12/21/2021
Do you have your tickets yet?! “These people had no idea what they were getting into,” Rodriguez says. “They didn’t know if the show would even last two weeks. But when it became a hit and launched them into superstardom the question then became how are you going to handle it?”
Along with the newfound success came bitter rivalries, drugs and affairs. But in spite of the turmoil, or maybe because of it, some unbreakable bonds were formed.
“It’s a play about celebrity and how it changes people,” Sothers says. “SNL is a great example of how people get rocketed to stardom and the different ways that can affect them.”
Alumni Erik J. Rodriguez and Charles Sothers' play "Not Ready for Primetime" explores the tumultuous first five years of Saturday Night Live.