A mature woman with gray hair sitting on a white step against a plain light gray background, wearing a black outfit and gold sneakers, looking at the camera with a slight smile.
A mature woman with gray hair sitting on a white step against a plain light gray background, wearing a black outfit and gold sneakers, looking at the camera with a slight smile.

Producing Team

Malina Mannarino

A woman with curly dark hair wearing a black dress and black wedge sandals sitting on white steps against a plain grey background.
A woman with curly dark hair wearing a black dress and black wedge sandals sitting on white steps against a plain grey background.

Claudia Godi

A young man sitting on a white step, wearing a black sweater, dark jeans, and black shoes, with a neutral expression and looking at the camera against a plain white background.
A young man sitting on a white step, wearing a black sweater, dark jeans, and black shoes, with a neutral expression and looking at the camera against a plain white background.

Jason Beckmann

We are producing The Fundamentalist because we believe theater can create something increasingly rare: a space where people confront difficult questions together.

At its heart, Juha Jokela's play is about accountability—how we reckon with the consequences of our beliefs, our actions, and the stories we tell ourselves about who we are. Rather than offering easy answers or clear heroes and villains, The Fundamentalist invites audiences to examine certainty, responsibility, and the possibility of understanding those with whom we profoundly disagree.

Your support helps bring this urgent contemporary work to the stage with the artistic rigor, intimacy, and honesty it deserves.

Why This Play

Interested in joining the team? Reach out at thefundamentalistnyc@gmail.com