The Lovers

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, MBS Productions presents The Lovers, a unique musical that recounts the true events of what is considered by many to be the most beautiful love story in history.

The year is 1212, the place: Teruel, Spain. Isabel and Juan Diego are planning to announce their engagement. Childhood friends, they fell in love with each other as they grew up. Both families agreed that when they got old enough, they would marry. Unfortunately, as time passed, Juan Diego’s family found itself in financial straits. Isabel’s father cancels the engagement because he does not want to have to bail out Juan Diego’s family via the dowry. Heartbroken, Juan Diego begs Isabel’s father for another opportunity to regain her hand. It is agreed that he will have five years to recoup the family’s fortune. The following day he leaves town in search of his fortune.

Five years pass and Juan Diego isn’t heard from. The year is now 1217. Isabel’s father arranges another marriage for the fifth anniversary of the agreement. During Isabel’s wedding, Juan Diego returns, thinking he’s a day early, for he understood the agreement to be five years from the day he had left. When he realizes his error he rushes to the church. What occurs in the next 24 hours shocks, startles, and breaks the hearts of all those involved.

The events are so exceptional, so shocking, and so heart wrenching that to this day Isabel and Juan Diego’s love story has been recounted and retold in countless poems, plays, and operas, and has inspired artists and lovers throughout the world. Over the centuries millions have visited Teruel to see their burial site, where the Lovers of Teruel rest side by side for eternity. This play not only recounts this profound love story but weaves in music and popular song from the Middle Ages to make this the most unique and touching musical you will ever see.

The Valentine’s Night production will include Roses and Chocolates.