Anton Chekhov’s masterpiece about love, hope, Mother Earth…and too much vodka. Vanya and his niece Sonya toil over their country estate, sending most of the proceeds to Sonya’s city-dwelling father Alexander, a renowned professor. When the professor retires and returns home with his much younger second wife Yelena, hidden resentments and passions are uncovered, and the future of the family and estate are threatened. Country doctor and environmentalist Astrov adds to the upheaval with his dire warnings about the destructive human impact on the earth and to each other.