CMU School of Drama


Tuesday, January 28, 2025

‘I’m doing something with my misery’: a Parkland parent takes his grief to the stage

Stage | The Guardian: Night after night, in a darkened room full of strangers, Manuel Oliver revisits the death of his teenage son. Joaquin “Guac” Oliver and 16 others were murdered at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school in Parkland, Florida, on 14 February 2018. Manuel Oliver turned this unfathomable loss into art, including a one-man show entitled Guac that honours his child and addresses the scourge of gun violence in America.

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