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Embrace the Pace of this peaceful place. Slow down to a simpler way of life where time stopped over a century ago.

Crab apple blossoms Take a deep breath and exhale, you'll find life a little slower around here. The peaceful quiet of the country invites you to take up a rocking chair and relax while you marvel at the stewardship with which Amish society lives in harmony with the land. Over three centuries of traditions are carried on among this most enterprising of people; an inspiration to those caught up in the ever increasing pace of today's hectic world.

So come 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. Come for the day or an overnight stay, either way its a vacation for the soul. It's a little of the old country just outside your back door. 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. Stay for a play; see Plain and Fancy in The Round Barn Theatre where it has been performed for the last twenty one years; often in repertory with a performing arts festival of Broadway musicals, second stage productions, theatre for young audience performance, acting camps, staged readings and plays. Plan to spend the night at The Inn at Amish Acres or The Nappanee Inn to make your visit more relaxing and complete.

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Celebrate Mother's Day the Amish Acres Way

Give Mom more that a Meal, give her the nostalgia of gathering around antique tables amid the hand hewed beams of the old barn restaurant with your family and share Amish Acres famous Threshers Dinner served family style. Begin your culinary treat with steaming bean soup served from the iron kettle, pass platters of mashed potatoes, giblet gravy, beef and noodles, and baskets of hearth baked bread and crock of apple butter. You'll tarry while you select from the tins of baked pies, apple dumplings, and date nut pudding. Mom gets free tickets to The Fantasticks and Willy Wonka Junior more

The Round Barn Theatre

The Round Barn Theatre at Amish Acres is a performing arts festival in its own right. Five Broadway musicals join Plain and Fancy on the Joseph Stein Stage of The Round Barn Theatre over a ten month season. Additional Second Stage productions, staged readings, and Young Actors Studio productions fill the season's bill. more

The Fantasticks

The Fantasticks opens the 2008 main stage season on April 15 and runs through June 1. The Fantasticks opened in 1960 off-Broadway and by the time the final curtain was brought down in 2002, had played 17,162 performances thus becoming the longest running musical in U.S. history.

Fittingly Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt wrote The Fantasticks for a summer theatre production at Barnard College. “Try to Remember” and “Soon It’s Gonna Rain” became part of the national culture. In reflection the Wall Street Journal called The Fantasticks “The Perfect Musical” upon its revival in 2006.

Willy Wonka

Hot on its heels is the high school actor's production of Willy Wonka as part of the Joseph Stein Young Actors Studio. Students from a dozen northern Indiana schools join together under the direction of Regina Warren, the theatre's education director and productioin stage manager.

Main Stage Performances
The Round Barn Theatre

Sunday, May 11, 2008 ~ 6:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 18, 2008 ~ 6:00 p.m.

Theatre for Young Audiences
School Day Performances

Thursday, May 15, 2008 ~ 9:00 & 11:00 a.m. and Friday, May 16, 2008 ~ 9:00 & 11:00 a.m.