Guide to ‘Three Days of Rain’ on Broadway starring François Arnaud, David Corenswet, and Yvonne Strahovski

Three Days of Rain is about two men and a woman who try to reconstruct their parents’ lives and make sense of their relationships from stories, the contents of a will, and fragments, including a curious journal entry about “three days of rain.” The second act lets the audience see the original relationships and what really happened during the soggy, crucial 72 hours.

Three Days of Rain has not yet named its Broadway venue. We’ll update this entry when that information is released.

The running time of Three Days of Rain on Broadway hasn’t been set yet, but past productions have run approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes, including an intermission. This entry will be updated with the Broadway revival's run time once confirmed.

Three Days of Rain has yet to release its Broadway performance schedule; this article will be updated once it is released. Most Broadway shows play Tuesday through Sunday, with two performances on Wednesdays and Saturdays and no performances on Mondays.

The Broadway production of Three Days of Rain has yet to release an age requirement. Past productions have been recommended for ages 14 and up due to sexual themes and explicit language.

The first performance of Three Days of Rain was in March 1997 at the South Coast Repertory Second Stage in Costa Mesa, California. Eight months later, the play made its Off-Broadway debut. In 1999, the drama debuted in London and Chicago.

Three Days of Rain premiered on Broadway in March 2006, and the first Broadway revival begins in February 2027.

Richard Greenberg wrote Three Days of Rain. The writer from East Meadow, New York won a Best Play Tony Award and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 2003 for Take Me Out, about a gay major league baseball player. Known for works about identity, memory, and relationships, Greenberg has written other Broadway plays including The Assembled Parties, Our Mother’s Brief Affair, The American Plan, The Violet Hour, and an adaptation of Breakfast at Tiffany’s. He died at age 67 in 2025.

Three Days of Rain concerns three 30somethings — a brother and sister, Walker and Nan, and their childhood friend, Theo. The trio’s faulty understanding of their parents is exposed in the second act that flashes back 35 years. The cast of three play both the children and the parents.

• Pip: A happy-go-lucky TV actor who tends to look on the sunny side.
• Walker: An erratic man with an angry streak that stretches back to his childhood.
• Nan: Walker’s sister, whose signal trait is practicality no matter the circumstances.
• Theo: Pip’s charismatic father, an architect drawn to the splendors of success and fame. He's played by the actor who plays Pip.
• Ned: Walker's father and Theo’s business partner, an architect who's shy yet talented. Ned is played by the actor who plays Walker.
• Lina: Nan's mother, an unstable Southern belle who’s the antithesis of Nan. Lina and Nan are played by the same actress.

The first Broadway revival of Three Days of Rain features Heated Rivalry’s François Arnaud as Pip/Theo, Superman title star David Corenswet as Walker/Ned, and The Handmaid’s Tale Emmy, SAG, and Golden Globe Award nominee Yvonne Strahovski as Nan/Lina.

Three Days of Rain has had a number of noteworthy productions with celebrated casts since its 1997 debut in California.

• March 1997: The play premieres at South Coast Repertory Second Stage in Costa Mesa, California. Evan Yionoulis directed a cast that included John Slattery, Patricia Clarkson, and Jon Tenney.
• November 1997: Yionoulis’s production transfers to Manhattan Theatre Club’s Off-Broadway stage with Bradley Whitford in Tenney’s roles.
• February 1999: Anna D. Shapiro directs the Steppenwolf Theatre Company premiere in Chicago with Tracy Letts, Amy Morton, and Ian Barford.
• November 1999: The play debuts in the U.K. at the Donmar Warehouse, directed by Robin Lefevre with a cast that included Colin Firth, David Morrissey, and Elizabeth McGovern.
• March 2006: The play premieres on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. Director Joe Mantello’s cast included Julia Roberts and Bradley Cooper in their Broadway debuts alongside Paul Rudd.
• May 2009: Director Jamie Lloyd’s West End production at London's Apollo Theatre stars James McAvoy, Nigel Harman, and Lindsey Marshal.
• February 2027: The play returns to Broadway under the direction of Shapiro with a cast including François Arnaud, David Corenswet, and Yvonne Strahovski.

Early productions of Three Days of Rain have been honored with prestigious prizes and nominations.

• Obie Awards: The 1997 Off-Broadway premiere won for Best Direction (Evan Yionoulis).
• Pulitzer Prize: In 1998, Three Days of Rain was a finalist along with Amy Freed’s Freedomland. Paula Vogel’s How I Learned to Drive won.
• Tony Awards: The 2006 Broadway production was nominated for its scenic and lighting design.
• Drama League Awards: The 2006 Broadway production was nominated for Distinguished Revival.
• Olivier Awards: The 2009 London production was nominated for Best Revival, Best Actor (James McAvoy), and Best Lighting Design.

The 2027 Broadway revival of Three Days of Rain will be in the running for the 2026-27 season’s upcoming New York awards, including Tony Awards.

No, there is not a Three Days of Rain movie. In 2006, it was reported that a film version of Richard Greenberg’s play was in the works, but there’s been no further information since.

Discover more about Richard Greenberg’s celebrated play, from the origins of the title to a key name pronunciation.

• The play is dedicated to What’s Eating Gilbert Grape screenwriter Peter Hedges, whom Greenberg met while walking home in the rain.
• François Arnaud and David Corenswet make their Broadway debuts in Three Days of Rain. Yvonne Strahovski made hers in 2006 in Golden Boy and won a Theatre World for her performance.
• The name of the character Lina is pronounced with a long "I," as in Carolina, per a note in the script.
• The title comes from a line in W. S. Merwin’s 1967 poem “For the Anniversary of My Death.” It suggests a period of uncertainty followed by possible clarity.
• Greenberg has named the 1967 BBC drama The Forsyte Saga, adapted from John Galsworthy's book series, as an influence on Three Days of Rain.
• Three Days of Rain returns to NYC at the same time two of its original Broadway stars, Julia Roberts and Paul Rudd, reunite in a different play: Bess Wohl's Small Mouth Sounds.

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