| A Very Potter Sequel | |
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| Music | Darren Criss |
| Lyrics | Darren Criss |
| Book | Matt Lang Nick Lang Brian Holden |
| Basis | J. K. Rowling's novels: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix |
| Productions | 2010 University of Michigan |
A Very Potter Sequel is a musical with music and lyrics by Darren Criss,[1][2][3][4] and a book by Matt Lang, Nick Lang, and Brian Holden.[5] The story is a parody based on several of the Harry Potter novels, particularly Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling, as well as their film counterparts.
A Very Potter Sequel picks up where A Very Potter Musical left off with Lord Voldemort destroyed. Lucius Malfoy then decides to go back in time to Harry Potter's first year at Hogwarts to destroy him before he becomes a bigger threat than he already is.
The musical was performed May[4] 14[6]-16th, 2010, on the University of Michigan campus. It was produced by Team StarKid[1][4][3][6][7][8] and directed by Matt Lang.[5] The musical starred Darren Criss as Harry Potter,[4][3][9] Joey Richter as Ron Weasley, Bonnie Gruesen as Hermione Granger, Lauren Lopez as Draco Malfoy, and Joe Walker as Dolores Umbridge.[5] The video version of the musical premiered in its entirety at Infinitus, a Harry Potter convention.[3][8] The video premiered on YouTube July 22nd, 2010, and within two days had gotten over 160,000 views, making the Team StarKid page the most viewed of the day.[3]
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Lucius Malfoy and Yaxley meet to discuss Lord Voldemort's defeat at the hands of Harry Potter. Lucius describes that if it were not for Harry Potter, they would be reigning supreme. Lucius then explains his plan to use a Time Turner to go back in time to Harry's first year at Hogwarts to destroy him before he can become a threat for the Death Eaters ("Not Over Yet").
Harry Potter shows up at King's Cross station and cannot seem to find Platform 9¾. He then meets the Weasleys who help him find the way. In the midst of this, Harry meets Ron Weasley and the two quickly become the best of friends. Ron and the others at Platform 9¾ discover who Harry is and begin to treat him like a celebrity. Harry asks Ron why they are acting this way toward him, and Ron tells Harry that he is "The Boy Who Lived," as he survived the Killing Curse and defeated Voldemort as a child. Rita Skeeter also tells Harry about the murderer Sirius Black who betrayed his parents and is now after his life ("Harry Freakin' Potter").
On the Hogwarts Express, Harry and Ron meet Hermione Granger. Meanwhile, a Death Eater knocks out the candy lady and attempts to use the Killing Curse on Harry, but is disarmed by Remus Lupin, who is the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts. As the train arrives at Hogwarts, Lupin tells Harry not to go looking for trouble. At this point, Harry is introduced to Severus Snape, who instantly takes a disliking to Harry, but Lupin stands up for Harry and Snape flees. Lupin leaves Harry after mentioning that his parents spent the best years of their lives at Hogwarts, leading Harry to believe he has finally found a home ("To Have a Home").
After Harry, Ron, and Hermione are sorted into Gryffindor house, they meet Slytherin Draco Malfoy who wants to be Harry's friend very badly, and tells his associates Vincent Crabbe, and Gregory Goyle to torture Ron and Hermione until he agrees. Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore arrives to cease the fighting and welcome everyone to Hogwarts. Dumbledore then introduces the House Cup and Quidditch. Dumbledore introduces Lupin and Snape as the coaches of the Gryffindor and Slytherin Quidditch teams, respectively. As Snape begins to taunt Lupin about the full moon, Lupin begins to take on a werewolf transformation and runs away. Dumbledore then introduces professor Dolores Umbridge who has been assigned by the Ministry of Magic to keep Harry and the rest of the school safe from Sirius Black. Snape escorts the boys to their dorm, and Dumbledore tells Harry he should be proud to be in Gryffindor, like himself, and his parents were. Meanwhile, Umbridge is left to instruct the girls, but more so intimidates them.
