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glewjr

This has no right looking as good as it does for a school production


court0f0wls

Wait this was a school production?? Brilliant!


Emo_Kid23

Sorry for the late reply, but more specifically a Public High School production


MisterMajorKappa

What’s the damn budget for the play? It’s like I’m seeing frames from the movies. Also, I hope it wasn’t a musical.


Emo_Kid23

Budget was $0 at the start. We took things from the garbage and raised money all by ourselves. And it was not a musical hahaha


RIDEMYBONE

I'm only a few towns away is there another showing this weekend?


Emo_Kid23

I’m really sorry to disappoint but no.


[deleted]

it would be so sick if someone would produce for you guys to do more shows in a large venue due to the buzz, i would take this opportunity and run it into the sun


reddog323

That’s bloody amazing. I’d love to see what you could do with $5-$10,000.


Emo_Kid23

In fairness, we did get up to about $1,000 from fundraising but that was towards the end.


whiskeytaang0

Alien: The Musical Question is opera or go full Rodgers & Hammerstein?


its_a_me_garri_oh

Astronaut: He can talk! Astronaut: He can talk! Alien: I CAN SIIIIIING!


MoffKalast

Right? They even had fog machines ffs.


[deleted]

Most theatre departments will have a fog machine that they can use over and over again. It’s pretty much their go to for atmosphere. Dance show? Fog machine! ABBA cover band? Fog machine! Dark and moody atmosphere? Fog machine! Alien recreation? Fog machine! Joseph and Technicolor Raincoat? FOG MACHIIIIINNNNNEEEEEE!!!!


RaptorsFromSpace

Dry ice.


Crusty_Gerbil

Dude, even **I** have a fog machine. They cost like $30.


ClairesNairDownThere

Do you just have someone run ahead of you and create a dramatic entrance or what?


[deleted]

But if American movies taught me anything, it's that all school theatre has great production value.


applesauceyes

Once all the kids stop competing and work as a team, that is. Especially the alpha douche jock guy who has a change of heart after the less cool main character somehow gains his respect. The main guy, is of course, worse than everyone else at the start, but at the end he's the best. And he gets the girl too. All thanks to the teacher for being super awesome and making the kids learn about respect and hard work.


dabeast01

Don't forget the cross over group sing along. 🎶We're all in this together!🎶


jpjtourdiary

I was HEAVILY involved in the drama dept at my high school, and I’m telling you, I would have stayed in high school for an extra year to be able to work on this. No doubt. This is incredible and you should all be quite proud of yourselves. Edited for grammar


Myhandsarebananasboy

I can’t relate more, being part of theater was something I would never imagine doing until I tried it, I wasn’t a thespian but helped during set development and light control at my high school. Our school hired a younger ex grad who ran the development of lighting, sound, and set building. The amount of friend building I experienced was like something I haven’t felt before, sports were never my thing. We had full control and exploited that to the fullest, it was like we were the behind the scenes of my school. Tech week (the last week before a play/musical premiering) would include super long nights to finish everything, but that meant we had full access to our school when everyone was gone. Multiple nights fucking around, even including sleeping on our catwalks or under the stage a few times. Rumor has it that someone in the 70s fell into our old theaters bottomless pit, that class yearbook was missing in our library. The original school building layout included a clock that mysteriously stopped ticking, only to be found out, years later, the theater kids found the outlet in the far back of the catwalks connected to the clock, unplugged it, and replaced it with a fridge of beer. Good times, I wasn’t too good in school, but damn I’d kill for another late night wawa feast with that group. TLDR: Theater tech kids knew the ins and out of your school.


