By Beth Hyland 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.
Directed by Marissa Wolf
Ages: Best enjoyed by audiences 16 and up.
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2026 Season
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Twelfth Night
The Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse (1/8 - 1/25) | |
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Fires, Ohio
Alliance Theatre (2/25 - 3/22) | |
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Venus by Steve Yockey
Actor's Express (4/9 - 5/3) | |
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The Foreigner
Cherokee Theatre Company (3/6 - 3/15) | |
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Seong-Jin Cho at Spivey Hall
Spivey Hall (4/10 - 4/10) | |
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Once Upon A Mattress
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Mamma Mia!
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