Picnic takes place in the small town of Independence, Kansas on Labor Day, when the waning days of summer should give way to the promise of a fresh autumn start. The options are few for those growing up there who yearn for a better life. When a dangerously handsome drifter rolls into town, his presence stirs up trouble and sets the whole town a-flutter. In this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, Inge depicts the pleasure-and the pain-of risking everything to choose your own path.