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From right to left: Ruth Winters, Dan
King, Katie Yoder,
Peter Reber, Emma Miller, Isaac Miller, Papa Yoder,
Ezra Reber, and Hilda Miller
Plain and Fancy 2002
April 6, 2002 thru November 2, 2002
Reviews
The Goshen News
The Nappanee Advanced News
The Paper
2002 Season Calendar
2002 Season Subscription
The staff of Plain and
Fancy
Scenes and songs from Plain and Fancy
The cast of Plain and Fancy
Repertory cast biographies
and Round Barn Theatre staff
Theme buffet menu
Learn
more about Plain and Fancy
Plain and Fancy
photo gallery
Plain and Fancy Photo Album
Visit other 2002 Season productions
Plain and Fancy was the first Broadway musical to
open in 1955, shortly before Silk Stockings and Damn Yankees,
and ran for 461 performances followed by over 350 performances in London.
It was a hit by any standard. Now, nearly five decades later, Amish Acres
has become the national home for this delightful musical, celebrating
its 16th season, after 2,600 performances before 250,000 patrons. It is
the heartwarming tale of a New York couple that experiences a rare glimpse
of life and love on an Amish farm. Whether it is your first trip to Bird-in-Hand
or a return visit, the community revealed through Plain and Fancy's
music, laughter and joy, will touch people of all origins, backgrounds
and faiths! The theatre's stage has been dedicated to Joseph Stein, co-author
of the show, whose support and guidance has given the theatre much of
its charm, character, and direction. Among its songs "Young and Foolish"
became one of the years most popular songs, recorded by Dean Martin. Other
popular pieces include "It Wonders Me," "Plenty of Pennsylvania,"
"Follow Your Heart," and "Plain We Live," which was
sung at the United States Postal Service dedication ceremony for its Amish
Quilts commemorative stamps on the Round Barn Theatre's stage.
Amish Acres Historic Farm
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Visit
America's complete Amish heritage attraction in Northern Indiana
Amish Country
Explore the historic
eighty acre farm and experience the lifestyle of the Amish through guided
tours, farm animals, restaurants, musical
theatre, craft demonstrations, quaint shops, and the surrounding
countryside plus the city of Nappanee.
Escape to Amish
Acres and share the heritage of these intriguing people in quiet celebration.
Time stopped over a century ago and preserves in the Amish a way of
life nearly forgotten in today's fast pasted world. The legacy of
the three generations of the family who lived here is seen and felt
through a nostalgic visit to the farm
and homestead.
Convenient and economical packages are tailored to accommodate guests:
day trip packages like Bonnets & Britches and
the PastPort
maximize a shorter time frame while overnight packages including special
Theatre Escape Weekends allow for the expansion of activities in a
leisurely manner. Not to be missed is the annual Arts & Crafts
Festival surrounding the historic farm's pond the second
full weekend every August featuring more than 390 juried booths
of fine arts and country crafts. (Come
Visit) (SCHOOL'S
OUT ONE WEEK SPECIAL)
Make group reservations for the 2005 season by June 10 and save!
Available
only through Amish Acres Website, You will save 50% on overnight
stays at your choice of two country inns, The
Inn at Amish Acres and The
Nappanee Inn, with the purchase of Amish
Acres PastPort that includes family style Threshers Dinner,
guided House & Farm Tour, Farm Wagon Ride Tour, and two Documentary
Films. PLUS save 25% per Round
Barn Theatre tickets for any of the six repertory musical
shows of the 2005 season.
Today's
Featured Packages and
Weekly Specials
The PastPort offers full and economical summer day
The PastPort package is an economical day trip option that includes family
style Threshers Dinner, Guided House & Farm Tour, Farm Wagon Ride, and
three Documentary Films with Bonnets & Britches especially
written for children. (more)
Bonnets & Britches package includes theatre
Don't miss a Round Barn Theatre musical or two during your visit by combining
Theatre + PastPort. Plain and Fancy will play in rotating repertory
with Fame - The Musical, Elton John & Tim Rice's Aida,
Smoke On The Mountain, and Disney's Beauty And The Beast.
(more)
Theatre
Escape Weekends make for a special discovery
We've added another weekend in 2005 because this package is so popular.
Come July, September, or October and do it all! Two shows, theme buffet,
Threshers Dinner, actors reception,tours, ride, shopping, lodging, more
food (more)
New Year's Eve Package provides ultimate value
What began as a 1999 Millennium bash is now an Amish Acres' tradition.
Celebrate early with the final matinee of Disney's Beauty and the
Beast and all-you-care-to-eat Threshers Dinner or spend the evening
taking in the final performance of Beauty and the Beast, a between
show reception followed by a cabaret show, with fireworks and overnight
accommodations at an incredible rate. Hurry - seats, beds, and place settings
fill quickly! (more)
Chicago television commercial plays on WGN-TV and WBBM-TV
Simple Place. Close to home. Quiet Life. Ample Food. Nature's Noise.
Slow Breeze. Soft Bed. Friendly Folk. Shoofly Pie. Come Today! View
our TV commercial that plays in Chicago during the summer months.
(View
Amish Acres 30 Second TV Commercial)
Current
Events
Newsweek includes Amish Acres Arts and Crafts Festival
in select list
Amish Acres arts and Crafts
Festival continues to make prestigious, national headlines, as one of
15 Summer Events to be listed in the June 12 edition of Newsweek within
the section: The Tip Sheet. (more) (Newsweek Tip
Sheet)
Nappanee Chamber
holds Annual Meeting at Amish Acres
A
social hour/silent auction, meal, report, logo unveiling, entertainment,
and awards made for a successful evening where member businesses and organizations
support the city's commerce foundation. Amish Acres received the Business
of the Year Award accepted by founder (1968) Richard Pletcher with
his father, LaVern, in attendance. Kathy and Stephen Medd representing
Napanee and District Ontario Chamber of Commerce made guest presentations.
