Fans of the Harry Potter franchise, both young and old, will have the chance to see similar characters come to life Thursday through Saturday as students perform “Sally Cotter and the Censored Stone,” a parody by Jean O’Carroll at the Edwardsburg Performing Arts Center.

All performances start at 7 p.m. Saturday’s performance was originally scheduled as a 2 p.m. matinee, but has been changed to accommodate the Edwardsburg football team’s state semifinal contest.

Tickets are $5 for students/seniors and $7 for adults. Group tickets are $25 for households of five or more and children under 3 are free. Tickets are available at the box office prior to each performance.

Emily Oppman plays Sally Cotter, a big Harry Potter fan, who falls asleep while reading a book and wakes up in the wizarding world of Frogwarts.

“She starts to see all the similarities between her dream world and the world of Hogwarts,” said Catherine Wood, director.

She meets headmaster Albatross Underdrawers, played by Dylan Cour, gamekeeper Reubenon Ryebread, played by Khynin McLeish, and professor Shiftia Shape, played by Haley Bumgarner.

Like the J.K. Rowling novels, danger lurks for Sally around every corner and friends Dave, played by Andrew Markel, and Harmonica, played by Amber Salguero, help her defeat the plans of Lord Murderdeath.

Throughout the performance, a censor, played by Natalie Rarick keeps rewriting the story as the plot thickens.

The other key roles of Ursa Malaise and Ed Molar are played by Courtney VanBelle and Tyler Dahms respectively.

The chorus is made up of Cody Adkins, Jena Berlin, Raegan Blue, Ceci Collins, Elliana DiMazio, Ryan Downer, Alli Elkins, Noah Guernsey, Emma Haas, Chloe Hanstra, Jacob Kountz, Olivia Paulus, Julie Shull, Jasmine Sindelar, Kara Tredway and Tyler Wilcoxson.

“We chose this because so many kids are fans of Harry Potter,” Wood said. “We figured Harry Potter is something both kids and adults know. So to do a parody of it would be something we could really have fun with and reach a lot of people who would understand it, laugh and have a good time.”