On Saturday, the Internet exploded when pictures and reports surfaced surrounding North Bergen High School’s epic stage retelling of Ridley Scott’s 1979 epic, Alien.
We are impressed! 40 years and still going strong… https://t.co/NJGJIZj2oq
— Alien (@AlienAnthology) March 23, 2019
The crew of six students managed to build the production’s 15 sets, in addition to the costumes, which included four astronaut suits and two xenomorph bodies, all of which were made from recycled parts and materials.
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
The school’s art teacher told Buzzfeed, “To pull off something of that caliber, every set, every costume is repurposed in one way or another…They worked really hard all year.”
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A parent filmed the facehugger scene. pic.twitter.com/oamxaxikM2
— Paul Owens (@oh_pollo) March 23, 2019
Nailed it
— Danijela Belovarac (@Fueledbyjelaa) March 23, 2019