Play that takes place on a bare stage with only four chairs to represent the family car. Ordinary people and events are invested with universal meaning as the automobile ride taken by Pa and Ma Kirby with their children Arthur and Caroline proceeds from their home in Newark to Camden, where they will visit their married daughter Beulah. Along the way, they comment on sights (such as a funeral procession, billboards, and a collie), stop to ser-vice the car and buy food, and laugh and sing together. When they arrive, Ma has a quiet moment alone with Beulah, who is recovering from a painful childbirth during which her baby died. As the action proceeds, a Stage Manager arranges the props and reads the lines of minor characters.