I read the books, then I read them again, and having sufficiently memorized every word (or at the very least, the words from my favorite chapters), I dissected the plot with any willing participant within 50 yards. I went to all the movies and clutched the hands of loved ones as the famed theme began to play over the opening credits. My essential point: I am very familiar with the wonderful wizarding world of this series. Before I heard the Cabrillo Playhouse was putting on this particular show, I had already heard of PUFFS, or: Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic. Initially, my response was something akin to “…Ok. Sounds mildly interesting. Not sure I needed someone to write this, but sure.” Well, Matt Cox felt moved to write it, and having seen it at the Cabrillo Playhouse, I am pleased he did. It starts as a goofy fanfiction of the Harry Potter films and ends on a wistful note that one might cherish as a poignant attribute of the human condition or shrugged off for the pleasure that poking fun at the movies for two hours might have brought.