on the venue’s site ↗

02 / The story of this place

Make time for these

Clarkston Village Players organized in March 1961 and staged its first play, Two Blind Mice, two months later at Clarkston High School. In 1962 the group bought the town's old railway depot from the Grand Trunk Railroad for $150; the station had served passengers until 1959 and replaced an earlier depot destroyed by fire in 1923. The first show in the Depot Theatre was the melodrama Dirty Work at the Crossroads in 1964, and its stage curtain came from the old Clarkston Opera House in the Maccabees Building. The 2026–27 season is the company's 65th, with a main season, a 'Second Season' of smaller events and a youth summer musical. Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!) plays November 6–21, 2026, and Next to Normal runs January 8–23, 2027.

  • A theatre in a depot bought for $150 in 1962
  • Stage curtain from the old Clarkston Opera House
  • Next to Normal: January 8–23, 2027

Plan your visit

Buy tickets online, by mail or through the ticket hotline at (248) 425-5842, which is voicemail with call-backs. Seating is open, and the Depot Theatre is on White Lake Road in Clarkston.

Box office

Ticket hotline (248) 425-5842 (voicemail, calls returned); tickets also online or by mail. General inquiries (248) 625-8811 (not for tickets).

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