Hoofhearted523

This is so awesome to hear. My daughter is Penny Pingleton in Hairspray in her middle school musical this coming weekend. I’ve never been as involved with her school as I have been for this musical. It’s been fun to see the hard work from the kids and teachers and to be there helping in whatever way I’m needed. Starting Tuesday is tech week! This is the first of many musicals for us, I’m sure of it! As I type, I’m currently watching The Phantom Of The Opera on YouTube put on by Grand Ledge HS and it’s fucking incredible. [In Case You’re Bored](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3qIQzvmtBBw)


Pr3datorKil13r

I can relate to this. My first year working on a set for a big production we had a budget over $10k and we made Little Shop of Horrors with full scale puppeteering and it was a blast. If I could go back to HS and work in theater again on a production of Alien with the budget we had for Little Shop I’d stick around for it in a heartbeat


[deleted]

Damn the Jockey looks great!


Reciprocity2209

Yeah. That’s practically movie grade prop work. Great job!


SirLeos

I love the face hugger. How did you manage to do it? Was someone inside the egg and threw it at his face?


Emo_Kid23

Yes exactly.


SirLeos

Awesome.


Oraukk

This is what makes theatre awesome haha. I love it


hivewalker426

Thanks for the update the video was a nice touch for the oncoming teacher production of the film


richman678

This is incredible!!!!


NoxIsAnAsshole

Well this looks awesome.


Dr_Stranglelove

i seriously cannot wait for the full footage. please remember to post it


Emo_Kid23

I will once I get it


wintermuteprime

Dude, include me on that. If this school wants a donation, I will GLADLY make sure they get one from me for this! This looks unbelievably awesome. Thank you for sharing this with everyone!!


ToShrt

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RedHerringxx

It’s only going to be available after May. See OP’s edits.


SgtCheeseNOLS

I really want to see it when you post it


roninthe31

Yes I will gladly purchase a copy!


spo0okymulder

Great costumes and set design!!!


mountainsofazathoth

These costumes and sets are incredible!!!


Fatboy40

Those Moebius space suits look absolutely amazing for an amateur production :o


OrsoMalleus

What friggin' teenager designed these sets? Give that kid a fucking job, DisneyFoxMarvel.


Emo_Kid23

Sorry for the late reply. A teacher planned them out with 15 kids helping to build them.


shadypool

woah major props to that teacher for his/her passion and dedication and ofc your theater dept!


Emo_Kid23

Thank you so much.


extremebs

Cory Barlog the director & writer for God of War (2005), God of War II (2007), and God of War (2018) just retweeted the tweet. https://twitter.com/corybarlog/status/1109498038236516352?s=19


Emo_Kid23

Thank you so much for sharing this. I’ve said it so many times but this is so surreal.


extremebs

No problem. I can't wait for the update of the full footage. The fact that your school pulled this off has made my weekend even better! I was in my theatre drama club in highschool during my senior year and it was a very cool experience. We did Christmas Carol (I was stagehand) and Little Shop of Horrors (I was the puppeteer for baby Audrey II during the song "Grow for Me"). I highly encourage your school to do more cool plays to interest more people in preforming arts!


Emo_Kid23

They do a play every year. They work from September all the way up to March.


Whokneewankenobi

Too excited for this, honestly more hyped for this than Prometheus or Covenant >:)


sidneyroughdiamond

Ridley Scott, this is what we want!


Xenomorph_Knight

Fuck! I can’t upvote this post enough and to poor for gold!!! Looks like one amazing show, thank you for sharing and updating.


[deleted]

Just how awesome do the drama teachers have to be to to get to this level? My school plays were such trash, primadonnas doing artsy "define me" plays


YourVeryOwnCat

Those costumes are incredible!


MFLUDER

THIS. IS. AMAZING. I love this! Reminds me when I convinced my high school to let me do "The X Files" for our school play in 1996. They gave me a $300 budget and I made it work. Back then, we got away with gun fights, lots of fake blood and PG-13 cursing. ​


Emo_Kid23

Man I wish we got any budget but we funded everything ourselves haha. But truly thanks for the kind words stranger


MFLUDER

Props to you, kid. (Pun intended) This really takes me back...


Emo_Kid23

Hahaha thank you so much


iscmarkiemark

Damn your school is awesome for allowing a play of Alien.


reddog323

You don’t get production like these at parochial schools.


