High School Production of 'Alien' Suprised By Visit From Sigourney Weaver

An anonymous reader quotes ABC News:

'Alien: The Play' returned to the stage at North Bergen High School one month after it took the internet by storm -- thanks to its elaborate costumes, stage design and nostalgia for the original film, released in 1979. The drama club only had enough money to put the production on for two nights in March, but the director of the film, Ridley Scott, ponied up $5,000 after the performance went viral. The students chose Friday, to honor the 40th anniversary of the film, for a packed show.

One of those in attendance: Sigourney Weaver, who starred as protagonist Ellen Ripley in the film. Weaver got a chance to meet the students who put on the play after the performance, and to say they were starstruck is an understatement. Student Gabriella Delacruz, who played Ripley in the stage version, called it 'unreal...'

The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts offered a surprise of its own after the show. Each of the members of the cast and crew received a $1,000 scholarship to the program's summer camp, while the graduating seniors -- including an almost-literally floored Delacruz -- with a $10,000 scholarship for college.

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