A Steady Rain

A Steady Rain
Poster for the Broadway production
Written by	Keith Huff
Date premiered	2007
Place premiered	Chicago Dramatists
Original language	English
Subject	Two policemen must deal with the circumstances arising from a deadly error in judgment
Genre	Drama

A Steady Rain is a play by Keith Huff. With a plot similar to a real-life event involving Jeffrey Dahmer, it focuses on two Chicago policemen who inadvertently return a Vietnamese boy to a cannibalistic serial killer who claims to be the child's uncle. When he later becomes the man's latest victim, the lifelong friendship of the two men is threatened when it becomes clear someone must bear responsibility for their egregious failure to assess the situation accurately. The play alternates between two separate monologues and present-moment dialogue scenes.

Following readings in New York City and Los Angeles, A Steady Rain was staged by Chicago Dramatists in 2007. It opened on Broadway in September 2009.