SFCC Theatre Arts to Present ‘Puffs’ November 17-21
SFCC program will present “Puffs” at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17-20 and 2 p.m. Nov. 21 in Stauffacher Theatre on the Sedalia campus.
Admission is $5 per person; SFCC students and employees have free admission. A dinner theatre will be served at 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 20; cost is $15 per person. Individuals 60 years old and above receive free admission at the 2 p.m. Oct. 10 performance.
“Puffs,” written by Matt Cox and first performed in 2015, is directed by Ryan P. Mahannah, SFCC’s Theatre Arts program coordinator and instructor. The play is a comedy that depicts the adventures of a group of students in a magic school for seven years. The Puffs is a group of “well-meaning, loyal rejects” at the school, one of whom is Wayne Hopkins who discovers he is a wizard.
The show is recommended for audiences 15 years and older because of explicit language.
Tickets may be purchased at SFCCTheatre.eventbrite.com or by calling the Box Office at (660) 530-5814 from noon to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday and two hours prior to performance time. For special accommodations, email Ryan Mahannah at rmahannah@sfccmo.edu.
CAST
Wayne Hopkins - Quincy Wilson, Oak Grove
Oliver Rivers - Ethan Courtier, Knob Noster
Megan Jones - Annie Henson, Clever
Narrator - Garrett Lampert, Kansas City
Ernie Mac and others - Kaden Green, Sedalia
Seamus and others - Avory Nail, Lexington
Hannah and others - Ainsley McKellips, Coffeyville, Kansas
J Finch Fletchley and others - Payton Lawrence, Norborne
Leanne and others - Audrey Phillips, Higginsville
Sally Perks and others - Kennedy Keele, Sedalia
Susie Bones and others - Miranda Duryee, Warrensburg
Cedric and Mr. Voldy - Braden Miller, Platte City
First Headmaster and others - Sarah Hensel, Provence, Louisiana
Male Understudy - Jaden Wright, Sedalia
Female Understudy - Erika Freeman, Chicago, Illinois
PRODUCTION TEAM
Director - Ryan P. Mahannah, SFCC Theatre Arts program coordinator
Technical Direction - Tim Wells, SFCC Technical Director
Intimacy Director - Kristin Henning, SFCC Staff
Stage Manager/Assistant Director - Elise Hawley, Sedalia
Costume Design - Bailey Mitchell, Columbia
Scene and Light Design - Tim Wells
Sound Design and Operator - Walker Schothe, Sedalia
Light Board Operator - Yale Bakerfelt Jr., Sedalia
Prop Masters - Sarah Hensel, Tevin Mershon, Lawrence, Kansas
Master Carpenter - Quincy Wilson
House Manager - Erika Freeman
Costume and Run Crew - Lexi Kauffman, Sedalia; Ruby Norman, Sedalia; Shelbi Miller, Smithton;
Mykalya Grey Swearngin, Joplin; Carri Macek, Sedalia
In the photo: State Fair Community College Theatre Arts program will present the comedy “Puffs” Nov. 17-21 in the Stauffacher Theatre on the Sedalia campus. The actors are from left Payton Lawrence, Miranda Duryee, Braden Miller, Ainsley McKellips, Quincy Wilson, Audrey Phillips, Ethan Courtier, Kaden Green, Kennedy Keele, and Annie Henson.