(acceptance)
Amish Acres
appoints new group sales director
Jacki Dolin has assumed responsibilities of selling customized itineraries
to groups as well as coordinating wedding receptions and servicing Amish
Acres wholesale division shipping its handmade fudge and other confections
to all parts of the nation. To work with Ms. Dolin, contact her at 800-800-4942
ext.4 or email amishacres@amishacres.com.
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2006 Round Barn Theatre Season
Rags
June 25
A Costumed
Musical Staged Reading
Enter
Laughing (PG13)
Six Performances
August 20 - September 4
A Second Stage Production
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Amish Acres
Arts and Crafts Festival is ranked #3 in the Nation 
Sunshine Artist magazine announced the 200 Best Shows for 2004 in
its September issue. Amish Acres Arts
and Crafts Festival is listed in the Top 3 Traditional Shows; the
only Indiana show and August show. The other two include Yellow Daisy
Festival, Stone Mountain,
Georgia in September and Christmas in the Country,
Hamburg, NY in November. (more)
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Now showing in the Round Barn Theatre
Plain and Fancy
Amish
Acres has become the national home for this delightful musical, celebrating
its 19th season, after 2,900 performances before 258,000 patrons. It's the
heartwarming tale of a New York couple that experiences a rare glimpse of
life and love on an Amish farm. The theatre's stage has been dedicated to
Joseph Stein, co-author of the show, whose support and guidance has given
the theatre much of its charm, character, and direction. (more)
Fame - The Musical
'It's Gonna Live Forever' Fame has something for everyone!
Inspired by the blockbuster movie and TV phenom series, an exuberant portrayal
of star-struck students attending New York High School for the Performing
Arts.(more)
(View Fame - The Musical 30 Second TV Commercial)
This
Week's Featured Stories
Road Food
Indy
Men's Magazine, March
2005
By Lou Harry, Editor in Chief
"...The reason I keep going back year after year is the food. ...It's
one place where I can say that I've tried everything and everything is
really terrific."
We're always excited when Mr. Harry and his young family make the straight
northward trip to Amish Acres to see Round Barn Theatre performances and
dine in the Restaurant Barn. Read Lou Harry's ROAD FOOD review - shining!
(not to our surprise) (article)
Best Driving Vacations
Columbus
Monthly, 2005 Edition
By
Jane Wright
"Adventures in Amish Country" allots much space to describing
Amish Acres as a 'top attraction' and 'invaluable in bringing Amish
culture to life' and 'the ultimate craft shopping experience' during
Amish Acres Arts and Crafts Festival. (article)
The Best of Indiana
Home
& Away/Hoosier Nov/Dec 2004
By
Jon White
A well-traveled, local writer shares his list of favorites around the
Hoosier state in a three page article. BEST MEAL: "Threshers
Dinner, Amish Acres, Nappanee. Country-clad servers are weighed
down with farm-size platters of relish plates, beef and noodles, turkey,
pickles, mashed potatoes, pies, puddings and cakes."
www.homeandawaymagazine.com
Stick-to-your-ribs
fare
The Times, Northwest Indiana
By Joan Milne
Each year visitors flock to Northern Indiana's Amish country around
Nappanee, Shipshewana and Middlebury to experience life in the slow
lane. (article)
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Land of the Free and
the home of the Brave |
Amish
Acres Reservation Center
1600 West Market Street
Nappanee, IN 46550
(800) 800-4942
International (574) 773-4188
Group, Lodging and Theatre Reservations
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The
Staff of Plain and Fancy
Book by Joseph Stein and Will Glickman
Music by Albert Hague
Lyrics by Arnold B. Horwitt
Executive Producer, Richard Pletcher
Director, Scott Saegesser
Musical Director, Heidi F. Ferris
Production Stage Manager, Michelle Bouchard
Assistant Stage Manager, Scott Matthew Davis
Audio Designer, Paul Dodds
Lighting Designer, David Castaneda
Costumer, Patty Morgan
Scenic Designer, Richard Pletcher
Scenic Painter, Sarah Miller
Scenic Carpenter, John Wright
Amish Acres Historic Farm & Heritage Resort
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See why Newsweek,
U.S. News & World Report,
and TIME magazines
found
Amish Acres and
Nappanee, Indiana unique
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Close to Home, You Can't Get Further Away. Come for the Day, Stay
for a Play, Spend the Night. Bring
the  Whole
Kit and Kaboodle.
Embrace the Pace of Nappanee and Amish
Acres in Nappanee, Indiana. Take a deep breath and exhale, you'll find
life a little slower around here.
Explore the historic eighty
acre farm and heritage resort
and experience the lifestyle of the Amish through guided
tours, farm animals, restaurants, musical
theatre, craft demonstrations, and quaint
shops. Escape
to Amish Acres and share the heritage of these intriguing
people in quiet celebration. Time stopped over a century
ago and preserves in the Amish a way of life nearly forgotten
in today's fast paced world. The legacy of the three generations
of the family who lived here is seen and felt through a nostalgic
visit to the homestead.
 Relive
the simple pleasures of yesteryear by bringing the entire family together
to enjoy Threshers Dinner served
family style in the century old barn restaurant. Make your visit
the most economical by checking for the lowest
gasoline prices on your route. Plan
to spend the night at The Inn at Amish
Acres or The Nappanee Inn to make
your visit more relaxing and complete. (more)
2007
musical theatre season subscription benefits are a runaway
Following
the most successful season in Amish Acres theatre history, the 2007 Musical
Theatre season will include Nunsense, Pump Boys and
Dinettes, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Will Rogers Follies, and Irving
Berlin's White Christmas! Season Subscriptions are on sale now,
providing subscriber's benefits that make The Round
Barn Theatre the hottest ticket in town!
Call the box office at 800-800-4942 to purchase subscriptions now.
There is no better Christmas gift than a full ten months of musical
theatre on The Round Barn Theatre stage. (more)
Amish
Acres featuring Disney’s High School Musical in
performing arts classes and summer camps for young actors in 2007.
