Daisy

This politically charged story of the ad men behind Lyndon B. Johnson's 1964 presidential campaign is the first play in a three-part series about how American politics changed during the 1960s.Daisy follows in the wake of a recent obsession with the Johnson presidency, including multipartite biographies by Robert Caro, Robert Schenkkan's two-part play All the Way (which has become an HBO movie starring Bryan Cranston).Horseshoes and Hand Grenades Theatre is drawn to the overtly political and the intensely personal. They explore stories of violence, idealism, compassion, love, corruption, and redemption, both within the individual and within community. Thoroughly researched, with direct input from several of the real-life characters depicted.Unique insight into a remarkable time in political history.But also incredibly topical, as an allegory for what's going on today.As a political and historical drama, the play encourages discussion around U.S. politics, politics and media, civil rights and racism.