Draco and the Malfoys Band, New Plays and More Set for 'WizardNights' at PUFFS
By: BWW News Desk Jan. 05, 2017
Puffs Presents WizardNights - an exciting monthlong celebration of special theater and musical events presented by the Off Broadway hit PUFFS or: Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic & Magic - will take place January 13 through February 5.
WizardNights will feature special post-show readings of two new wizarding plays by Puffs playwright Matt cox and concerts with our favorite Wizard Rock Bands, including Draco and the Malfoys, Tonks and Aurors and Swish and Flick.
Matt cox's plays - Nineteen Years Later Or; There And Back Again: A Puffs Tale Parts 1 & 3 and Dude, Where's My Fantastic Beast? Or; 30 Short Films About Magical New York In 1926 When A Puff Came For A Quick Visit And The Disaster That Followed Film 1 of 5 - are helmed by Puffs director Kristin McCarthy Parker and performed by the show's cast.
Admission to the events is free to any patron who has purchased a ticket to that day's performance of Puffs. All events will take place after the show at The Elektra Theater (300 West 43rd Street).
In addition to scheduled events, the show hosts a special Costume Contest at every performance. Theatergoers who take a photo at the theatre in your best Potter-inspired costume and post to the show's Facebook page to win a few poster signed by the entire cast of Puffs.
About the Plays:
NINETEEN YEARS LATER OR; THERE AND BACK AGAIN: A PUFFS TALE PARTS 1 & 3
It's maybe kind of okay being Megan Jones and Oliver Rivers now that they're reliably employed wizard adults and the parents of one school-age child. While Megan and Oliver suddenly grapple with familiar faces from their past, their son Wayne Rivers-Jones is discovering that A Certain School of Magic and Magic is still an incredibly dangerous place for unsupervised children to be. As past and present begin to intermingle, all are confronted with an unexpected circumstance: he's baaaaack and now he has a kid.
DUDE, WHERE'S MY FANTASTIC BEAST?
OR; 30 SHORT FILMS ABOUT MAGICAL NEW YORK IN 1926 WHEN A
PUFF CAME FOR A QUICK VISIT AND THE DISASTER THAT FOLLOWED
FILM 1 OF 5
A surprise dark wizard running rampant across Europe, rising tensions in the American wizard community, strange haircuts, a man who just wants to open a bakery, beasts who may or may not be fantastical, and lots of twenties jargon all chaotically collide when an awkward British zoologist tries to take a trip to Arizona. Puffs playwright Matt cox makes his screenwriting debut in this collection of short films about magical life in a simpler time.
About the Bands:
TONKS & THE AURORS is a wizard rock band created and fronted by Steph Anderson. Since 2007, they have traveled the country playing in libraries and bookstores and has released four full-length albums and an EP. The main mission of T&tA is promoting Hufflepuff pride through HUFFLERIOT-ing and increasing fandom feminism through YES ALL WITCHES! Recently, Steph has expanded her "Muggle" discography to include songs that draw inspiration from The Hunger Games series, Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series, John Green's books, and even "The West Wing." She has two albums in the works currently: an album of old and new Tonks favorites coming this summer and an EP about U.S. history. www.TonksAndTheAurors.com
DRACO AND THE MALFOYS sing songs about Harry Potter from Draco Malfoy's perspective. Formed in 2005 as a "one time joke," they have released five full-length albums and an EP and played over 200 shows at libraries, conventions, pizza shops, an indoor soccer arena, a cruise ship and other venues. They have been featured on MTV, Fuse, Entertainment Weekly and more. Their blend of witty humor and love for music has earned them regular appearances at many Harry Potter and other geeky conferences. One of their favorite reviews called them, "old enough to know better." www.evilwizardrock.com
SWISH AND FLICK is a New York based duo that makes hip hop and dance music with comedic, irreverent bawdy lyrics inspired by the Harry Potter books, Harry Potter films, and Harry Potter fandom. Their danceable brand of wizard rock has made them a perennial favorite at fan conventions, concert venues and parties since their inception in 2008. SWISH, a.k.a. Stacey Pisani, is the lyricist and producer of Swish and Flick. When Swish wrocks out, she is the embodiment of Slytherin student Astoria Greengrass, the character who JK Rowling later married off to Draco Malfoy. Swish raps about her extracurricular activites at Hogwarts such as snogging boys (and girls), sneaking out at night to have torried affairs with Death Eaters, drinking firewhiskey, getting into fights and engaging in general debauchery. FLICK, a.k.a John Pisani, is the guitarist of the duo, rocks a mean vocoder, and is a veritable wizard with music recording software.
