Sci-fi fans rejoice! Just before its 40th anniversary, the popular 1979 classic, “Alien,” has been adapted for the stage by the students at North Bergen County High School. The production had 24 cast and crew members and took about 7 months to prepare, according to art director Steven Defendini. “Alien: The Play” garnered major national attention after the students’ performances…
What to Know
- A New Jersey high school's stage production of "Alien" is coming back with help from the 1979 film's director, Ridley Scott
- "Alien: The Play" was performed last month at North Bergen High School
- Images of the production's elaborate sets and special effects drew a huge response online
A New Jersey high school's stage production of "Alien" is coming back with help from the 1979 film's director, Ridley Scott.
"Alien: The Play" was performed last month at North Bergen High School, which sits about 2 miles from the Lincoln Tunnel into New York City.
Images of the production's elaborate sets and special effects drew a huge response online, and Scott wrote a letter to the school praising the students' creativity.
Sigourney Weaver played the character Ellen Ripley in the movie that spawned a franchise.
She taped a YouTube video in which she called the production "incredible."
The play's director, teacher Perfecto Cuervo, said in an email that Scott's production company provided $5,000 so the school could put on an encore performance April 26.
