# NJ high school does a play version of Alien **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 26, 2019, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-high-school-does-a-play-version-of-alien/831583 "2019-03-26T22:31:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-high-school-does-a-play-version-of-alien/831583/1 "2019-03-26T22:31:33Z")
Looks pretty good on a super low budget of around $3k > **[Internet praises high school performance of 'Alien' | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/videos/entertainment/2019/03/25/high-school-play-alien-new-jersey-mxp-vpx.hln)** > > A high school production of the iconic 1979 movie "Alien" has burst onto the scene and even garnered Hollywood's attention. Drama club students at New Jersey's North Bergen High School went all out for "Alien: The Play," including an elaborate alien... ---
**Author:** ![pabstist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e99b99/32.png) [@pabstist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pabstist)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2019, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-high-school-does-a-play-version-of-alien/831583/2 "2019-03-27T05:21:04Z")
My wife is a high school theater teacher. For 12 years now I have been trying to get her to do something science fiction. She doesn’t understand that people want to see the three R’s- Rockets, Ray guns, and Rowbutts. I’d settle for some aliens in outer space, so much better than “Anne of Green Gables” barf. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2019, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-high-school-does-a-play-version-of-alien/831583/3 "2019-03-27T09:21:37Z")
Great stuff! Should be a musical though with set-pieces including Ash “losing my head” Kane “something inside me” Alien “Growing pains” Mother “tearing myself apart” Ensemble cast “LV426 is the place for me” ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2019, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-high-school-does-a-play-version-of-alien/831583/4 "2019-03-27T11:47:16Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > Great stuff! > > Should be a musical though with set-pieces including > > Ash “losing my head” > Kane “something inside me” > Alien “Growing pains” > Mother “tearing myself apart” > Ensemble cast “LV426 is the place for me” There already is a musical sorta based on _Alien_ – Bruce Kimmel’s\* _The Creature Wasn’t Nice/Spaceship/The Naked Space_ stars Leslie Nielsen, Cindy Williams, and Patrick MacNee (as well as Kimmel himself, of course). It features the monster singing “I Want to Eat Your Face.” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BEyEL-BvbqQ/hqdefault.jpg "I Want To Eat Your Face - Naked Space Song - Leslie Nielsen") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEyEL-BvbqQ) \*Kimmel had previously made _The First Nudie Musical_. It wasn’t, really, but the film is a hoot, with Cindy Williams and a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameo of Ron Howard. Kimmel wrote, produced, and directed, in addition to writing the songs and acting in the film. It’s not great, but it’s way above MST3K-level fodder. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-high-school-does-a-play-version-of-alien/831583/5 "2019-03-30T19:20:17Z")
Wow! I’m impressed by what those high schoolers put together. It’d be great if Sigourney Weaver or one of the other original cast members could’ve dropped by to see it. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-high-school-does-a-play-version-of-alien/831583/6 "2019-03-30T19:57:54Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Wow! I’m impressed by what those high schoolers put together. It’d be great if Sigourney Weaver or one of the other original cast members could’ve dropped by to see it. Sigourney Weaver and Ridley Scott have both praised the play, and Scott is talking about funding a larger encore performance. ---
**Author:** ![Scoobysnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Scoobysnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoobysnax)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-high-school-does-a-play-version-of-alien/831583/7 "2019-04-01T19:56:00Z")
They seem to have gone the “ask for forgiveness instead of permission” route with the subject of licensing. They seem to have lucked out. My friend that works for a school district always ensures that all of the works performed on-site are properly licensed. You really don’t want Disney/Warner/Fox breathing down your neck. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nj-high-school-does-a-play-version-of-alien/831583/8 "2019-04-29T03:20:29Z")
FYI, the high school had an encore performance of this play on Friday, and [Sigourney Weaver](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/alien-high-school-play-gets-visit-sigourney-weaver-1205359) was there. There’s a [brief video](https://twitter.com/AlienAnthology/status/1121931488243662849/video/1) on Twitter.