More than 10 years ago Pai put together a creative team for a stage adaptation of his novel Wandering in the Garden, Waking from a Dream (from his "People of Taipei" series), and Lu was the first person he could think of to play the main character Lan Tien-yu (Mrs. Chien).
十多年前當白先勇邀集藝文界人士籌劃兩年，將他的知名小說「台北人」系列中的「遊園驚夢」搬上舞台，首先就敲定了由盧燕來飾演劇中靈魂人物﹘﹘昔日秦淮河畔的崑曲藝人藍田玉。