Amish
Acres has announced the creation of the Joseph
Stein Young Actors Studio as part of its performing arts programming
featuring Disney’s recently
released stage version of High School Musical!,
based on the Disney Channel Original Movie of the same title. The
Stein Studio will include in 2007 five sessions of three-week classes,
two six day summer day camps, and public performances of a full production
with a cast of high school students from area schools and a one act
version of High
School Musical! for
The Round Barn Theatre’s Theatre for Young Audiences. (more)
Top
stories
Today's
Featured Packages and
Weekly Specials
The
PastPort offers full and economical vacation day
The PastPort package is an economical day trip option that includes
family style Threshers Dinner, Guided House & Farm Tour, Farm
Wagon Ride, and three Documentary Films with Bonnets & Britches especially
written for children. (more)
Bonnets & Britches package includes theatre
Don't miss a Round Barn Theatre musical or two during your visit
by combining Theatre + PastPort. Plain and Fancy is
playing in rotating repertory with the 2006 season of musical
shows and savings are enticing by combining musical theatre purchases
with the PastPort package. (more)
Chicago
television commercial
Simple place. Close to home. Quiet life. Ample food. Nature's
noise. Slow breeze. Soft bed. Friendly folk. Shoofly pie. Come
today! View
our TV commercial that plays in Chicago during the summer months. (View
Amish Acres 30 Second TV Commercial)
Current
Events
Amish
Acres Arts & Crafts Festival moves 2007 date forward
one week to Thursday through Sunday, August 2, 3, 4, 5, 2007.
Because
of earlier school starting dates, Daylight Saving Time, and scheduling
conflicts, the Amish Acres Arts & Crafts Festival has been
moved up the ca lander one week beginning August 2 - 5, 2007. This
change will correct the previous movement through the calendar
over a several year cycle. The deadline for artist and craftsmen applications
is April 1, 2007. (more)
Elderhostel
International requests expanded Amish Acres programs for 2007.
As one of Elderhostel International's newest host sites, Amish Acres
has proven such a popular venue that it has requested additional
programs for 2007. The five day events include cycled through Nappanee's
Amish countryside, intergenerational programs for grandparents and
grandchildren, and Amish history, facts, lore, and more. (more)
Now
showing in the Round Barn Theatre
Nunsense opens the 2007 Repertory Season in The Round Barn
Theatre, Friday, April 27.
 Nunsense, winner
of four Outer Critics Awards including Best Off-Broadway Musical, is the story
of the Little Sisters of Hoboken who are trying to raise money to bury four of
their recently departed sisters. Creator Dan Goggin, from Alma, Michigan, writes, "I
wrote Nunsense because I wanted to share what I knew to be "the
humor of the nun." He certainly accomplishes this with such song titles
as "Nunsense is Habit-Forming," "The Biggest Ain't the Best," "We've
Got to Clean Out the Freezer," and "Holier Than Thou." (more)
Plain
and Fancy, celebrating its 21st Anniversary, comes of age on opening
night, May 1. You
can't miss it!
Amish Acres has become the national home for this delightful
musical. It's the heartwarming tale of a New York couple that
experiences a rare glimpse of life and love on an Amish farm.
Celebrating 21 years at Amish Acres after 3,000 performances
before 300,000 patrons! Round Barn Theatre veteran and artistic associate
Matthew Scott will direct the 2007 production opening May 1 and running
through October 27. The theatre's stage has been dedicated to Joseph Stein,
the show's author. Both he and Albert Hague, its composer have paid
visits to Amish Acres, the national home of their Broadway hit. (more)
Disney's
High School Musical Saturday, May 12th at
4:30 p.m. and
Sunday May 13th at 6:00 p.m. And again Saturday,
September 29th at 4:00 p.m. and Sunday, September 30th, 6:00 p.m.
In association with the Joseph Stein Young Actors Studio, The Round Barn
Theatre at Amish Acres is proud to present the northern Indiana premier
production of Disney's High School Musical on stage. Director Scott Saegesser,
assistant director Sue Frost-Mayse and musical director Ashley Frost,
have assembled a cast of veteran Round Barn high school performers plus
additional members chosed from auditions. The
company includes eighteen young actors from eleven high schools.The assembled
cast comes from Elkhart Memorial, Goshen, Chesterton, Triton, South Bend
St. Joseph , NorthWood in Nappanee, Warsaw, Ft. Wayne Snider, Bremen, Jimtown,
and Homeschool. (more)
New
York's York Theatre recognized The Round Barn Theatre for its 20
year contribution to Plain and Fancy
The Round Barn Theatre producers Richard and Susan Pletcher, as guests
of playwright Joseph and Elsia Stein, were introduced to the audience
of The York Theatre's 2006 Musicals in Mufti production of Plain
and Fancy, October 28, 2006. (more)
20th anniversary of Plain and Fancy culminates with a giveaway of the $2000 blue bird quilt
On 28, 2006, after the final performance of Plain and Fancy in
the Round Barn Theatre a name was drawn from thousands of entries
gathered throughout the entire season as the winner of the $2000
Blue Bird Quilt designed by Amish Acres founder and producer Richard
Pletcher and hand stitched by Joy Johnson, who has been quilting
in Amish Acres Gross Daadi Haus for over 35 years. (more)
Featured Stories
Nick
Jr Family Magazine names Arts & Crafts Festival its only Special
Event in its Now Playing section
In its August 2006 issue, Nick Jr Family Magazine lists Amish Acres
Arts & Crafts Festival with Palisade Peach Festival, Palisade, Colorado;
Tall Ships Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; The 145th Birthday of Mt. Washington Auto
Road, Gorham, New Hampshire;Cascade Festival of Music, Bend, Oregon; Rock in
River Festival, Franklin, Pennsylvania; Re/Max Ballunar Liftoff Festival; Sand
in the City Festival, Olympia, Washington; and Irish Festival, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Nick Jr is designed to bring parents and kids together with suggested adventures
that will please both. (more)
American
Bus Association names Arts & Crafts Festival Top 100
Event
A repeat in 2006 from 2003, American Bus Association (ABA)
has chosen Amish Acres Arts and Crafts Festival as a Top 100
Event in North America, one of just two in Indiana (Indianapolis
500 Festival). (more) See
additional magazine articles about Amish Acres in the national
press. (more)
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The
Nappanee Inn
A farmstead lodging
experience with
field stone, tufts of tall grass, and the
corn crib entrance that echo neighboring family farms
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and some shops are all fully accessible. |
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Amish
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1600 West Market Street
Nappanee, IN 46550
(800) 800-4942
International (574) 773-4188
Group, Lodging and Theatre Reservations
AmishAcres@AmishAcres.com
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Amish Acres, LLC, 1998-2007. All rights reserved. See Trademarks.
