The Third Wave
By Joseph Robinette and Ron Jones
The Third Wave is a play that needs 13 or more performers (8 women, 5 men). Licensed by Dramatic Publishing.
- Type
- play
- Cast size
- 13 or more performers
- Roles
- 8 women, 5 men
- Cast notes
- 5 to 11m., 8 to 14w., extras as desired.
- Recommended level
- High school
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- historical
- Licensor
- Dramatic Publishing
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Synopsis
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
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