BSA presents ‘A Steady Rain’ on Jan. 18, 19, 25, 26

Belle­vue Soci­ety for the Arts presents the drama, “A Steady Rain” by Keith Huff, Fri­days and Sat­ur­days, Jan­u­ary 18, 19, 25 and 26 at 7:30 p.m. at 205 Maple St.

A pow­er­ful play fea­tur­ing a mere cast of two, “A Steady Rain” is a dark duo­logue explor­ing the com­plex­i­ties of a life­long bond tainted by domes­tic affairs, vio­lence and the rough streets of Chicago.

Joey and Denny have been best friends since grade school, and after work­ing together as police­men, they are prac­ti­cally fam­ily: Joey (Luke A. Siegel-Schaefer, Belle­vue) helps out with Denny’s wife and kids; Denny (Ethan Man­dev­ille, San­dusky) keeps Joey away from the bot­tle. When a domes­tic dis­tur­bance call takes a turn for the worse, their friend­ship is put on the line. The result is a har­row­ing jour­ney into a moral gray area where trust and loy­alty strug­gle for survival.

The play alter­nates between two sep­a­rate mono­logues and present-moment dia­logue scenes. It con­tains mature sub­ject mat­ter and explicit lan­guage. Admis­sion will be restricted to adults 18 and over only.

The 2009 Broad­way pro­duc­tion star­ring Daniel Craig and Hugh Jack­man was voted one of the top 10 plays of the year by Time Mag­a­zine and dubbed a “a gritty, rich, thick, poetic and entirely grip­ping tale,” by the Chicago Tribune.

“A Steady Rain” is being per­formed in the lobby of the the­atre build­ing. It will be pre­sented ‘in-the-round,’ a for­mat in which the audi­ence sur­rounds the per­for­mance area. This brings the audi­ence into the same space as the actors, allow­ing for strong and direct engagement.

Tick­ets for “A Steady Rain” are on sale now. Call 419–484-ARTS (2787). Seat­ing is limited.

“A Steady Rain” is directed by Brad Rowe, Belle­vue. Nancy Steyer, Tiffin, serves as Assis­tant Director. It is pre­sented through spe­cial arrange­ment with Samuel French, Inc.

For more infor­ma­tion, visit bellevuearts.net. Like Belle­vue Soci­ety for the Arts on Face­book. Fol­low @BSftA on Twitter.

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