Events Schedule:
Friday, January 13
Staged Reading / Nineteen Years Later Or; There And Back Again: A Puffs Tale Parts 1 & 3
Sunday, January 15
Staged Reading / Dude, Where's My Fantastic Beast? Or; 30 Short Films About Magical New York In 1926 When A Puff Came For A Quick Visit And The Disaster That Followed Film 1 of 5
Friday, January 20
Staged Reading / Nineteen Years Later Or; There And Back Again: A Puffs Tale Parts 1 & 3
Sunday, January 22
Concert / Tonks and Aurors
Friday, January 27
Staged Reading / Dude, Where's My Fantastic Beast? Or; 30 Short Films About Magical New York In 1926 When A Puff Came For A Quick Visit And The Disaster That Followed Film 1 of 5
Saturday, January 28
Concert / Swish and Flick
Friday, February 3
Staged Reading / Nineteen Years Later Or; There And Back Again: A Puffs Tale Parts 1 & 3
Saturday, February 4
Concert / Draco and the Malfoys
Sunday, February 5
Concert / Draco and the Malfoys
About Puffs:
PUFFS - presented by TILTED WINDMILLS THEATRICALS - runs through March 26, 2017 at The Elektra Theater (300 West 43rd Street). The show takes a second look at everyone's favorite world of wizards through the eyes of the Puffs, a lovable group of magical misfits. The sold-out sensation ran at New York's Peoples Improv Theater from December 2015 through August 2016. PUFFS is written by Matt cox and directed by Kristin McCarthy Parker.
Some people are born with the capacity to do great things. Some people change the world. Some people rise from humble beginnings to defeat the forces of darkness in the face of insurmountable odds. PUFFS is the story of the people who sit in class next to those people. Meet Wayne, a very average boy from New Mexico, who finds out he is a wizard... also, wizards are real. Join him and his new friends as they try to keep their heads down and get a basic wizarding education while a certain other famous boy with a very peculiarly shaped scar on his forehead sets out to make life at school increasingly... eventful.
The full company features Langston Belton, Madeleine Bundy, Jessie Cannizzaro, Nick Carrillo, Anna Dart, A.J. Ditty, Julie Ann Earls, James Fouhey, Jake Keefe, Andy Miller, Zac Moon, Eleanor Philips and Stephen Stout. PUFFS has production design by Liz Blessing and Madeleine Bundy, lighting design by Michelle Kelleher, costume design by Madeleine Bundy, sound design by Matt cox and original music by Brian Hoes. Jumpstart Entertainment serves as general manager.
The show is produced by Tilted Windmills Theatricals, Stamatios Tom Hiotis, John Paterakis, George Stephanopoulos and Jonathan Feinsilver, in association with GG Entertainment, Invisible Wall Productions and Eric Kelhoffer, and Stephen Stout and Colin Waitt. It was originally produced at The Peoples Improv Theater by Stephen Stout and Colin Waitt, and developed in part during a residency with the University of Florida, School of Theatre + Dance, Jerry Dickey, School Director.
PUFFS or: Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic & Magic is performed on Thursdays and Fridays at 7:30 PM, Saturdays at 9:30 PM and Sunday at 3:00 PM. The show is at The Elektra Theater (300 West 43rd Street, New York, NY 10036). Tickets, which are available at www.PuffsthePlay.com, are $51.50-$61.50 with $76.50 premium seats available. Premium seats with a t-shirt are $79.50.
