No, the novel cannot be shown as a play. There is no way to show the time wrapping of Billy, and no way to throw in the "so it goes" every time someone dies. The audience is just not going to understand and won't be able to follow the non-linear plot of the novel.
Also, some parts of the over all message may be lost due to the impossibility of showing it on stage. Parts like Billy's dream of the giraffes in the garden while he was high on morphine, Billy's time traveling while he was in the hospital, and the part of the novel where he was on Tralfamadore, on exhibit in a zoo.
But this novel is not completely incompatible with plays, there are certain scenes which may work in a play. Such as the adventure of three musketeers and Billy Pilgrim, the part of the novel which took place in Dresden, and others that I can't think of at the moment.
That said, this novel as a whole cannot be made into a play, only parts of it. Well, what is the point of only making part of a play? "Thanks everyone for coming to the play, you will have to read the missing parts by yourself."
That's just my 2 cents on this topic. I have very vague ideas on the kind of things possible in a play.
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