Thirst
After a devastating water shortage and war, Samira and Greta have made a life for themselves and their son Kalil in a clearing in the woods. When Kalil returns home one day without their water rations, Samira and Greta find themselves in conflict with the local political leader. Set in a tense segregated society, Thirst is a complex look at family and love in wartime. C.A. Johnson explores the politics of race and redefines community in this fierce post-apocalyptic story.
“Director Andrea J. Dymond’s cast is strong top to bottom.
— Chicago Reader
“The world of C. A. Johnson’s Thirst, where scarcity, civil war, bombs, looting, gangs, and starvation result in a deeply imperfect peace ‘willed’ by the man who controls the supply of water, is not unimaginable, it is practically here.”
— Newcity
Cast
Creative Team
C.A. Johnson
Playwright
Andrea J. Dymond
Director
Paul Cook*
Production Manager
Evan Frank
Set Designer
Adrienne Miikelle
Lighting Designer
Jos N. Banks
Costume Designer
Heath Hays*
Sound Designer
Amanda Barth
Props Designer
Sam Hubbard*
Fight Director
Jason A. Fleece
Dialect Coach
Angela Forshee
Assistant Director
Will Pettway
Assistant Director
Jean E. Compton
Stage Manager
Collin Sparks
Assistant Stage Manager
Evan Sposato
Technical Director
Benjamin Carne
Master Electrician
Kayla V. White
Understudy
Tara Bouldrey
Understudy
Arthur Lockhard
Understudy
Bobby C. Owens Jr.
Understudy
Larry D. Trice III
Understudy
* Strawdog Theatre ensemble member