SYNOPSIS

In the  Spring of  1846,  87 men, women and children  set  forth from Springfield, Illinois, to make a 2000 mile journey by wagon train to find their  Eden in the West, in California.  The fortunate ones died early, before they ever arrived in Sacramento, yet 42 people did manage  to survive nearly six months trapped high in the  snow-bound Sierra Nevada Mountain range with no food, and little shelter.
 
This is the story of their love, hope, faith, struggle, and survival.  This is ‘FORLORN HOPE: THE DONNER PARTY MUSICAL’
 
In memory of the 87 who dared to venture forth into the  unknown to  find their own  Eden of the West, We dedicate to you and to your descendents with tears, and laughter and love, FORLORN  HOPE: THE DONNER PARTY  MUSICAL.

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