Deborah Wicks La Puma: Theatrical Composer Music-Purple from Nobody's Perfect
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Nobody's Perfect
Script and Lyrics by Doug Cooney
Music by Deborah Wicks La Puma
Based on the book by Marlee Matlin and Doug Cooney

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production elements

CAST: 5 women (one of which is deaf or hard-of hearing) 1 Man, with optional chorus

Female:
MEGAN - 9, a rambunctious, irrepressible deaf girl
CINDY - 10, her best friend who speaks sign. (Soprano)
KEISHA - 9-10, her 2nd best friend, very bright. (Alto)
BETHANY - 9-10, Megan's 3rd best friend, just behind the curve. (Mezzo)
ALEXIS - 10, the new girl, practically perfect -- but shy. (Soprano)

Male: (all parts can be played by the same actor – non-singing)
MATT - 12-13, Megan's big brother who speaks sign language.
MR. MORGAN - 30's, a classroom teacher
JUSTIN - 5, Alexis's little brother with autism
TONY ROSENBLOOM – 9-10, Cindy’s science partner
ZIPPITY - a hamster of indeterminate age

MUSIC: Scored for 5 piece rock band (Piano, Bass, Drums, Trumpet and Sax/Flute.) Accompaniment CD available.

MUSICAL DIFFICULTY: Moderate

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS: Minimal

SUGGESTED AUDIENCE: Young Audiences/Families


 

Nobody's Perfect
Screaming girls at Megan's Positively Perfect Purple Party. (Large cast version, as seen at The Negri Learning Center.) (l-r) Natalie Womack, Alice Dupler, Emma Mizrahi-Powell, Julia Chang.
Photo credit: Laurie Halvorsen.