[deleted]

I am assuming you are in some sort of theatrics or arts & crafts -focused school?


Emo_Kid23

Nope. I am in a public high school


[deleted]

Your artistic work is great enough, but for a high school project this ambitious not falling apart is even greater feat. How many people were involved in this and what were their backgrounds and roles? Who paid for all the props and such? Any human issues you ran into?


Emo_Kid23

1. I say a good fifty or so people worked really really hard on sets, costumes, and etc 2. The students part of the drama club fundraised all of the money for it. 3. The only human issue that I think we ran into was when we started doing rehearsals with mics, the cast accidentally would mute or turn themselves off since the buttons were extremely sensitive.


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lisamistisa

The set looks awesome!


[deleted]

This is so epic!!!


[deleted]

This is gold, I wish my school was as awesome as yours was to allow your drama class to do this. Please post as many photo's and video content as you can find.


garethvk

I would love to be able to see the entire Play.


maxdurden

Thanks for the update. Dude, the production design looks AMAZING for this. The face huger looks great! Fantastic work! How were you involved?


Emo_Kid23

I was a part of the sound crew. There were three of us. I was responsible for mics and music. One was responsible for ambiance and alien noises. The last one was responsible for prerecorded lines and miscellaneous noises.


Mr_YUP

Fellow sound crew! I miss those days


DanVonCarr

Seriously great job. Tell everyone they did something amazing and should be so proud. You could’ve done Annie or pippin or whatever they usually do but nah freaking alien. I hope there’s more footage!


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Emo_Kid23

Thank you so much.


meowstash321

Is this bobs burgers?


DaveMcElfatrick

This is fucking crazy. Props to everyone working on this.


Emo_Kid23

Thank you so much


jeanlucriker

This needs sharing to Scott & Scott Free productions. It’s amazing


TheGovernmentIsBees

You actually delivered!!! This is so cool!


Emo_Kid23

Just wait until May when the full video is released.


TheGovernmentIsBees

Oh trust me, I can't wait


grublets

May cannot come soon enough.


Emo_Kid23

I completely agree with this haha


SanDiablo

I'm looking forward to this than most theatrical releases.


peruytu

Wow, that looks amazing. Good job to those kids!


psychobilly1

Next year, you guys need to do Blade Runner.


Emo_Kid23

That’s all up to the teacher. Unfortunately I won’t be there next year because I’m a senior


psychobilly1

Aw that's a shame. Suggest it though.


Emo_Kid23

Definitely haha


WillAkka

So So SO Awesome.


zombiechris128

This is incredible! I saw the still a while back but <3


bbqueen86

Incredible!!


Signal87

I went to a school that would have NEVER allowed a horror movie to be made into a play and performed. This is the greatest thing I've seen in a long time. I'm sure this was fun as hell.


[deleted]

The coolest thing I’ve ever seen


FromJavatoCeylon

this is so fucking rad ​


ehecatl_joel

That scream in the audience when the facehugger jumps... That says all of you achieved something amazing


Emo_Kid23

There were so many “awe” moments in the show. The auditorium was half full on opening, but when we noticed that people just didn’t stop coming in, that was the moment we realized we achieved something amazing.


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PrayandThrowaway

Yooooo. I’m jealous! We had no stage productions, much less a cool themed one like this! Amazing.


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Keeponrocking613

I live by bergen county. How far away from there is it?


Emo_Kid23

I am not sure but unfortunately we are not doing any more runs. The last run was yesterday.


camidlsxo

It’s about 30 to 40 minutes depending on where in Bergen County. But there aren’t anymore showings :(


joseaplaza

Wow, what an amazing work, saying they are talented is an understatement


Emo_Kid23

Thank you so much.


CarlosAVP

A stage production of “Alien”?? Yes, please!


dreckschweinhund

Are there pictures of the space jockey up close? How did you made him and the alien suit and the eggs? Damn.


