Show Plot Picnic

Authors: William Inge

Time Period: A single Labor Day weekend in the 1950s

Setting: The joint backyards and porches of two neighboring houses in a small, sleepy Kansas town. One house belongs to the widow Flo Owens and her family; the next belongs to her neighbor, Mrs. Helen Potts

Summary:

In Picnic the story unfolds in the shared backyards of two neighboring widows in a small Kansas town, upending the quiet lives of local residents when a handsome drifter arrives.