Episode 51: Wayne Cook - A Dream Recalled

Wayne Cook calls himself bumpy. Which is an apt metaphor for the story we are about to share. In it, Wayne plays a promising young athlete, a crash victim, a soldier in Germany, a child therapist, a stage actor, the Black Mr. Rogers, an arts administrator, a successful author, and Langston Hughes. BIOWayne Cook worked at the California Arts Council for 23 years, where he was Program Manager of the Artists in School’s Program and the ADA/504 Disability Coordinator. He Currently consults for the William James Association and Arts in Corrections at Solano State Prison and other correctional institutions in California. In previous years, Mr. Cook consulted with the Educational Department for the Sacramento Theatre Company (STC) and was an actor in such productions as, “To Kill A Mockingbird” at STC. Other notable productions Wayne acted in were “The Iceman Cometh” for the Actor’s Theatre of Sacramento and only a few years ago received the Elly award for acting in “Learning Spanish” at the Wilkerson Theatre. Mr. Cook is the author of a drama curriculum, “Center Stage”, A Curriculum for the Performing Arts can be purchased on Amazon.com. Notable Mentionshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Rogers (Mr. Rogers): Fred McFeely Rogers (March 20, 1928 – February 27, 2003), also known as Mister Rogers, was an American television host, author, producer, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presbyterianism (Presbyterian) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_(Christianity) (minister).https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Rogers#cite_note-1 ([1]) He was the creator, showrunner, and host of the preschool television series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mister_Rogers%27_Neighborhood (Mister Rogers' Neighborhood), which ran from 1968 to 2001 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-12-15-vw-828-story.html (Performing Tree): The Performing Tree was as arts education program that worked in schools in the Los Angeles area in the 1980’s and 90’s.  https://2c344e8e-a29e-4ce2-827a-c7606d272a42.file