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The Third Wave

The Third Wave is a true story about a high-school experiment in fascism that went out of control.

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama
  • 100 minutes

  • Time Period: 1960s
  • Target Audience: Pre-Teen (Age 11 - 13), Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult, Appropriate for all audiences
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, College Theatre / Student, High School/Secondary
The Third Wave is a true story about a high-school experiment in fascism that went out of control.

Set in 1967 in Palo Alto, California, during the Vietnam war, racial integration and social revolution, the play centers around a young, popular teacher, Ron Jones, and his world history class. When a student asks how so many people could be led to deny the Holocaust of World War II, Mr. Jones decides to demonstrate by giving his students an exercise in discipline not unlike that of a totalitarian society.

To his surprise, the students delight in the order and power of that discipline and relinquish their freedom in favor of the prospect of supposed superiority over other students in the school. The class adopts the name "The Third Wave," and soon many others, even from neighboring schools, clamor to be part of the "elite" group. 

Characters

  • Casting: 11M, 14F
  • Casting Attributes: Reduced casting (Doubling Possible), Room for Extras

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The Third Wave is a true story about a high-school experiment in fascism that went out of control. Set in 1967 in Palo Alto, California, during the Vietnam war, racial integration and social revolution, the play centers around a young, popular teacher, Ron Jones, and his world history class. When a student asks how so many people could be led to deny the Holocaust of World War II, Mr. Jones decides to demonstrate by giving his students an exercise in discipline not unlike that of a totalitarian society. To his surprise, the students delight in the order and power of that discipline and relinquish their freedom in favor of the prospect of supposed superiority over other students in the school. The class adopts the name 'The Third Wave,' and soon many others, even from neighboring schools, clamor to be part of the 'elite' group. Two int. sets. Approximate running time: 1 hour, 40 minutes.

$19.95

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