The Making of Nobody's Perfect

Nobody's Perfect: Excerpt by Marlee Matlin

Mon, 04 May 2009 12:00:00 -0400

In this final episode, Nobody's Perfect author reads and excerpt from her book. This episode includes text captions in addition to American Sign Language and spoken words.

Based on the book by Marlee Matlin and Doug Cooney, explore the creation of the Kennedy Center's Theater for Young Audiences and VSA Arts production of Nobody's Perfect. This podcast series goes behind the scenes to look at how the book was brought to the stage, including how American Sign Language was incorporated into a lively musical (ASL captioning is included in every episode in this series).  

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Nobody's Perfect: Meeting Megan

Mon, 04 May 2009 12:00:00 -0400

In this episode, Nobody's Perfect authors Marlee Matlin and Doug Cooney and actor Tami Lee Santimyer talk about creating the character Megan.

Nobody's Perfect: Staging the Play

Mon, 04 May 2009 12:00:00 -0400

In this episode, director Coy Middlebrook and set designer Michael Philippi talk about the set and staging for Nobody's Perfect.

Nobody's Perfect: Communication

Mon, 04 May 2009 12:00:00 -0400

In this episode, Learn about the unique approaches to communication between the crew, cast and audience of Nobody's Perfect from actor Tami Lee Santimyer, composer Debbie La Puma, director Coy Middlebrook and co-author Doug Cooney.

Nobody's Perfect: Creating the Characters

Mon, 04 May 2009 12:00:00 -0400

In this episode, author Marlee Matlin, director Coy Middlebrook, and actor Tami Lee Santimyer talk about and show the process of how adults create young characters.

Nobody's Perfect: The Story So far...Tami Lee Santimyer

Mon, 04 May 2009 12:00:00 -0400

In this episode, actor Tami Lee Santimyer gives her perspective on the story of Nobody's Perfect.

Nobody's Perfect: Read-Through, Rehearsal & Performance

Mon, 04 May 2009 12:00:00 -0400

In this episode, go behind the scenes of Nobody's Perfect with director Coy Middlebrook. Coy explains ever step, from read-through, to blocking, rehearsal, tech, and finally performance.

Nobody's Perfect: The Story So far...Doug Cooney

Mon, 04 May 2009 12:00:00 -0400

In this episode, co-author Doug Cooney catches us up on the story of Nobody's Perfect.