Three one-act plays, NATIONAL ERECTION, NEAR ESCAPE and NIPPLUS ERECTUS, are tied together by elements of imagery, style, and social reflection.  A truly strange play, born in reaction to the Regan Revulsion (sic).  NATIONAL ERECTION and NEAR ESCAPE where written in the early 80's dealing with mind-numbing yuppie conformity and secondary education.  NIPPLUS ERECTUS was completed in 1998.  Its subject...sex and politics.

NATIONAL ERECTION

Our hero vegetates to Star Trek's "The Trouble with Tribbles" in the TV-mat, while a mind spy infiltrates his libido attempting to transmute his sex drive into powerful complacency.  The spy is caught, but can Clyde Barrow expel it.  The naked bronze bitch comes to life.  Groucho gets laid.  The blow dryer's roar becomes the deafening sound of jet engines.

NEAR ESCAPE (or Why Johnny Doesn’t Need to Read)...

Our hero is attending high-school drama class with John Lennon, in Texas circa 1980.  He is expelled from school for not choosing a proper career tract.  Nixon enters the ring with Ali, and Yago narks on our hero.  Will the Gods intervene?

NIPPLUS ERECTUS (Nipple-Us...Erect-Us)...

Mae West / John Wayne / Pat Sajac / Vanna White / John Blushi / Space Angel / Divine / Norma Jean Baker / Marilyn Manson / The Music of Fleetwood-Mac / The Imperial Storm Troopers / via satelite, The United States House of Representatives / A CNN Toll / Wm Jefferson Clinton / Our Hero

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6. The playwright does not secure the performance rights or permission to use the music.  He does not provide any guarantee to the availability of the suggested music for public performance. 

1. A signed contract on file with the author.
2. The author's name must appear on all playbills, programs and advertising.
3. The author's name, john daniels, jr. must appear on all playbills, programs and advertising without the use of capital letters.
4. *Fee by negotiation.
5. A copy of all playbills, programs, print advertising, and reviews; plus a production photo are required for john daniels, jr.'s archives.  They are due at the end of the run agreed to in the contract.