Iowa City, IA - Up next at Riverside Theatre is the area premiere of the gritty and complex Broadway thriller, A Steady Rain by Keith Huff, directed by Joseph Price.
A Steady Rain is about two Chicago cops, Joey and Denny, who are lifelong best friends and partners on the beat until a chain of events spirals out of control threatening their jobs, their friendship and their lives.
"Joey and Denny grew up together and have always lived 'back to back' knowing that they could rely on one another no matter the circumstances," Price said. "We meet them in a sort of internal affairs purgatory...the men face a world where all seems lost and we witness their struggle to make sense of that world."
This gripping duologue features area actors Martin Andrews as Joey and Jim Van Valen as Denny.
A Steady Rain was performed on Broadway in 2009 and Huff is currently working on adapting the play for EON Films. Huff is a graduate of the UI's Playwright Workshop.
"The lives these characters live, what they see and are asked to do on a daily basis - it's slowly wearing them down - destroying them. Both of them are looking for salvation. Only one can find it. It's an exciting story to tell with complicated characters to explore," said Andrews.
Andrews is the Producing Director for Working Group Theatre and an MFA graduate of UI. He last appeared at Riverside Theatre in Working Group Theatre's The Toymaker's War and Riverside's All My Sons.
Van Valen is an Assistant Professor of Theatre and Head of Acting at Cornell College and an MFA graduate of UI. He was last seen in Riverside's summer productions of Ah, Wilderness! and The Two Gentlemen of Verona.
A Steady Rain also features lighting design by Bryon Winn, sound design by Katherine Horowitz, and costume design by Adriana Fernandez.
A Steady Rain contains strong language and adult content.
Tickets for A Steady Rain, March 30 - April 15, are $15-$28 with discounts available for those over 60, those under 30, and youth. $15 students rush tickets are available on a first come first served basis 20 minutes before curtain. Tickets are available by phone at (319) 338-7672, online at www.riversidetheatre.org or in person at the Riverside Theatre Box
Office, located at 213 N. Gilbert St., Iowa City, IA.
Immediately following the opening night performance on Friday, March 30 there will be a reception and conversation with Huff in the theatre with a cash bar.
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Performance Schedule
Friday, March 30 at 7:30 p.m.*
Saturday, March 31 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 1 at 2 p.m.**
Thursday, April 5 at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, April 6 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 7 at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 12 at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, April 13 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 14 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 15 at 2 p.m.
There will be no performance on Sunday, April 8.
*Reception and conversation with playwright Keith Huff in the theatre with a cash bar immediately following the opening night performance on Friday, March 30.
**Talkback Sunday, April 1 - Stay after this performance to chat with company members and gain behind-the-scenes info about the play. Free and open to the public.
