Woods Cross High School Theatre will bring a Harry Potter-inspired comedy to the stage in November, with six performances and tickets starting at $5.
The school's fall production is "Puffs: Or: Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic," a play by Matt Cox. According to the school's announcement, the show follows a group of well-meaning but unremarkable students who happen to attend the same wizard school as a famous boy hero.
The school describes the play as a tale for anyone who has never been destined to save the world.
Cox wrote the play in 2015. It ran Off-Broadway at New World Stages in New York starting in 2016 and earned a nomination for the Off-Broadway Alliance Award for Best Unique Theatrical Experience in 2017. In a Playbill interview that year, Cox said the team wanted the show to have "really true heart to it" so it would carry genuine emotional weight beyond a simple spoof.
The production is not authorized or endorsed by J.K. Rowling, Warner Bros. or anyone associated with the Harry Potter franchise, according to the school's listing.
Performance schedule
- Friday, Nov. 6 at 7 p.m.
- Monday, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m.
- Thursday, Nov. 12 at 7 p.m.
- Friday, Nov. 13 at 7 p.m.
- Saturday, Nov. 14 at 2 p.m.
- Saturday, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m.
Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for adults. The school says they are available through GoFan. Concessions will be sold during a 10-minute intermission. Photography and recording are prohibited.
Woods Cross High School is at 600 West 2200 South in Woods Cross. The theatre department's Instagram account, @wxtheater, may post additional details before the Nov. 6 opening.
