When a traditional love story has unorthodox twists, a story of fake rape, abduction, and lust ensues. All these can be found in the world’s longest-running production, “The Fantasticks.”

The Nebraska Theatre Caravan will go on tour with their steampunk-themed adaption of “The Fantasticks,” which originally opened in 1960, to 65 cities across the country. Next weekend, Pullman will be one of those cities.

The classic musical tells about a pact made between two neighbors to marry their children, Matt and Luisa. The method for getting their children together is to forbid contact between Matt and Luisa to make them fall even further in love.

To seal the deal, the two neighbors hire a bandit to kidnap Luisa. With her kidnapping, Matt has to rescue her and entice the youths to fall in love. However, things take a few turns that steer the plan off course.

While sticking to traditional themes, “The Fantasticks” also includes a few plot twists not normally be featured in a typical romance story. Booking director Beau Bisson described this version of “The Fantasticks” as staying true to the original but with a steampunk feel.

Steampunk is a subgenre of fiction with Victorian history blended into an industrial era. Everything in the show, from the props to the costumes, is enhanced with an industrial feel to heighten the sense of the play.

“‘The Fantasticks’ can be presented as a basic boy-meets-girl. Standard costumes, basic set,” said Eric Bricking, who plays Henry in the show. “What we’ve done is industrialized it for a fresh new take.”

The setting is intentionally unclear to put an emphasis on the Victorian and industrial style of the show. Older patrons will recognize the upbeat songs, while those newer to the story might be intrigued by the theatrics.

Even the bandit embraces the steampunk style through his costume. At first glance, the character of the Bandit looks eccentric. A pale face with strange markings and large goggles over his top hat are just the tip of the iceberg. The character also features metal appendages and gears on his boots as though he were part robot.

Audience members can expect a standard musical with a new artistic context that is family friendly and very funny, Bisson said.

“The Fantasticks” will be shown at Jones Theatre in Daggy Hall at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 25. Tickets are $22 for adults, $18 for seniors, and $11 for students and youth.