Harry and Ron go to try out for the Gryffindor Quidditch team, but before they can begin practicing, Snape shows up and he and Lupin begin to argue over which team has the field reserved for the day. The two go to see Dumbledore to settle the matter. Meanwhile, Draco approaches Harry to boast about a picture he drew of him. Hermione attempts to stand up for Harry, but the tables are turned on her as everyone makes fun of her for not being able to draw ("Hermione Can't Draw"). Lupin returns to tell the team that he messed up the schedule, but no one seems to care as they are all having too much making fun of Hermione. Hermione wishes she could show everyone who she really is ("The Coolest Girl").
The students of Hogwarts are taking a field trip to Hogsmeade, but Harry does not have a signed permission form, so Umbridge freaks out on him. Fortunately for Harry, Neville Longbottom shows up to give Umbridge flowers from "Big D," which put her in a much better mood. Harry is still not allowed to go, but he manages to escape Umbridge's wrath. Draco also does not have a permission form, so he stays behind to write a letter to his father. Harry meets up with Lupin who gives him the Marauder's Map so that he can go secretly to Hogsmeade without a permission slip, but advises him not to go to the Shrieking Shack.
Umbridge has become a lot less strict with rules since she received the flowers from "Big D," who is revealed to be Dumbledore. The two then begin a flirting relationship ("Gettin' Along"). Meanwhile, the kids are swapping horrific stories in Hogsmeade, which ends with Hermione being dared do go to the Shrieking Shack. The other kids are scared off by a werewolf howl. When Harry arrives, he convinces Ron that they must go in to save her. They manage to find her, but are then attacked by a werewolf. Harry fends it off by throwing Hermione's cat Crookshanks at it as bait. The group flees into the Forbidden Forest, where they each discuss their flaws, but because they are at Hogwarts, those flaws don't matter. At this point, Harry and Ron finally accept Hermione as their friend. Suddenly, the werewolf returns, but Firenze arrives to saves the trio and brings them back to Hogwarts.
While everyone is preparing for the Quidditch match, Neville and Rita Skeeter find Lupin half-naked and covered in blood in the woods with the body of a dead doe, which he claims is part of a pre-game ritual. Meanwhile, Dumbledore tells Snape of his evening with Umbridge, which quickly became a disaster when Dumbledore realized Umbridge was actually a woman. Contrary to this, Umbridge has become very clingy to Dumbledore, but when Snape and Dumbledore break the news to her, she goes back to being her old self, declaring to take Dumbledore's job as headmaster of Hogwarts. Lucius, the one from the future, arrives to meet with Snape, stating he has a lot riding on the Quidditch match, and replaces the majority of the Slytherin team with Death Eaters in order to kill Harry.
The Quidditch match finally begins ("Let the Games Begin"). At half-time, Hedwig shows up with a package for Harry, but Lucius intercepts it. Hermione manages to get it back by cursing Lucius. Lupin scolds the Gryffindor team for their sloppy playing, but Hermione arrives to give Harry his package, which turns out to be just what he needs: a Firebolt broomstick. Draco accidentally interferes with the Death Eaters' attempt on Harry's life and Harry manages to catch the Golden Snitch, winning the game for Gryffindor. Lucius is furious with Draco and crumples up the drawing Draco had made for him, disowning him.
Hermione prepares to leave Hogwarts for the holidays and gives Harry and Ron a scrapbook of their first semester at Hogwarts, including a newspaper clipping about Sirius Black that mentions Harry. Snape charges into the room screaming that Sirius Black has infiltrated Hogwarts. At this point, Harry gets angry and decides to go find Sirius Black using the Marauder's Map. The map leads Harry, Ron, and Hermione to a room containing a large mirror. As Harry approaches the mirror, he sees two mysterious figures in it. Sirius Black reveals himself and explains that it is the Mirror of Erised and that it shows one's deepest desires. In the case of both Harry and Sirius, this is Harry's parents. Sirius explains that he was framed for the murder of Harry's parents, so Harry and Sirius reconcile ("Those Voices"). Sirius then tells the trio that someone named "Little D" helped him escape from Azkaban prison and make his way to Hogwarts. Sirius also gives Harry his dad's Cloak of Invisibility as well as telling him that it was he who sent the Firebolt. Hermione sees someone coming on the Marauder's Map, so Sirius tries to throw the Invisibility Cloak over the trio, but Harry ends up putting it on Sirius. Snape arrives and begins taking his anger out on Harry. Sirius reveals himself, and Dumbledore and Umbridge show up. Umbridge tries to take Harry, Ron, and Hermione to Azkaban for helping Sirius get into Hogwarts, but Dumbledore tells her that it was him who helped Sirius get in. Instead of going to Azkaban or agreeing to go out with Umbridge, Dumbledore disapparates, leaving Umbridge to take over Hogwarts. In the end of Act I, we can see what Snape sees in the Mirror of Erised: Lily.
