There’s now a stage musical based on your Daughters of Lancaster County books. How did that come about? What part of the series is the focus of the musical?
After reading my Daughters of Lancaster County series, the producer of the Bluegate Musicals contacted my publisher, saying they wished to write a musical play based on the concept of my series. While the play is presented a bit different than my books, the concept from all three stories was used to create a wonderful musical play made for the stage.
Were you involved at all in the adaptation? (Have you seen the show yet? Were you surprised by how it looked on stage?)
I was not involved in the adaptation, but I attended the musical play when it first opened in Shipshewana, Ind., at the Bluegate Theater in June of this year. I will also attend several performances at the Ohio Star Theater in Sugarcreek, Ohio, in September.
Since the Bluegate Musicals adapted another one of my previous books (The Half-Stitched Amish Quilting Club) to produce a musical play, I was not surprised by how Stolen looked on stage. The music, acting, and choreography are wonderfully presented in both of those plays.
There’s a new 3-in-1 edition that collects the Daughters of Lancaster County books together. How has this experience helped you reflect on your original series—or are you too focused on the next book(s) to really think about them?
Having the series re-released has been fun for me. It helps me remember how much I enjoyed writing all three books in the series, and takes me back to Lancaster County, Penn., where the idea for the stories was born after my husband and I visited an Amish farm to buy homemade root-beer.
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The Christmas Prayer
Wanda E. Brunstetter
Shiloh Run Press
Beloved, bestselling author of Amish fiction, Wanda E. Brunstetter takes readers on a journey in 1850 along the California Trail when a sudden snowstorm traps three wagons in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and forces Cynthia Cooper to evaluate the man she has promised to marry against two other worthy men in their party.
The Hope Jar
Prayer Jars #1
Wanda E. Brunstetter
Shiloh Run Press
What happens when making an elderly Amish couple very happy means going along with a lie that gets bigger by the day? Michelle is not who her new family believes her to be, but how can she tell the truth without hurting the ones she has come to truly love?
The Daughters of Lancaster County
The Bestselling Series That Inspired the Musical Stolen
Wanda E. Brunstetter
Barbour Books
Enjoy the three bestselling novels that inspired the made-for-stage musical Stolen. A three-part story unfolds in Lancaster, Penn., where a child’s kidnapping affects the whole Amish community. In the midst of the tragic aftermath, three young Amish women struggle to find hope and love.
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