After Walker returns, Nan apologizes and the two of them continue to parse Ned's concise and mysterious journal which opens with the entry: "1960, April 3–5.
The second act shifts to an earlier time, with the same three actors portraying members of the previous generation in the same studio apartment, during April 1960 when Janeway House was designed.
Ned: Walker and Nan's father who, despite his son's depiction of him as cold and uncaring, was in his youth a stuttering, shy, and talented architect.
Handsome, and not as dumb as he looks, he is constantly frustrated by others taking their lives so seriously, and can't fathom why people see the need to incite drama.
Caring about her family and friends, she finds it difficult to balance her frustration at her brother Walker's craziness and Pip's naiveté.
Three Days of Rain premiered at the South Coast Repertory Second Stage, Costa Mesa, California in March 1997.
The director was Evan Yionoulis, with the cast that featured John Slattery (Walker/Ned), Patricia Clarkson (Nan/Lina), Jon Tenney (Pip/Theo), and Julia Pearlstein.
[3] The play received its Off-Broadway premiere at the Manhattan Theatre Club, at City Center Stage II, running from November 12, 1997, to January 4, 1998.
It received its British premiere in 1999 at the Donmar Warehouse with Colin Firth,[6] David Morrissey and Elizabeth McGovern.
[8] The Chicago Tribune review states that "In Three Days of Rain, Greenberg has constructed an almost perfect showcase for his considerable talents, and Steppenwolf has responded with a director, Anna D. Shapiro, and a cast – Tracy Letts, Amy Morton and Ian Barford – that gives his script a lovely, burnished glow in performance.
Ben Brantley, The New York Times reviewer wrote: "And though Ms. Roberts gives a genuinely humble performance, there is no way that this show is not going to be all about Julia.
"[10] Opening in April 2006 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, Roberts co-starred with Paul Rudd and Bradley Cooper.
Although it may have been the most eagerly awaited show of the Broadway season in the popular press, it met with poor response from theatrical reviewers and closed as scheduled in June 2006.
[citation needed] The New York Times reviewer summed up the experience: "Some movie fans may have the same fear about seeing Ms. Roberts in the flesh.
"[10] A production of Three Days Of Rain, directed by Jamie Lloyd played at the Apollo Theatre in London from February to May 2009, starring James McAvoy as Walker/Ned, Nigel Harman as Pip/Theo and Lyndsey Marshal as Nan/Lina.
[15] Three Days of Rain was presented at Center Stage in Portland, Oregon in May 2015, with two stars from the NBC drama Grimm in the cast: Sasha Roiz and Silas Weir Mitchell.
[16] Three Days of Rain was produced by the American Theatre Company of Brussels in February 2020, directed by Jeremy Zeegers.