Harry Potter Fans With No Life

Puffs, the Off-Broadway Hit About the Classmates of a Certain Boy Wizard, Now Streaming on Playbill
BY DAN MEYER
MAY 19, 2020

The play, captured in 2018, began streaming May 22.
Puffs_New_World_Stage_Production_Photos_2017_HR
The cast of Puffs Hunter Canning


Theatre lovers can travel to a Certain School of Magic and Magic with the Playbill Playback stream of Puffs. In addition to the full-length Off-Broadway production, the recording includes exclusive new interviews with the cast and creative team, hosted by Felicia Fitzpatrick. Puffs is available to stream through May 31 at 11:59 PM ET.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH PUFFS

The stream is $8.99 with a portion of the proceeds benefiting Frontline Foods, which supports local restaurants impacted by shelter-in-place measures, while feeding healthcare workers on the frontlines of the pandemic.

Fans can join a Playbill watch party May 23 at 8 PM ET on Twitter using the hashtag #PlaybillPlayback.

Puffs_New_World_Stage_Production_Photos_2017_HR
James Fouhey and cast Hunter Canning


Created by Matt Cox and directed by Kristin McCarthy Parker, Puffs, Or: Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School, of Magic and Magic follows the overlooked students of the “Puff” house. While Harry Potter was off battling evil, plenty of budding witches and wizards were just trying to find their place in the world, and now their story is told.

READ: 7 Completely Unbiased Reasons to See Puffs From the Playwright of Puffs

The recording was filmed live Off-Broadway in 2018, with a cast featuring Langston Belton, Madeleine Bundy, Jessie Cannizzaro, Nick Carrillo, A.J. Ditty, Julie Ann Earls, James Fouhey, Andy Miller, Zac Moon, Eleanor Philips, Stephen Stout, Anna Dart, and Jake Keefe. Puffs: Live was originally produced by David Carpenter / Tilted Windmills Theatricals

Serving on the creative team are features set and costume designer Madeleine Bundy, lighting designer Herrick Goldman, and sound designer Matt Cox, with original music composed by Brian Hoes.

INTERVIEW: How Harry Potter Spinoff Puffs Found Its Own Hilarious Voice


Puffs opened July 17, 2017, at New World Stages, having previously started at Peoples Improv Theater in 2015 and a subsequent transfer to the Elektra Theater. The play also premiered in Melbourne, Australia, in May of 2018. The Off-Broadway production closed in NYC August 18, 2019.

SEE PHOTOS FROM PUFFS’ OFF-BROADWAY-ER ENGAGEMENT NOW PLAYING AT NEW WORLD STAGES