Fires, Ohio (Stream)

A filmed version of Fires, Ohio, a timely family drama inspired by the classic, Uncle Vanya. 

One hour and 46 minutes

By Beth Hyland
Directed by Marissa Wolf
 

As wildfires rage closer and closer to a small Ohio college town, the mopey grown children and second wife of a sort-of-mediocre professor are threatened by another kind of crisis: a visit from a family friend that threatens to bring all of their tensions to a towering inferno. Now, each of them will be forced to choose: stay and smolder, or leave and burn? Inspired by the classic family drama Uncle Vanya, FIRES, OHIO updates a beloved story for our painfully absurd present, taking a hilarious and heartfelt look at the natural (and personal) disasters that transform our everyday lives. In addition to winning the 22nd annual Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition, FIRES, OHIO has been awarded the Kennedy Center's Paula Vogel Award and the Mark Twain Prize for Comic Playwriting.   

Best enjoyed by audiences 16 and up. 

This production contains explicit language; depicts smoking and drinking; addresses mature content related to sex and sexuality.

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A vintage oil lantern with the reflection of a burning house and smoke inside the glass, set against a dark background. A vintage lantern with a burning house and smoke depicted inside the glass, set against a dark background.
Orange text reading “FIRES, OHIO” with abstract, flame-like shapes above the words, resembling burning or fire.

Inspired by the classic family drama UNCLE VANYA, FIRES, OHIO brings an old story into our painfully absurd present, exploring how today’s most toxic forces impact our everyday lives.

APR 8 – 19, 2026

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A filmed version of Fires, Ohio, a timely family drama inspired by the classic, Uncle Vanya. 

One hour and 46 minutes

By Beth Hyland
Directed by Marissa Wolf
 

As wildfires rage closer and closer to a small Ohio college town, the mopey grown children and second wife of a sort-of-mediocre professor are threatened by another kind of crisis: a visit from a family friend that threatens to bring all of their tensions to a towering inferno. Now, each of them will be forced to choose: stay and smolder, or leave and burn? Inspired by the classic family drama Uncle Vanya, FIRES, OHIO updates a beloved story for our painfully absurd present, taking a hilarious and heartfelt look at the natural (and personal) disasters that transform our everyday lives. In addition to winning the 22nd annual Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition, FIRES, OHIO has been awarded the Kennedy Center’s Paula Vogel Award and the Mark Twain Prize for Comic Playwriting.   

Best enjoyed by audiences 16 and up. 

This production contains explicit language; depicts smoking and drinking; addresses mature content related to sex and sexuality.

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