About the Play:

Love Nest for Three is a full-length comedy by John Patrick, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of Teahouse of the August Moon. This humorous play contains a series of three one-act plays about the humorous games of love in New York apartments.

Love Nest for Three consists of three one-act plays linked into a triple bill for a full evening of entertainment. Each adult comedy depicts amorous events in a different apartment on the sixth floor of a New York apartment building. The actors play different roles in each apartment.

Decisions tells the story of a girl who has been living with two different men and invites both of them to a conference to decide which one she will marry.

Strategy reveals the plan by which a single girl successfully discourages her predatory male guests.

Progression is the story of light-hearted infidelity and how the trapped lover escapes detection by dressing as a Spanish Speaking maid.

Decisions, Strategy, and Progression were first performed in 1974 as a triple-bill under the collective title Love Nest For Three. The play has become a favourite scene study vehicle in acting classes and workshops and has been performed in regional, college, and community theatre productions.

Cast: 1 female, 2 male

About the Playwright:

John Patrick (1905-1995) was a prolific American playwright and screenwriter, writing more than a dozen screenplays and some 30 plays. He had several Broadway successes, most notably Teahouse of the August Moon (which was awarded a Pulitzer, a Tony and a New York Drama Critics Circle Award) and The Hasty Heart. His movie scripts are impressive with Three Coins in a Fountain, The Shoes of the Fisherman and The World of Suzie Wong as well as adaptations of the two plays mentioned above. His "Opal" series of plays remain popular with high schools and community theatres.