Manhattan Theatre Club
New York, NY

DESCRIPTION

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

Thursday, April 9, 2026

9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)

BREAK: 1:00PM - 2:00PM

CONTRACT

LORT Non-Rep

$1144 weekly minimum (LORT B)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in THE UNBELIEVERS (see breakdown).

All roles will be understudied.

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.

From the Tony and Olivier Award-nominated writer Nick Payne (Constellations, Incognito) and the Tonynominated director Knud Adams (English, Primary Trust), comes this poignant and disarmingly funny new play about the power of hope.

PREPARATION

Please prepare EITHER a two-minute contemporary monologue with a British accent, OR one of the provided sides.

LOCATION

Actors' Equity New York Audition Center

165 W 46th St

16th Fl

New York, NY 10036

PERSONNEL

Playwright: Nick Payne

Director: Knud Adams

Casting Directors: David Caparelliotis & Kelly Gillespie

Casting Assistant: Malaika Fernandes

EXPECTED TO ATTEND:

Casting Director: David Caparelliotis

Casting Director: Kelly Gillespie

Casting Assistant: Malaika Fernandes

OTHER DATES

1st Rehearsal: Tue, Sept 15

Tech: Tue, Oct 6

1st Preview: Tue, Oct 13

Opening: o/a Thu, Nov 5

Clear Through: early January 2026

OTHER

EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.

An Equity Monitor will be provided.

Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.

Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.

Breakdown

THE UNBELIEVERS

SEEKING:

MIRIAM WRIGHT: 40s-50s. British. Mother of Margaret, Nancy, and Oscar, who has gone missing. Warm, but has some bite. Grounded and practical, even in the face of the terror and despair of a missing child. We watch her humor and sense of self calcify and warp as the years wear on and he is not found. Doggedly determined not to give up her hope.

DAVID WRIGHT: 40s-50s. British. Ex-husband of Miriam. Father of Margaret and Oscar. Emotional, and less successful at managing his feelings than Miriam is. But that also allows him to process events and be more clear-eyed about them than she is able to be. A present and available father.

MARGARET WRIGHT: 17-25. British. Daughter of Miriam and David. Oscar’s sister. Bright and loving and not finished growing up. Bewildered and devastated by the loss of her brother, she is further unmoored by the fact that she also loses a large piece of her mother to her fixation on his disappearance. Heartbroken, but she keeps going.

NANCY GOMEZ: Early 20s-late 20s. British. Non-binary. Miriam’s child from her first marriage to Karl. A university student whose sense of humor and irony are both well-developed. Lost, in a classic mid-20s kind of way. Rattled by Oscar’s disappearance, though, and find their cynicism challenged by the lure of the spiritual/supernatural.

REV. KARL GOMEZ: 40s-50s. British. Miriam’s ex-husband and Nancy’s father. A cool London vicar. Several years sober. Thoughtful. A natural peace-maker. Sly sense of humor. Good at reading a room; recognizes his limitations in this difficult situation.

PC ELIZABETH HAWKINS / LORRAINE: 40s-50s. British.

PC HAWKINS: Calm and clear. Accustomed to walking people through facts and procedures of police work, without letting emotion muddy the conversation.

LORRAINE: David’s current wife. Warm and invested in putting people at ease. Chatty.

PC JAY SHAH / ANIL: 40s. British.

PC SHAH: Works with PC Fisher. PC Fisher is the lead detective; he takes a back seat to her.

ANIL: A professor. Chair of the Society for Psychical Research’s spontaneous cases committee. Intent and enthusiastic. Detail-oriented.

PC ANGELA FISHER / MIA: 30s. British.

PC FISHER: Professional, kind. Has the slightly detached warmth of a person who has difficult conversations for a living.

MIA: A member of the Society for Psychical Research’s spontaneous cases committee. She's kind and warm. Drawn to Nancy. Attempts to lead a seance to reach Oscar.

BENJAMIN: 30s. British. Margaret’s boyfriend. A sweet, brainy guy who is researching the decline in the puffin population. Not a geek, just a nice man in an awkward family situation.

SALARY

LORT Non-Rep $1144 weekly minimum (LORT B)

UNION

AEA