Hilarious 'Harry Potter' parody 'Puffs' set for off-Broadway run

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child isn't the only Harry Potter play on the block.

Harry Potter parody Puffs, Or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic & Magic just announced that the show -- which is about to wrap a sold-out run at Peoples Improv Theater in New York -- will move off-Broadway this fall.

This spoof, written by Matt Cox, follows Wayne Hopkins, "a boy from New Mexico who is neither brave, smart, nor a snake, [who] finds out he's a wizard," the show's site explains. "Upon arrival at a certain school of magic and magic, he's placed into the Puffs: a group of well-meaning, loyal rejects. Over seven increasingly eventful years, he'll try to learn magic; try to get out of the shadow of his world famous nemesis; and try not to get hurt in what is actually a very dangerous place for unsupervised children to be. Sometimes he will succeed. Partially."

Puffs -- similar to gold-standard Potter show A Very Potter Musical before it -- is clearly put together by a bunch of giant Harry Potter fans. The show is chock-full of references to obscure HP events and characters, and lovingly skewers all of Hogwarts' idiosyncrasies. (Yes, "Puffs" are clearly representing the oft-maligned Hufflepuffs, but it's so charmingly done, we doubt they'd mind much.) Spoiler alert: You're going to fall in love with Cedric Diggory -- possibly even moreso than when he was portrayed by Robert Pattinson.

The greatest thing about the show, though, is that while it's appropriate for kids of all ages, it's definitely geared toward people who have grown up with Potter, i.e. twenty-somethings who don't want to let go yet. Which makes it different than, say, Potted Potter, another "unofficial" Harry Potter play that ran off-Broadway in 2012 that was well-reviewed but definitely aimed at much younger fans.

Puffs will premiere at the Elektra Theatre Sept. 29.

h/t Entertainment Weekly