In 2004, Cooke joined up with young playwright Sabrena McDonald to write the television drama High Grade, which aired on TVJ, CVM and CTV in Jamaica.

[2] In 2009, Aston Cooke won the Best Play award for his entry in the 2009 National Literary Competition staged by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) at a ceremony held at the Rex Nettleford Hall at the University of the West Indies.

The judges' report read: "Where there was understanding of stage craft, use of space and natural dialogue, the characters and story emerged, as in 'Jonkanoo Jamboree', a pantomime script.

[3] In November 2015, JYT represented Jamaica at the Caribbean Schools' Drama Festival in Trinidad and Tobago with Cooke's 'Jonkanoo Jamboree' and copped the Best Production Award.

[citation needed] Cooke's book, Country Duppy & Jonkanoo Jamboree (Authorhouse 2014) features two of his most successful stage plays, which serve up a spread of Jamaican and Caribbean traditional cultural forms and demonstrate their relevance in contemporary literature.