Nearly 50 University students and members of the Baton Rouge community gathered together in the Hopkins Black Box Theatre on Wednesday night to watch a live  performance that included puppets, orgasmic viruses and aliens.John LeBret, communication studies graduate student, unveiled his comedic play based on William S. Burroughs’ science fiction novel, “The Ticket That Exploded” to a sold-out audience. LeBret, who has read Burroughs’ novel more than 15 times in the past three years, described the book as being very experiemental.”Each time I read the book, it was a different story. There is little bits of plot, aliens destroy Earth and Nova police officers try to save it,” LeBret said. “I hope the audience comes … prepared for something different.” The musical performance included live acts featuring a cast of 15 undergraduate and graduate students, a video and several puppets describing the world being attacked by aliens.”The Ticket That Exploded” will be presented again this week, Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. in Hopkins Black Box Theatre in Coates Hall.—-Contact Kimberly Brown at [email protected]