Deaf storyteller Peter Cook to perform at Maryville College Feb. 1 [Video]

Dec. 19, 2024

Peter Cook, an internationally renowned Deaf performing artist whose works incorporate American Sign Language (ASL), pantomime, storytelling, acting and movement, will perform at Maryville College on Feb. 1.

His performance, part of the College’s 50-year anniversary of the ASL-English Interpreting major, will be held at 7 p.m. in the Harold and Jean Lambert Recital Hall of the Clayton Center for the Arts. Thanks to sponsorship from Sorenson Communications, the event is free and open to the public but with limited seating. Individuals should visit the MC website to reserve their seats.

“The Deaf community has a strong and vibrant culture that includes storytelling,” explained Will White, Maryville College’s associate professor of ASL-English Interpreting. “Peter Cook is a prominent member of the Deaf community and is highly respected for his ability to encompass the Deaf perspective and Deaf experience so beautifully in his ASL stories. Deaf and Hearing audiences will be thoroughly …