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Scenes and Songs from
Plain and Fancy
Act I
Scene 1
A section of road outside Lancaster, PA
You Can’t Miss It
Ruth, Dan & Ensemble
Scene 2
Another road
It Wonders Me
Katie
Scene 3
Another section of the road
Scene 4
The Yoder yard
Plenty Of Pennsylvania
Emma & Ensemble
Young And Foolish
Peter
Scene 5
The Yoder parlor
Why Not Katie?
Ezra & Isaac
Scene 6
The Yoder yard
Young And Foolish
Katie & Peter
Scene 7
The little room behind the kitchen
It’s A Heckuva Way To Run A Love Affair
Ruth
This Is All Very New to Me
Hilda
Scene 8
The Yoder yard
Plain We Live
Jacob & Ensemble
Scene 9
The Yoder yard
Plain We Live
Ensemble
Act II
Scene 1
The Yoder yard
How Do You Raise A Barn?
Ensemble
Follow Your Heart
Peter, Hilda & Katie
Scene 2
The Yoder kitchen
City Mouse, Country Mouse
Emma
Scene 3
The Yoder parlor
Scene 4
The little room behind the kitchen
I’ll Show Him
Hilda
Scene 5
The Reber yard
Young And Foolish
Katie
Scene 6
The Yoder yard
Plenty Of Pennsylvania
Ensemble
Amish Acres Historic Farm
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Visit
America's complete Amish heritage attraction in Northern Indiana
Amish Country
Explore the historic
eighty acre farm and experience the lifestyle of the Amish through guided
tours, farm animals, restaurants, musical
theatre, craft demonstrations, quaint shops, and the surrounding
countryside plus the city of Nappanee.
Escape to Amish
Acres and share the heritage of these intriguing people in quiet celebration.
Time stopped over a century ago and preserves in the Amish a way of
life nearly forgotten in today's fast pasted world. The legacy of
the three generations of the family who lived here is seen and felt
through a nostalgic visit to the farm
and homestead.
Convenient and economical packages are tailored to accommodate guests:
day trip packages like Bonnets & Britches and
the PastPort
maximize a shorter time frame while overnight packages including special
Theatre Escape Weekends allow for the expansion of activities in a
leisurely manner. Not to be missed is the annual Arts & Crafts
Festival surrounding the historic farm's pond the second
full weekend every August featuring more than 390 juried booths
of fine arts and country crafts. (Come
Visit) (SCHOOL'S
OUT ONE WEEK SPECIAL)
Make group reservations for the 2005 season by June 10 and save!
Available
only through Amish Acres Website, You will save 50% on overnight
stays at your choice of two country inns, The
Inn at Amish Acres and The
Nappanee Inn, with the purchase of Amish
Acres PastPort that includes family style Threshers Dinner,
guided House & Farm Tour, Farm Wagon Ride Tour, and two Documentary
Films. PLUS save 25% per Round
Barn Theatre tickets for any of the six repertory musical
shows of the 2005 season.
Today's
Featured Packages and
Weekly Specials
The PastPort offers full and economical summer day
The PastPort package is an economical day trip option that includes family
style Threshers Dinner, Guided House & Farm Tour, Farm Wagon Ride, and
three Documentary Films with Bonnets & Britches especially
written for children. (more)
Bonnets & Britches package includes theatre
Don't miss a Round Barn Theatre musical or two during your visit by combining
Theatre + PastPort. Plain and Fancy will play in rotating repertory
with Fame - The Musical, Elton John & Tim Rice's Aida,
Smoke On The Mountain, and Disney's Beauty And The Beast.
(more)
Theatre
Escape Weekends make for a special discovery
We've added another weekend in 2005 because this package is so popular.
Come July, September, or October and do it all! Two shows, theme buffet,
Threshers Dinner, actors reception,tours, ride, shopping, lodging, more
food (more)
New Year's Eve Package provides ultimate value
What began as a 1999 Millennium bash is now an Amish Acres' tradition.
Celebrate early with the final matinee of Disney's Beauty and the
Beast and all-you-care-to-eat Threshers Dinner or spend the evening
taking in the final performance of Beauty and the Beast, a between
show reception followed by a cabaret show, with fireworks and overnight
accommodations at an incredible rate. Hurry - seats, beds, and place settings
fill quickly! (more)
Chicago television commercial plays on WGN-TV and WBBM-TV
Simple Place. Close to home. Quiet Life. Ample Food. Nature's Noise.
Slow Breeze. Soft Bed. Friendly Folk. Shoofly Pie. Come Today! View
our TV commercial that plays in Chicago during the summer months.
(View
Amish Acres 30 Second TV Commercial)
Current
Events
Newsweek includes Amish Acres Arts and Crafts Festival
in select list
Amish Acres arts and Crafts
Festival continues to make prestigious, national headlines, as one of
15 Summer Events to be listed in the June 12 edition of Newsweek within
the section: The Tip Sheet. (more) (Newsweek Tip
Sheet)
Nappanee Chamber
holds Annual Meeting at Amish Acres
A
social hour/silent auction, meal, report, logo unveiling, entertainment,
and awards made for a successful evening where member businesses and organizations
support the city's commerce foundation. Amish Acres received the Business
of the Year Award accepted by founder (1968) Richard Pletcher with
his father, LaVern, in attendance. Kathy and Stephen Medd representing
Napanee and District Ontario Chamber of Commerce made guest presentations.
