Earlier this year, a New Jersey high school made headlines with its stage production of the classic Alien. Several students worked their magic on the 1979 Ridley Scott classic, and it made waves. Now, if you want to see it in person, then you’re about to get one more chance.
The official Alien: Anthology Twitter account posted the news that North Bergen High School will host an encore Alien performance. It will take place on April 26, just in time for Alien Day. It looks like general admission tickets are already sold out, but a few lucky residents can get their hands on them shortly. You can see the official announcement and poster below.
Encore! Encore! We’re excited to announce Alien: The Play will reemerge this #AlienDay April 26th…break a leg North Bergen High. #Alien40th pic.twitter.com/nscOdeEdK4
— Alien (@AlienAnthology) April 15, 2019
Although the full play isn’t online, several clips from it have gone up on social media. They hinted at terrific stage production for a high school play, right down to the special effects and sets. You can see a couple of Tweets below with highlights.
I love that north bergen high school did alien last night as their school play, so I’m gonna keep tweeting about how great it is..everything was made from recycled materials .. so nuts amazing I’m so proud of my hometown pic.twitter.com/EEMEbankDz
— Andrew Fernandez (@bhsdrew) March 23, 2019
A parent filmed the facehugger scene. pic.twitter.com/oamxaxikM2
— Paul Owens (@oh_pollo) March 23, 2019
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For a local production, the Alien play got a whole lot of buzz on social media last month. Following its debut, it received some praise from notable figures behind the production as well. Ridley Scott wrote an entire letter praising the production team and students. “Thanks for doing Alien, I felt very complimented,” he said in the note, which playfully suggested that they take on his 2001 film, Gladiator.
The film’s star, Sigourney Weaver, also had some kind words for the show, which you can see below.
Students at North Bergen High School in New Jersey recently put on an AMAZING production of #Alien. Hollywood noticed. And so did… the Queen. pic.twitter.com/u3iNOgk8Pr
— Alien (@AlienAnthology) March 28, 2019
Hopefully, we haven’t seen the last of this production after April 26. Or at the very least, we’d like to see some more clips online!
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