Everyone is a bit shaken up by all the new regulations instated by Umbridge. Lupin tries to cheer everyone up by teaching them a spell to ward off Dementors, called the Patronus Charm. Umbridge interrupts the teaching session and fires Lupin from teaching at Hogwarts. Umbridge asks Harry where Dumbledore is hiding, but Harry tells her that even if he did know he wouldn't tell her.
Umbridge is having a good time taking over Hogwarts, but still has her doubts. She is then visited by the spirit of her dead mother who whips Umbridge into shape, and convinces her to kill the students of Hogwarts. Umbridge calls Snape to her office to ask her to kill Harry for her. Lucius also arrives and suggests that he and Umbridge team up to capture Dumbledore and kill Harry. Snape threatens to report their planning to the Minstry of Magic, but Lucius convinces him otherwise by showing Snape his memories of James and Lily Potter using the Pensieve to show him the type of people the Potters are ("Guys Like Potter").
The students read in The Daily Prophet that Sirius has been sentenced to death, and Umbridge will now have Dementors surrounding Hogwarts full-time. While most of the first years are ordered to clean the Owlery, Harry is asked to come to Umbridge's office alone. When Harry arrives, Lucius appears from the shadows and attacks him. Meanwhile, as the others are cleaning, Ron and Hermione get a message from "Little D," who wants to meet them in order to save Harry. "Little D" is revealed to be Draco, but this Draco is from the future like Lucius. Draco explains that Lucius came back in time to kill Harry and that he, Draco, was actually behind helping Sirius escape from Azkaban and having Firenze save Harry and company from the werewolf. Harry wakes up to find Lucius and the Death Eaters preparing to torture him and that Lucius and Umbridge have formed an alliance. Ron, Hermione, and Draco enter the room disguised as Death Eaters and manage to free Harry. Lucius grabs Draco, but Snape enters and saves them, allowing the children to escape.
Harry and company free Sirius and then Lupin arrives. Lupin and Sirius explain that their and James' supposedly deceased friend Peter Pettigrew, who was disguised as a nearby Taylor Lautner poster, was actually behind the crimes Sirius was accused of. Ron tricks Pettigrew by offering him a Red Vine and the group captures him. As the group prepares to head to the Ministry of Magic to turn Pettigrew in, Lupin sees the full moon and becomes a werewolf. Pettigrew uses this as a distraction to get away. Lupin attacks Sirius, but suddenly, werewolf calls emanate from the Forbidden Forest, causing Lupin to chase after them. As the kids tend to Sirius, Umbridge appears crying out that they will be punished for helping a fugitive. Dumbledore returns to help them, but refuses to be with Umbridge romantically. However, when Dumbledore sees it as his only option to save the children, he changes his mind, but Umbridge refuses ("Stutter"). Harry tries to save Sirius from the Dementors, but passes out.
Dumbledore manages to get the kids out of danger, but tells them to stay put while he goes to search for help. Harry and the others feel all is hopeless, but Draco remembers that he has Lucius' Time Turner, which the group uses to travel back in time one hour. Harry meets up with the past Snape and inspires him to save Harry and company later on during the fight with Lucius. Ron is still discouraged of their chances for victory, but Harry boosts the group's morale by convincing them that there is a way ("No Way"). Harry and the others run into Lucius, but Draco uses a body-bind hex on him, and the group recruits Yaxley to their side. Lucius gets free, but before he is able to kill anyone, Lupin shows up in his werewolf form and takes him away.