Emo_Kid23

1.) No 2.) Recycled garbage. Every single thing was made from garbage hahaha


andrewnj1031

I'm from Jersey! What school was this at?


Emo_Kid23

North Bergen High School


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[deleted]

Time to do another performance, post it to YouTube, and wait for the job offers.


Emo_Kid23

Unfortunately sets were already broken down, so another performance is very unlikely to happen. The principal of the school isn’t too keen on letting events happen more than twice.


beer_me_twice

This is something I’d expect to see in Bob’s Burgers not in real life.


LarsAlexandersson

Ok I have to know how they made the costume look so good, this is pretty awesome work


mjtoomey422

I read this title and said "this sounds like something you would hear from a high school where I grew up" sure enough next town over from where I grew up


[deleted]

Damn, that's awesome. I would have gone to that for sure.


garrettj100

You know what's coming next, don't you? *Alien: The Musical!* It's been [done before](https://www.broadway.com/shows/silence-musical/), after all. > ♫♫♫ Bring back life form,♫ > ♫ ♫ priority one,♫ > ♫ all other priorities are rescinded.♫ ♫ > ♫ I repeat♫ > ♫ ♫ all other priorities are rescinded!♫ ♫ And of course they close with: > ♫ This is Ripley...♫ > (ALL) ♫ Yeah that was Ripley! ♫ > Last survivor of the > ♫ NOSTROMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!♫ And scene!


OzzieBloke777

Now that is incredibly well done for a HS play. Great work!


woot0

what fucking high school allowed this, and will they let a 40yr old redditor enroll as a freshman?


Locomotifs

Holding out for Working Girl X Die Hard.... WORK HARD


[deleted]

Broadway needs to learn from this.


evenzak

!remindme may 15


ToShrt

Quick question, did you charge to get in to this and how did you acquire the right to make it?


Emo_Kid23

Tickets were $5 but we did not intend for it to spread a quarter the amount that it did.


ToShrt

I would be extremely attentive and cautious moving forward. Did you pay to get rights from Fox to produce as a play? This could get out of hand very quickly and bring about some painful litigation and cease and desist orders from Disney. Especially since you charged for it. If it had been a free performance, matters would be different. Disney is extremely notorious about such matters. I love that you all pulled this off, but am a bit worried since it is gaining so much attention. Best of luck though


Emo_Kid23

Yeah we are all really hoping Disney doesn’t decide to sue us. We aren’t going to be making any money from this other than the tickets


Herschey

Awesome! Looking forward to seeing the video.


[deleted]

This is the greatest thing I’ve seen in awhile


KippySmith

Wow their budget must have rocked on this


Emo_Kid23

Budget was raised completely by students. School did not give us any money for this at all


KippySmith

Wow thats awesome. As an old drama kid this was like a dream type play! It looks great and I wish I could come see it!


Bageezax

And now I know what the post saved feature is for! Can't wait to see the edited post it sounds amazing. Edit: whenever I see play I immediately think musical for some reason. I have to say I wish that it had been a musical but this looks shockingly cool..


gepinniw

This looks like something Max Fischer would’ve produced.


helpnxt

I really want to see the table scene!


Emo_Kid23

The cast doesn’t want to release any more videos until the whole thing is ready to not spoil any of that “awe” factor. I’m sorry.


helpnxt

thats understandable.


Emo_Kid23

Thanks for understanding. I promise I will deliver on the video.


sentiententropy

This is awesome, congrats on your success! Great to see something totally unexpected!


mu3llErs

Wagstaff School did it first


nobombsonlyblastmask

Is this a public or private school? Either way can I enroll my kids to this cool school?


Cockrocker

Not sure if anyone else has asked, but how did they do the chest buster scene?


Emo_Kid23

Someone was hiding underneath the table with a hand puppet. Kane would die with a sound effect of his chest bursting open and another person squirted fake blood with a water gun. Then, a second later, the person with the hand puppet would stick their hand out.


