Jennifer Wilbanks, the runaway bride who escaped her wedding in 2005 by making up a story about being kidnapped and raped, is having her story turned into a rock opera. Wilbanks later admitted she hopped on a bus to Mexico because she got cold feet and pleaded no contest to lying to police.

The show, named the "Runaway Bride," has been called an "unauthorized rock opera." According to the Atlanta-Journal Constitution, scriptwriter Jaime Heck said that neither Wilbanks' nor her then-fiancee's names are mentioned in the opera and that he has not spoken to either of them.

Mark Pitt, the owner of the Red Clay Theatre and Arts Center, said the rock opera is not a comedy but a story of how the community came together and bonded over the experience.

"The story is more about the city and the tenacity and camaraderie of its citizens," AP quotes him as saying.

"Good theater is all about the exploration of the idiosyncrasies of human nature," Pitt said. "This story certainly has that, and it will make for great theater."