Harry and the others arrive at the scene just as Dumbledore disapparates with their past selves and they each use the Patronus Charm to scare off Umbridge's Dementors. Harry is about to take Umbrdige down, when she grabs hold of him. Firenze arrives just in time to save him and fights an epic battle with Umbridge, which ends with Firenze taking Umbridge as a mate for the dying race of centaurs.
Harry, Lupin, and the others provide evidence to clear Sirius' name. At this point, Sirius and Lupin decide to travel the world together. The rest of the people at Hogwarts decide to have a huge party to celebrate ("Hermione Can't Draw (Reprise)"). The future Draco tells Hermione he is not going with as he could run into his past self causing a paradox. Before he leaves, he confesses his love for Hermione, but she shoots him down. However, Draco meets Luna Lovegood, and the two bond over Pigfarts, the wizarding school on Mars. Meanwhile, Harry visits Dumbledore who is moving back into his old office. The two discuss that their days away from Hogwarts make the time they have at Hogwarts so precious. Harry and the others all say goodbye for the summer, excited to see each other again next year ("Days of Summer"/"Goin' Back to Hogwarts").
| Actor/Actress | Character |
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| Darren Criss[4][3] | Harry Potter |
| Joey Richter | Ron Weasley |
| Bonnie Gruesen | Hermione Granger |
| Lauren Lopez | Draco Malfoy |
| Joe Walker | Dolores Umbridge |
| Joe Moses | Severus Snape |
| Brian Holden | Remus Lupin |
| Dylan Saunders | Albus Dumbledore |
| Tyler Brunsman | Lucius Malfoy |
| Jim Povolo | Gregory Goyle Firenze Bill Weasley (uncredited) Past Draco (uncredited) |
| Jaime Lyn Beatty | Rita Skeeter Ginny Weasley (uncredited) |
| Nicholas Joseph Strauss-Matathia | Sirius Black |
| Corey Dorris | Yaxley |
| Devin Lytle | Cho Chang Charlie Weasley (uncredited) |
| Arielle Goldman | Lily Potter Luna Lovegood Hedwig Fred Weasley |
| Brian Rosenthal | Seamus Finnigan James Potter Past Ron King's Cross Person (uncredited) |
| Britney Coleman | Dean Thomas |
| Lily Marks | Molly Weasley |
| Richard Campbell | Neville Longbottom Past Hermione |
| Sango Tajima | Lavender Brown George Weasley Past Harry |
| Julia Albain | Vincent Crabbe Percy Weasley Candy Lady |
| Nick Lang | Arthur Weasley Sorty Scarfy Peter Pettigrew Mama Umbridge |
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Similarly to A Very Potter Musical, Darren Criss had altered some of the songs he had already written in order to use them in the musical. The song "Guys Like Potter" was adapted from a song he had written about a friend named Peter, while "Days of Summer" was a running joke in Team StarKid as it was a song originally written for the web series Little White Lie that ended up not being used until the Sequel. The song "Stutter" was also previously written by Criss, subsequently being used for the musical. The remaining songs in Sequel were written specifically for the show, and Criss wrote them all in about a month.[4]
A Very Potter Sequel was performed May[4] 14[6]-16th, 2010, on the University of Michigan campus. The video version of the musical premiered in its entirety at Infinitus, a Harry Potter convention.[3][8] The video premiered on YouTube July 22nd, 2010.
A formal cast recording of the musical was not released. However, the musical's songs were recorded by the cast and released on two separate albums. The first, A Very StarKid Album,[4][3][10][7] was released alongside the YouTube premiere of A Very Potter Sequel on July 22nd, 2010, through iTunes and Amazon.com.[11][12] The album features seven of the musical's twelve songs (excluding the "Hermione Can't Draw (Reprise)" and "Goin' Back to Hogwarts") along with other songs from members of Team StarKid. The album reached No. 19 on Billboard's Top Compilation Albums[4][10] as well as reaching No. 14 on the iTunes Pop charts and No. 27 of all albums.[3]
On July 31st, 2010, StarKid released a supplementary EP through their Bandcamp account, titled the A Very Potter Sequel soundtrack.[13] The EP features the remaining five songs from the musical. StarKid also released A Very StarKid Album on Bancamp August 3rd, 2010.[7]
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