Lauren Ambrose and Tom Riley lead Nick Payne’s new play “The Unbelievers” at Manhattan Theatre Club

Manhattan Theatre Club has revealed the full cast of the new play “The Unbelievers”, written by the British playwright Nick Payne, the author of “Constellations”. In the leading roles will be Lauren Ambrose, as Miriam Wright, and Tom Riley, as David Wright, as BroadwayWorld reports, which published the first photos from the cast’s presentation to the press.

The play, directed by Knud Adams, will begin performances on Tuesday, October 13, while the official premiere is set for Thursday, November 5, at New York City Center Stage I. According to the production’s description, “faith means believing in something. Especially when it seems impossible”. The story follows Miriam and David, the parents of a teenage son who disappears suddenly; their blended family must find a way to carry on with life, relearning how to live through the ups and downs of ordinary days in a changed world.

Alongside Ambrose and Riley, the cast includes Jaspal Binning, Brittany Bradford, Jack DiFalco, Tony Award nominee Marjan Neshat, Nina Ross, Hadi Tabbal and Elizabeth Yeoman — and all of them will make their Manhattan Theatre Club debuts with this production. The creative team includes Paul Steinberg (set design), Tony nominee Enver Chakartash (costumes), Masha Tsimring (lighting), Sinan Refik Zafar (sound), Cookie Jordan (hair and make-up) and Deborah Hecht (dialect and voice coach).

Nick Payne is one of the best-known British playwrights of his generation, the author of the plays “Constellations”, “Elegy” and “Sea Wall”, and the screenwriter of the film “We Live in Time”. Lauren Ambrose is known for her role as Claire Fisher in HBO’s series “Six Feet Under”, while on Broadway she was nominated for a Tony Award for her role as Eliza Doolittle in the 2018 revival of “My Fair Lady”.