The Perry High School Drama Department will stage its fall production, “Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic,” on Friday, Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. in the Perry Performing Arts Center.
The play, a 2015 comedy by Matt Cox, was inspired by the Harry Potter book series by J. K. Rowling, with the story told from the point of view of the “Puffs,” that is, the members of the Hogwarts house Hufflepuff.
Lead characters in the play include:
- Wayne Hopkins; a nerdy orphan wizard boy from New Mexico.
- Oliver Rivers; a mathematician wizard from New Jersey.
- Megan Jones, daughter of the infamous Xavia Jones who thinks she should be in the Snakes house.
- Narrator, the one with all the heavy books.
- Cedric, the lead Puff at the magic school.
- Mr. Voldy, an evil and dark lord who wants to take over the school and kill Harry.
- Mr. Potter, a famous student in the Brave house who kills magical beasts and constantly steals opportunities from the Puffs.
- Susie Bones, a Puff who lives in fear of death, because her entire family died.
- J Finch Fletchley, a flamboyant and happy Puff.
- Sally Perks, who goes to school here and is completely blind throughout half the show
- Ernie Mac, a very confident and self-obsessed Puff.
- Hannah, a shy Puff who gets made fun of by the other houses and does not realize what is happening.
- Leanne, a Puff who grew up as an only child, has never seen other children until now and wants to be friends with everybody.
