Youth - Drama 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.
While this is a youth production it probably would not appeal to very young children. There will be talk backs after the show during the second weekend, April 7th, 8th, and 9th. One of the actual students from the class, their historian, Mark Hancock, will be participating. The final Saturday performance has been changed to a matinee performance at 2pm.