In the rocky landscape of Thirst, nostalgia isn't salvation
C.A. Johnson's searing drama shows three ways of dealing with the apocalypse. Three distinct responses to the havoc of loss circle one another in playwright C.A. Johnson's searing war show, Thirst, set in a postapocalyptic southern landscape of food rations and militarized watering holes. For dogged and pragmatic Samira (Tracie Taylor), the past is something you can always keep at bay wit…