This spring, the LSC-Tomball Drama Department takes to the stage to perform Daisy by Sean Devine. Based on true events, the suspenseful political drama explores the moment in television history credited with the initiation of negative advertising.
The gripping play is set in America fall of 1964. The struggle for civil rights is spilling onto the streets. Frightening political ideologies are escalating. The threat of nuclear war is palpable. And revulsion for the Vietnam war is spreading.
With the 45th presidential election approaching, a group of “ad-men” working for Lyndon Johnson created the most destructive political commercial ever conceived, the “Daisy ad.”