(acceptance)
Amish Acres
appoints new group sales director
Jacki Dolin has assumed responsibilities of selling customized itineraries
to groups as well as coordinating wedding receptions and servicing Amish
Acres wholesale division shipping its handmade fudge and other confections
to all parts of the nation. To work with Ms. Dolin, contact her at 800-800-4942
ext.4 or email amishacres@amishacres.com.
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2006 Round Barn Theatre Season
Rags
June 25
A Costumed
Musical Staged Reading
Enter
Laughing (PG13)
Six Performances
August 20 - September 4
A Second Stage Production
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Amish Acres
Arts and Crafts Festival is ranked #3 in the Nation
Sunshine Artist magazine announced the 200 Best Shows for 2004 in
its September issue. Amish Acres Arts
and Crafts Festival is listed in the Top 3 Traditional Shows; the
only Indiana show and August show. The other two include Yellow Daisy
Festival, Stone Mountain,
Georgia in September and Christmas in the Country,
Hamburg, NY in November. (more)
horizontal line
Now showing in the Round Barn Theatre
Plain and Fancy
Amish
Acres has become the national home for this delightful musical, celebrating
its 19th season, after 2,900 performances before 258,000 patrons. It's the
heartwarming tale of a New York couple that experiences a rare glimpse of
life and love on an Amish farm. The theatre's stage has been dedicated to
Joseph Stein, co-author of the show, whose support and guidance has given
the theatre much of its charm, character, and direction. (more)
Fame - The Musical
'It's Gonna Live Forever' Fame has something for everyone!
Inspired by the blockbuster movie and TV phenom series, an exuberant portrayal
of star-struck students attending New York High School for the Performing
Arts.(more)
(View Fame - The Musical 30 Second TV Commercial)
This
Week's Featured Stories
Road Food
Indy
Men's Magazine, March
2005
By Lou Harry, Editor in Chief
"...The reason I keep going back year after year is the food. ...It's
one place where I can say that I've tried everything and everything is
really terrific."
We're always excited when Mr. Harry and his young family make the straight
northward trip to Amish Acres to see Round Barn Theatre performances and
dine in the Restaurant Barn. Read Lou Harry's ROAD FOOD review - shining!
(not to our surprise) (article)
Best Driving Vacations
Columbus
Monthly, 2005 Edition
By
Jane Wright
"Adventures in Amish Country" allots much space to describing
Amish Acres as a 'top attraction' and 'invaluable in bringing Amish
culture to life' and 'the ultimate craft shopping experience' during
Amish Acres Arts and Crafts Festival. (article)
The Best of Indiana
Home
& Away/Hoosier Nov/Dec 2004
By
Jon White
A well-traveled, local writer shares his list of favorites around the
Hoosier state in a three page article. BEST MEAL: "Threshers
Dinner, Amish Acres, Nappanee. Country-clad servers are weighed
down with farm-size platters of relish plates, beef and noodles, turkey,
pickles, mashed potatoes, pies, puddings and cakes."
www.homeandawaymagazine.com
Stick-to-your-ribs
fare
The Times, Northwest Indiana
By Joan Milne
Each year visitors flock to Northern Indiana's Amish country around
Nappanee, Shipshewana and Middlebury to experience life in the slow
lane. (article)
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Amish Acres Historic Farm, Nappanee, Indiana
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note, due to the historic architecture and landscape of many Amish Acres
attractions,
handicapped accessibility may be limited. The restaurant, theatres, lodging,
and some shops are all fully accessible. |
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Land of the Free and
the home of the Brave
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Amish
Acres Reservation Center
1600 West Market Street
Nappanee, IN 46550
(800) 800-4942
International (574) 773-4188
Group, Lodging and Theatre Reservations
AmishAcres@AmishAcres.com |
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Copyright
Amish Acres, LLC, 1998-2006. All rights reserved. See Trademarks.
All products, services, schedules, prices and details subject to change
without notice. |
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The Cast of Plain and Fancy
Listed in order of appearance
| Dan King |
Joe Ford |
| Ruth Winters |
Cheryl Szucsits |
| Jacob Yoder |
Jeremy Littlejohn |
| Katie Yoder |
Andrea DiGregorio |
| Isaac Miller |
Sam Brown |
| Hilda Miller |
Stephanie Steidley |
| Emma Miller |
Emily Mackel
(J. Courtney Taylor from April 16 thru June 9,
2002) |
| Ezra Reber |
Derek Martin |
| Peter Reber |
Brent Hunsinger |
Amish Acres Historic Farm & Heritage Resort
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Telephone 1-800-800-4942
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773-4188 |
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See why Newsweek,
U.S. News & World Report,
and TIME magazines
found
Amish Acres and
Nappanee, Indiana unique
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This
Close to Home, You Can't Get Further Away. Come for the Day, Stay
for a Play, Spend the Night. Bring
the Whole
Kit and Kaboodle.
Embrace the Pace of Nappanee and Amish
Acres in Nappanee, Indiana. Take a deep breath and exhale, you'll find
life a little slower around here.
Explore the historic eighty
acre farm and heritage resort
and experience the lifestyle of the Amish through guided
tours, farm animals, restaurants, musical
theatre, craft demonstrations, and quaint
shops. Escape
to Amish Acres and share the heritage of these intriguing
people in quiet celebration. Time stopped over a century
ago and preserves in the Amish a way of life nearly forgotten
in today's fast paced world. The legacy of the three generations
of the family who lived here is seen and felt through a nostalgic
visit to the homestead.
Relive
the simple pleasures of yesteryear by bringing the entire family together
to enjoy Threshers Dinner served
family style in the century old barn restaurant. Make your visit
the most economical by checking for the lowest
gasoline prices on your route. Plan
to spend the night at The Inn at Amish
Acres or The Nappanee Inn to make
your visit more relaxing and complete. (more)
2007
musical theatre season subscription benefits are a runaway
Following
the most successful season in Amish Acres theatre history, the 2007 Musical
Theatre season will include Nunsense, Pump Boys and
Dinettes, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Will Rogers Follies, and Irving
Berlin's White Christmas! Season Subscriptions are on sale now,
providing subscriber's benefits that make The Round
Barn Theatre the hottest ticket in town!
