Lachman Shares Her History And Jewishness in `Thirst'

`The Thirst' Open run

Blue Rider Theatre, 1822 S. HalstedTickets, $12-$15(312) 733-4668Highly recommendedDonna Blue Lachman offers an idiosyncratic, comic and deeplypersonal meditation on being Jewish.For a decade now, the Pilsen-based Blue Rider Theatre has beenhome to the inimitable writer-performer Donna Blue Lachman - theplace where she has spun stories of her life and times and ancestors,whether they be blood relatives or spiritual cousins.Lachman has taken us on her theatrical pilgrimages to Poland andNepal. She has recounted her escapades on the White House lawn. Shehas led us into voodoo ceremonies in Baby Doc's Haiti. And she hasconjured the essences of the …