Per Deadline, a new play about the early days of Saturday Night Live, titled Not Ready For Prime Time, is headed Off-Broadway.

Written by Erik J. Rodriguez and Charles A. Sothers, the beginnings of SNL have been recounted numerous times throughout documentaries, narrative films, and television specials. Directed by Conor Bagley, Not Ready For Prime Time will be the first stage dramatization of the long-running sketch comedy show's origins.

Playing the Newman Mills Theater at the Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space, the show will begin previews October 5, with opening night set for October 20. The production does not appear to be an MCC production.

Casting and creative team members will be announced at a later date.

The synopsis from producer Grove House Productions is as follows: “Not Ready For Prime Time is set in 1975 and follows nine soon-to-be legends—Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Jane Curtin, Lorne Michaels, Garrett Morris, Bill Murray, Laraine Newman, and Gilda Radner—as they navigate the chaos, creativity, and comedy that changed television forever. This new play pulses with live music, quick wit, and backstage mayhem, capturing the electric atmosphere of a cultural revolution in the making.”