Call the box office at 800-800-4942 to purchase subscriptions now.
There is no better Christmas gift than a full ten months of musical
theatre on The Round Barn Theatre stage. (more)
Amish
Acres featuring Disney’s High School Musical in
performing arts classes and summer camps for young actors in 2007.
Amish
Acres has announced the creation of the Joseph
Stein Young Actors Studio as part of its performing arts programming
featuring Disney’s recently
released stage version of High School Musical!,
based on the Disney Channel Original Movie of the same title. The
Stein Studio will include in 2007 five sessions of three-week classes,
two six day summer day camps, and public performances of a full production
with a cast of high school students from area schools and a one act
version of High
School Musical! for
The Round Barn Theatre’s Theatre for Young Audiences. (more)
Top
stories
Today's
Featured Packages and
Weekly Specials
The
PastPort offers full and economical vacation day
The PastPort package is an economical day trip option that includes
family style Threshers Dinner, Guided House & Farm Tour, Farm
Wagon Ride, and three Documentary Films with Bonnets & Britches especially
written for children. (more)
Bonnets & Britches package includes theatre
Don't miss a Round Barn Theatre musical or two during your visit
by combining Theatre + PastPort. Plain and Fancy is
playing in rotating repertory with the 2006 season of musical
shows and savings are enticing by combining musical theatre purchases
with the PastPort package. (more)
Chicago
television commercial
Simple place. Close to home. Quiet life. Ample food. Nature's
noise. Slow breeze. Soft bed. Friendly folk. Shoofly pie. Come
today! View
our TV commercial that plays in Chicago during the summer months. (View
Amish Acres 30 Second TV Commercial)
Current
Events
Amish
Acres Arts & Crafts Festival moves 2007 date forward
one week to Thursday through Sunday, August 2, 3, 4, 5, 2007.
Because
of earlier school starting dates, Daylight Saving Time, and scheduling
conflicts, the Amish Acres Arts & Crafts Festival has been
moved up the ca lander one week beginning August 2 - 5, 2007. This
change will correct the previous movement through the calendar
over a several year cycle. The deadline for artist and craftsmen applications
is April 1, 2007. (more)
Elderhostel
International requests expanded Amish Acres programs for 2007.
As one of Elderhostel International's newest host sites, Amish Acres
has proven such a popular venue that it has requested additional
programs for 2007. The five day events include cycled through Nappanee's
Amish countryside, intergenerational programs for grandparents and
grandchildren, and Amish history, facts, lore, and more. (more)
Now
showing in the Round Barn Theatre
Nunsense opens the 2007 Repertory Season in The Round Barn
Theatre, Friday, April 27.
Nunsense, winner
of four Outer Critics Awards including Best Off-Broadway Musical, is the story
of the Little Sisters of Hoboken who are trying to raise money to bury four of
their recently departed sisters. Creator Dan Goggin, from Alma, Michigan, writes, "I
wrote Nunsense because I wanted to share what I knew to be "the
humor of the nun." He certainly accomplishes this with such song titles
as "Nunsense is Habit-Forming," "The Biggest Ain't the Best," "We've
Got to Clean Out the Freezer," and "Holier Than Thou." (more)
Plain
and Fancy, celebrating its 21st Anniversary, comes of age on opening
night, May 1. You
can't miss it!
Amish Acres has become the national home for this delightful
musical. It's the heartwarming tale of a New York couple that
experiences a rare glimpse of life and love on an Amish farm.
Celebrating 21 years at Amish Acres after 3,000 performances
before 300,000 patrons! Round Barn Theatre veteran and artistic associate
Matthew Scott will direct the 2007 production opening May 1 and running
through October 27. The theatre's stage has been dedicated to Joseph Stein,
the show's author. Both he and Albert Hague, its composer have paid
visits to Amish Acres, the national home of their Broadway hit. (more)
Disney's
High School Musical Saturday, May 12th at
4:30 p.m. and
Sunday May 13th at 6:00 p.m. And again Saturday,
September 29th at 4:00 p.m. and Sunday, September 30th, 6:00 p.m.
In association with the Joseph Stein Young Actors Studio, The Round Barn
Theatre at Amish Acres is proud to present the northern Indiana premier
production of Disney's High School Musical on stage. Director Scott Saegesser,
assistant director Sue Frost-Mayse and musical director Ashley Frost,
have assembled a cast of veteran Round Barn high school performers plus
additional members chosed from auditions. The
company includes eighteen young actors from eleven high schools.The assembled
cast comes from Elkhart Memorial, Goshen, Chesterton, Triton, South Bend
St. Joseph , NorthWood in Nappanee, Warsaw, Ft. Wayne Snider, Bremen, Jimtown,
and Homeschool. (more)
New
York's York Theatre recognized The Round Barn Theatre for its 20
year contribution to Plain and Fancy
The Round Barn Theatre producers Richard and Susan Pletcher, as guests
of playwright Joseph and Elsia Stein, were introduced to the audience
of The York Theatre's 2006 Musicals in Mufti production of Plain
and Fancy, October 28, 2006. (more)
20th anniversary of Plain and Fancy culminates with a giveaway of the $2000 blue bird quilt
On 28, 2006, after the final performance of Plain and Fancy in
the Round Barn Theatre a name was drawn from thousands of entries
gathered throughout the entire season as the winner of the $2000
Blue Bird Quilt designed by Amish Acres founder and producer Richard
Pletcher and hand stitched by Joy Johnson, who has been quilting
in Amish Acres Gross Daadi Haus for over 35 years. (more)
Featured Stories
Nick
Jr Family Magazine names Arts & Crafts Festival its only Special
Event in its Now Playing section
In its August 2006 issue, Nick Jr Family Magazine lists Amish Acres
Arts & Crafts Festival with Palisade Peach Festival, Palisade, Colorado;
Tall Ships Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; The 145th Birthday of Mt. Washington Auto
Road, Gorham, New Hampshire;Cascade Festival of Music, Bend, Oregon; Rock in
River Festival, Franklin, Pennsylvania; Re/Max Ballunar Liftoff Festival; Sand
in the City Festival, Olympia, Washington; and Irish Festival, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Nick Jr is designed to bring parents and kids together with suggested adventures
that will please both. (more)
American
Bus Association names Arts & Crafts Festival Top 100
Event
A repeat in 2006 from 2003, American Bus Association (ABA)
has chosen Amish Acres Arts and Crafts Festival as a Top 100
Event in North America, one of just two in Indiana (Indianapolis
500 Festival). (more) See
additional magazine articles about Amish Acres in the national
press. (more)
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Lodging
Packages
The
Nappanee Inn
The
Nappanee Inn
A farmstead lodging
experience with
field stone, tufts of tall grass, and the
corn crib entrance that echo neighboring family farms
The
Round Barn Theatre ®
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Please
note, due to the historic architecture and landscape of many Amish
Acres attractions,
handicapped accessibility may be limited. The restaurant, theatres, lodging,
and some shops are all fully accessible. |
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|
| Online
General Store |
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|
Land of the
Free and
the home of the Brave |
Amish
Acres Reservation Center
1600 West Market Street
Nappanee, IN 46550
(800) 800-4942
International (574) 773-4188
Group, Lodging and Theatre Reservations
AmishAcres@AmishAcres.com
Copyright
Amish Acres, LLC, 1998-2007. All rights reserved. See Trademarks.