Matt cox (Playwright) is a playwright, actor, and improviser based in New York City. His plays include Puffs Or: Seven Increasingly Eventful Years At A Certain School Of Magic & Magic; Cool Chefs Jr.; Adult Mutant Ninja Turtles; The Madness of Captain Dread; and the three-part epic Kapow-i GoGo (Time Out New York "Critics' Pick," Theatre Is Easy "Best Bet"). He also authored the radio play El Hombre Bovino for WNYC's The Greene Space, and contributed to The Flea Theater's The Mysteries. His work has been produced at The Peoples Improv Theater, The Tank, and The Flea Theater, among other places. Matt has studied at The Upright Citizens Brigade, The Stella Adler Studio of Acting, Tarleton State University, and is a member of The Story Pirates. He is currently working on a book about an Orc. www.MattCoxLand.com
Kristin McCarthy Parker (Director) is an NYC-based director and founding member of Recent Cutbacks. Recent projects: Matt cox's Puffs and Kapow-i GoGo, Recent Cutbacks' Hold On To Your Butts and Fly, You Fools!, Monsoon Season (Sam French OOB Festival Finalist), Ship of Clowns (Fordham/Primary Stages), Franny's Way (Rutgers University), and Dracula (Three Day Hangover). She has also directed and developed work at Ma-Yi, 59E59, The Flea, HERE Arts, Dixon Place, Columbia University, and the University of Florida, among others. Assistantships include Ed Iskandar, Michael Greif, Wendy Goldberg, and Trip Cullman.
TILTED WINDMILLS THEATRICALS (Producer) is a producing partnership between David Carpenter and John Arthur Pinckard. The company specializes in the development of new work for the American theater and is focused on producing artistically and commercially successful entertainment for under-served markets across North America. David Carpenter's Broadway career has taken him from industry powerhouse Dodgers Theatricals (Jersey Boys, Matilda) to DreamWorks Theatricals and most recently to Dede Harris Productions, where he supervised creative development, finances, and day-to-day operations for a 6 Time Tony-Award winning producer. John Arthur Pinckard's producing career began over a decade ago with the cult festival hit Silence! the Musical. Soon he won the prestigious T. Edward Hambleton Fellowship for Creative Producers from Hal Prince, the 21-time Tony Award winning producer and director whose 60 years of hits range from Fiddler on the Roof to Phantom of the Opera. John's work as an independent producer has garnered him four Tony Award nominations and two wins, for Clybourne Park and A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder.
Stephen Stout (Original Producer) is an actor, producer and Artistic Director of The Peoples Improv Theater. He co-produced the original sold-out run of Puffs at The PIT as well as the geek theater epic Kapow-i GoGo. He co-created and produced the sold-out, late night hit SERIALS at the Flea Theater from 2011 to 2014. He also ran the New YorK Wing of The Old Vic Theatre's Old Vic New Voices and produced programming at 3LD, Soho House, The Vineyard, The Public and The Old Vic itself.
Colin Waitt (Original Producer) co-produced the original sold-out run of Puffs at The Peoples Improv Theater. He produces SERIALS, the Flea Theater's late night short play competition. Additional credits include cult sensation Kapow-i GoGo (The PIT), I Want To Be Your Man (Feinstein's/54 Below), and Our House in Concert (Associate Producer, The Savoy Theater in London's West End).
JUMPSTART ENTERTAINMENT (General Manager: Roy Gabay & Daniel Kuney) general manages Broadway, Off-Broadway and touring productions. Built by industry veterans, Roy Gabay and Daniel Kuney, who have more than thirty years of combined experience on Broadway, Jumpstart productions have won thirteen Tony Awards, 14 Drama Desk Awards and three Pulitzer Prizes. Past productions include Rock of Ages, The 39 Steps, Honeymoon in Vegas, Heathers, Fela!, Metamorphoses, The Last Five Years and Wit.
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