Terry Galloway

In 1959, Terry Galloway became deaf. The then 9-year-old’s bizarre hearing loss was the result of a nervous system damaged in utero. Enraged, Galloway later faked her own drowning at summer camp, an act of defiance that opened a window into performance as an emotional outlet. Decades later, Galloway is an award-winning writer and celebrated theater artist. The versatile talent hits up Burlington with a reading of her memoir, Mean Little deaf Queer, on Thursday. Switching gears on Saturday, she presents the solo show You Are My Sunshine, an exploration of the world of sound following her cochlear implant.