All products, services, schedules, prices and details subject to change
without notice. |
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Plain and Fancy 2002
Theme Buffet
April 19 & 26, 2002
Plenty of Pennsylvania
Soup
Lentil Soup
Appetizers
Glazed Grapes
Watermelon Pickles
Rutabaga with Xplant Dip
Cauliflower, Peas,
Broccoli, and Fennel
Salad
Dandelion Greens, Kale, Escarole
with Tomatoes, Unions
Iceberg Lettuce Quarters
Bread
Zucchini Bread
Quince Jam
Entrees
Swiss Steak with Mushrooms
with Juniper
Pan Fried Chicken
Roasted Acorn Squash with Cinnamon
Vegetables
Asparagus
Candied Yams
Okra (Voted out)
Desserts
Honeydew Melon with Honey
Raspberry Pie
Brenda's Famous Crème Brule'
Beverages
Raspberry Vinegar
Alcohol Free Wines
Sparkling Juices
Iced Tea
Coffees
Amish Acres Historic Farm & Heritage Resort
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Telephone 1-800-800-4942
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(574)
773-4188 |
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See why Newsweek,
U.S. News & World Report,
and TIME magazines
found
Amish Acres and
Nappanee, Indiana unique
|
|
This
Close to Home, You Can't Get Further Away. Come for the Day, Stay
for a Play, Spend the Night. Bring
the Whole
Kit and Kaboodle.
Embrace the Pace of Nappanee and Amish
Acres in Nappanee, Indiana. Take a deep breath and exhale, you'll find
life a little slower around here.
Explore the historic eighty
acre farm and heritage resort
and experience the lifestyle of the Amish through guided
tours, farm animals, restaurants, musical
theatre, craft demonstrations, and quaint
shops. Escape
to Amish Acres and share the heritage of these intriguing
people in quiet celebration. Time stopped over a century
ago and preserves in the Amish a way of life nearly forgotten
in today's fast paced world. The legacy of the three generations
of the family who lived here is seen and felt through a nostalgic
visit to the homestead.
Relive
the simple pleasures of yesteryear by bringing the entire family together
to enjoy Threshers Dinner served
family style in the century old barn restaurant. Make your visit
the most economical by checking for the lowest
gasoline prices on your route. Plan
to spend the night at The Inn at Amish
Acres or The Nappanee Inn to make
your visit more relaxing and complete. (more)
2007
musical theatre season subscription benefits are a runaway
Following
the most successful season in Amish Acres theatre history, the 2007 Musical
Theatre season will include Nunsense, Pump Boys and
Dinettes, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Will Rogers Follies, and Irving
Berlin's White Christmas! Season Subscriptions are on sale now,
providing subscriber's benefits that make The Round
Barn Theatre the hottest ticket in town!
Call the box office at 800-800-4942 to purchase subscriptions now.
There is no better Christmas gift than a full ten months of musical
theatre on The Round Barn Theatre stage. (more)
Amish
Acres featuring Disney’s High School Musical in
performing arts classes and summer camps for young actors in 2007.
Amish
Acres has announced the creation of the Joseph
Stein Young Actors Studio as part of its performing arts programming
featuring Disney’s recently
released stage version of High School Musical!,
based on the Disney Channel Original Movie of the same title. The
Stein Studio will include in 2007 five sessions of three-week classes,
two six day summer day camps, and public performances of a full production
with a cast of high school students from area schools and a one act
version of High
School Musical! for
The Round Barn Theatre’s Theatre for Young Audiences. (more)
Top
stories
Today's
Featured Packages and
Weekly Specials
The
PastPort offers full and economical vacation day
The PastPort package is an economical day trip option that includes
family style Threshers Dinner, Guided House & Farm Tour, Farm
Wagon Ride, and three Documentary Films with Bonnets & Britches especially
written for children. (more)
Bonnets & Britches package includes theatre
Don't miss a Round Barn Theatre musical or two during your visit
by combining Theatre + PastPort. Plain and Fancy is
playing in rotating repertory with the 2006 season of musical
shows and savings are enticing by combining musical theatre purchases
with the PastPort package. (more)
Chicago
television commercial
Simple place. Close to home. Quiet life. Ample food. Nature's
noise. Slow breeze. Soft bed. Friendly folk. Shoofly pie. Come
today! View
our TV commercial that plays in Chicago during the summer months. (View
Amish Acres 30 Second TV Commercial)
Current
Events
Amish
Acres Arts & Crafts Festival moves 2007 date forward
one week to Thursday through Sunday, August 2, 3, 4, 5, 2007.