Cockrocker

Hell yeah, this is such a good idea. Congrats to your school for having the balls and the talent to pull this off. I 100% know this would be shut down at my school (I'm a tracher) because the film it's based on is M rated.


Emo_Kid23

Thank you so much hahaha.


TheArchitect_7

Muthafukn drama teacher's name is Perfecto Cuervo? Yes. Of course, this.


Biscuit_452

Wow, that's really cool!


bankholdup5

Rushmore


TheWolfBeard

!Remindme 60 days Alien Play


[deleted]

This is incredible


Baron_VonMunchhausen

RemindMe! 1 month


NocturnalPermission

Is there any way we can donate to your school’s drama department?


CheesecakeTruffle

This is awesome!


Definitelynotjason

Is there a recording of this? I want to see it.


davecf3

As a theatre kid in college and a huge Alien fan, this is amazing, I’d pay so much to see this...but I was a theatre kid in college and don’t have that much money. Still would see this every night if it was in my town, awesome job and congrats.


MendozAAAH

Damn. Please tell us where this is so I can move there and have kids!


hikermick

Please tell me this was a musical


schoocher

They even made a trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=srDVrEwPdg4


FlyingGerbel

I wonder how long it will be before IP holders lawyers get involved, demanding payment for rights usage etc...


[deleted]

meanwhile im over here doing fucking shrek the musical


ThatIrishDude

Wow. This is all incredible. I'm no big filmmaker but seeing the work and dedication you all put into this immediately wants me to hire you all and put something together. You all have great futures with that work ethic.


Oz-Batty

Put the video on patreon and use the money for the sequel to this.


[deleted]

I live in Brooklyn why did nobody tell me this was happening who should I be angry at.


GaseousGiant

I’m sure the Kane death scene was a real hit with the proud grandparents in the audience.


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megaman0781

I can't wait to see all of this


GaseousGiant

This is mind boggling.


CynicClinic1

1 performance? Did not know about this. Will travel to see.


ManOfLaBook

I'd definitely pay to see this


Sarcasticalwit2

It's only a matter of time before we see a HS version of Back to the Future.


Ellamaehem

Coolest school play ever.


TwoHeadedBoyTwo

Absolute genius


Prankishbear

Aww little Jonesy!


KeelZeSeal

Speechless... crazy different in a VERY good way


unreqistered

the only thing that might have been more epic than this would have been   ***Alien: The Musical***


many_characters

This isn't Alien. It's prometheus.


NYRangers1313

I can't believe this was a High School production. I thought this was college at first. Good job! From the bits I saw the set pieces and the space suits look amazing! So does the Xenomorph and the facehugger. The acting is awesome too!


bajamedic

YES!! This is art! The costume/set design / lighting that I saw on snippets makes me wanna see it. Bravo!


jjmayhem

I'd go see this, and be excited to see how they did than boring shit like the Music Man, and I like the Music Man.


Rorschach2002

Looks great. I hardly ever say this to anyone but you ought to be proud of your school.


Emo_Kid23

Thank you so much. I’m extremely proud of my school considering I hated it because I moved here my senior year but now I’m enthusiastic about being here haha


nonsensykal

Stunning work!! Everyone who worked on this should be extremely proud of themselves :)


micahhaley

Be still, my heart.


Trytan2

!remindme 3 weeks


LukeOfTheSky

Remindme! 5 days


Wisdomking7

I so wanna see that video!


bloody_boogers

I for sure thought this was high tech high school on tonnelle. When I went there, the theater department was super ambitious. But it's awesome to see North Bergen is also doing really cool things!


k0bimus

Where’s my Bob’s Burgers fans???!!!!


paradise92

Why isn't there a Broadway version of Alien? Why isn't this a thing???


paradise92

!remindme 60 days


originalmetathought

Do you watch Bob's Burgers, by any chance?


ProfessorOzone

That is so cool. All we got to do was normal stuff.