Following a sold-out Jeff Award-winning initial run at Chicago Dramatists, a Broadway production starring Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman, Keith Huff's "A Steady Rain" comes to Glen Ellyn's McAninch Arts Center's, 425 Fawell Blvd. in the intimate Playhouse Theatre for a limited run, Oct. 24-26.
This staging features Randy Steinmeyer and Peter DeFaria of the original cast, and the original production team: Russ Tutterow (director), Samantha Jones (costume design), Jeff Pines (lighting design) and Mike Tutaj (sound design). Stage manager is Wendye Clarendon.
Keith Huff (playwright/Chicago Dramatists Resident Emeritus) is the recipient of a Jeff Award, a Drama-Logue Award, the Cunningham Prize, the John Gassner Award, the Berrilla Kerr Award, and three Illinois Arts Council Playwriting Fellowships. He has developed plays at numerous venues including the O'Neill Theatre Center National Playwrights Conference, The Public Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, New York Stage and Film, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre and Victory Gardens Theater, among others. Productions include the sold-out Broadway run of "A Steady Rain," the critically acclaimed smash hit "The Bird and Mr. Banks" at the Road Theater (Los Angeles), "Pursued By Happiness" at Steppenwolf Theatre's First-Look Festival, "Gray City" at American Repertory Theater, "Dog Stories" at Stageworks/Hudson, "Deep Blue Sea" with CollaborAction at Steppenwolf Theatre, "Harry's Way" and "Prosperity" at Riverside Theater, and "The Age of Cynicism or Karaoke Night at The Hog" at Chicago Dramatists and Bloomington Playwrights Project. Huff is currently adapting "A Steady Rain" for film, developing a Chicago-based series "The Brothers Buczakowski" for HBO, and is a co-producer for AMC's Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning series "Mad Men." Since 1979, Chicago Dramatists has been dedicated to the development and advancement of playwrights and new plays that contribute to the American theater repertory and enrich the lives of audiences across the country. Through workshops, readings, classes, and special programs, they provide opportunities for beginning and established dramatists to develop their work, expand their professional affiliations and showcase their plays. For more information about Chicago Dramatists visit chicagodramatists.org.
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