Because
of earlier school starting dates, Daylight Saving Time, and scheduling
conflicts, the Amish Acres Arts & Crafts Festival has been
moved up the ca lander one week beginning August 2 - 5, 2007. This
change will correct the previous movement through the calendar
over a several year cycle. The deadline for artist and craftsmen applications
is April 1, 2007. (more)
Elderhostel
International requests expanded Amish Acres programs for 2007.
As one of Elderhostel International's newest host sites, Amish Acres
has proven such a popular venue that it has requested additional
programs for 2007. The five day events include cycled through Nappanee's
Amish countryside, intergenerational programs for grandparents and
grandchildren, and Amish history, facts, lore, and more. (more)
Now
showing in the Round Barn Theatre
Nunsense opens the 2007 Repertory Season in The Round Barn
Theatre, Friday, April 27.
Nunsense, winner
of four Outer Critics Awards including Best Off-Broadway Musical, is the story
of the Little Sisters of Hoboken who are trying to raise money to bury four of
their recently departed sisters. Creator Dan Goggin, from Alma, Michigan, writes, "I
wrote Nunsense because I wanted to share what I knew to be "the
humor of the nun." He certainly accomplishes this with such song titles
as "Nunsense is Habit-Forming," "The Biggest Ain't the Best," "We've
Got to Clean Out the Freezer," and "Holier Than Thou." (more)
Plain
and Fancy, celebrating its 21st Anniversary, comes of age on opening
night, May 1. You
can't miss it!
Amish Acres has become the national home for this delightful
musical. It's the heartwarming tale of a New York couple that
experiences a rare glimpse of life and love on an Amish farm.
Celebrating 21 years at Amish Acres after 3,000 performances
before 300,000 patrons! Round Barn Theatre veteran and artistic associate
Matthew Scott will direct the 2007 production opening May 1 and running
through October 27. The theatre's stage has been dedicated to Joseph Stein,
the show's author. Both he and Albert Hague, its composer have paid
visits to Amish Acres, the national home of their Broadway hit. (more)
Disney's
High School Musical Saturday, May 12th at
4:30 p.m. and
Sunday May 13th at 6:00 p.m. And again Saturday,
September 29th at 4:00 p.m. and Sunday, September 30th, 6:00 p.m.
In association with the Joseph Stein Young Actors Studio, The Round Barn
Theatre at Amish Acres is proud to present the northern Indiana premier
production of Disney's High School Musical on stage. Director Scott Saegesser,
assistant director Sue Frost-Mayse and musical director Ashley Frost,
have assembled a cast of veteran Round Barn high school performers plus
additional members chosed from auditions. The
company includes eighteen young actors from eleven high schools.The assembled
cast comes from Elkhart Memorial, Goshen, Chesterton, Triton, South Bend
St. Joseph , NorthWood in Nappanee, Warsaw, Ft. Wayne Snider, Bremen, Jimtown,
and Homeschool. (more)
New
York's York Theatre recognized The Round Barn Theatre for its 20
year contribution to Plain and Fancy
The Round Barn Theatre producers Richard and Susan Pletcher, as guests
of playwright Joseph and Elsia Stein, were introduced to the audience
of The York Theatre's 2006 Musicals in Mufti production of Plain
and Fancy, October 28, 2006. (more)
20th anniversary of Plain and Fancy culminates with a giveaway of the $2000 blue bird quilt
On 28, 2006, after the final performance of Plain and Fancy in
the Round Barn Theatre a name was drawn from thousands of entries
gathered throughout the entire season as the winner of the $2000
Blue Bird Quilt designed by Amish Acres founder and producer Richard
Pletcher and hand stitched by Joy Johnson, who has been quilting
in Amish Acres Gross Daadi Haus for over 35 years. (more)
Featured Stories
Nick
Jr Family Magazine names Arts & Crafts Festival its only Special
Event in its Now Playing section
In its August 2006 issue, Nick Jr Family Magazine lists Amish Acres
Arts & Crafts Festival with Palisade Peach Festival, Palisade, Colorado;
Tall Ships Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; The 145th Birthday of Mt. Washington Auto
Road, Gorham, New Hampshire;Cascade Festival of Music, Bend, Oregon; Rock in
River Festival, Franklin, Pennsylvania; Re/Max Ballunar Liftoff Festival; Sand
in the City Festival, Olympia, Washington; and Irish Festival, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Nick Jr is designed to bring parents and kids together with suggested adventures
that will please both. (more)
American
Bus Association names Arts & Crafts Festival Top 100
Event
A repeat in 2006 from 2003, American Bus Association (ABA)
has chosen Amish Acres Arts and Crafts Festival as a Top 100
Event in North America, one of just two in Indiana (Indianapolis
500 Festival). (more) See
additional magazine articles about Amish Acres in the national
press. (more)
|
|
Lodging
Packages
The
Nappanee Inn
The
Nappanee Inn
A farmstead lodging
experience with
field stone, tufts of tall grass, and the
corn crib entrance that echo neighboring family farms
The
Round Barn Theatre ®
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Please
note, due to the historic architecture and landscape of many Amish
Acres attractions,
handicapped accessibility may be limited. The restaurant, theatres, lodging,
and some shops are all fully accessible. |
|
|
| Online
General Store |
|
|
Land of the
Free and
the home of the Brave |
Amish
Acres Reservation Center
1600 West Market Street
Nappanee, IN 46550
(800) 800-4942
International (574) 773-4188
Group, Lodging and Theatre Reservations
AmishAcres@AmishAcres.com
Copyright
Amish Acres, LLC, 1998-2007. All rights reserved. See Trademarks.
All products, services, schedules, prices and details subject to change
without notice. |
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2006 Round Barn Theatre Season
Rags
June 25
A Costumed
Musical Staged Reading
Enter
Laughing (PG13)
Six Performances
August 20 - September 4
A Second Stage Production
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