THE FUNDAMENTALIST

By: Juha Jokela.
Director: Ignacio García.
Cast: Luis de Tavira* y Aurora Cano

Set designer: Sergio Villegas.
Costume Designer: Edyta Rzewuska.
Lighting designer: Raúl Munguía.
Sound designer: Ignacio García.
Hairdresser: Brenda Castro.
Assistant director: Jorge Valdivia.
Assistant set designer: David Molina.

Executive producer: Odett Méndez y Alberto Robinson.
Technical director: Raúl Munguía
Media and Promotion: Paola Tinoco y Claudia Marín.
Social Network: Cecilia Ortiz y Pamela Vergara.
Assistant producer: Alfonsina Paredes.
Assistant technical director: M. M. Florencia Villasana Solís y Natalia de la Garza Castañeda
Graphic Design: Leonor Hernández.
Video: Aguachile producciones y Linda Cruz
Photography: Paulina Chávez y Pili Pala.
General Producer: Teatro de Babel y Rosa María Peral Chávez.

*Creator Emeritus of SNCA (National system of artistic creators)

SYNOPSIS

Markus is a famous pastor, author of a series of books that try to renew the faith of the new generations in the church, known as “The scandal priest”. Suddenly Heidi returns to his life, a girl whom he stopped seeing twenty years ago and with whom he maintained a close friendship during her youth. She belongs to the group of Christians of the Church of the Living Word and is determined to lead Marcos away from the “road to hell” to which he is exposing himself with the publishing of the books

Throughout the play, Marcos will attempt to redeem Heidi from what he considers dangerous fanaticism, while Heidi will attempt to redeem Marcos from what she believes to be an exercise in blind and incongruous pride. As they both try to save each other, the two become trapped in a passionate love that changes their lives without seemingly saving either of them at all.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

To Casa del Teatro, Escuela Nacional de Arte Teatral (ENAT), Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana, David Castillo, Haydeé Boetto, Dora Cordero, Niina Bergius, Anna Nigumann, Francisco González Compeán, Federico González Compeán, Julieta González, Ricardo Sánchez Ramírez, Claudia Ibarra Rosales, Iñaki, Alejandro Calva, Sommelier Angélica Atristain / Vino Paraíso-Experiencias de Vino, Maricela Estrada, Jennifer Soler, Rossy Pérez, Omar Amador and a deep acknowledgement to Marcela Vizcaíno, dear fellow coworker and friend.

SEASONS

First season

September 11th to September 29th, 2019
Teatro Salvador Novo (Cenart)

Second season

June 17th to July 11th, 2021
Teatro Julio Castillo (Centro Cultural del Bosque)