THE UNBELIEVERS
By Nick Payne
Directed by Knud Adams
Presented by Manhattan Theatre Club
Previews Tuesday, October 10, 2026
NY City Center Stage I
131 West 55th Street
Manhattan Theatre Club (MTC)—Nicki Hunter, Artistic Director and Chris Jennings, Executive Director—is pleased to announce the American premiere of The Unbelievers by Tony and Olivier Award nominee Nick Payne, directed by Tony Award nominee Knud Adams.
Payne returns to MTC where his previous credits include the critically acclaimed American premieres of Constellations in 2015 starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Ruth Wilson, and Incognito in 2016, with Geneva Carr, Charlie Cox, Heather Lind, and Morgan Spector. Adams, the director of the Pulitzer Prize-winning plays English by Sanaz Toosi and Primary Trust by Eboni Booth, makes his MTC directing debut.
Faith means believing in something. Especially when it feels impossible. As the years go by and the mystery of the sudden disappearance of Miriam and David’s teenage son remains unsolved, their blended family must figure out how to go on, relearning how to live through the ups and downs of ordinary days in their altered world.