Sigourney Weaver seen panicking at Alien School

Believe it or not, a group of lucky New Jersey teens had the chance to meet Ripley.

Sigourney Weaver surprised the young and touching comedy "Alien: The Play" at North Bergen High School on Friday night after resuming their sold-out show.

The school's drama club presents a show every year. Instead of "Guys and Dolls" or "The Glass Menagerie", the group opted this year for "Alien". It became an international sensation in March when footage of the production of the science fiction scene filmed by parents became viral online – accumulating more than 3 million views. Director Ridley Scott gave his blessing and donated $ 5,000 for the recall.

"It was exciting," Weaver told the cast, the team and the packed house of 830 fans. "We were always looking under our chairs and under our head because the alien was really scary!"

The actress, originally from Ripley's role in the 1979 classic film, was at the forefront in the crowded auditorium. When Brett's character (portrayed by a promising comic actor named Ibrahim Jaludi) was killed by the clever ingeniously ingenious extraterrestrial, Weaver's hands flew to her face and she visibly trembled.

The show was staged with a small budget of $ 3,500 and performed by a dedicated cast of 9 actors. The director, Perfecto Cuervo, adapted the film into a 90-minute piece, with breathtaking special effects (exploding eggs, hibernation pods, detailed spaceships control panels, etc.) requiring a crew of about 20 students.

"Alien: The Play" is as frightening as it is fascinating, as the short videos posted in March suggest. It's more than a gadget; teenage actors play with remarkable intensity and when the extraterrestrial hunts down the theater's alleys – associated with a thunderous sound design in full swing that Broadway could envy – members of the audience were very nervous. After the extraterrestrial child exploded from Kane's belly (Pedro Sarmiento), the cast was sprayed in fake blood.

Cuervo, who repeated his roles for six months, kept Weaver's special look secret until Friday.

"I knew it for about two weeks, but they said you could not say anything. She wants to surprise children, "Cuervo told The Post. "She's coming out of nowhere and the kids are screaming. Ripley started crying.

Meeting Weaver "was unreal," Gabriella Delacruz, the 18-year-old actress playing the main character, told The Post. "She is the queen."

"I was praying for her to show up," she added. "But I thought she was too busy for that!"

During the evening in the school cafeteria, representatives of the New York Conservatory of Dramatic Art offered each actor a $ 10,000 scholarship.