Manuel Oliver is performing a play about the death of his son, Joaquin. "In the United States, we send our kids to school.

Nearly every night for the next three weeks, Manuel Oliver will step onstage at D.C.’s Woolly Mammoth Theatre, then travel back to the most devastating of days and relive his 17-year-old son’s ...

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Manuel and Patricia Oliver lost their beloved 17-year-old son Joaquin “Guac” Oliver in a school shooting at Marjory Stoneman ...

Manuel Oliver transforms his loss into activism, using art, storytelling and emotion to honor his son and challenge America’s gun violence epidemic.

TAYLOR, YOU SPOKE WITH THE FATHER OF ONE OF THE TEENAGERS KILLED ON THAT DAY? I DID MANUEL OLIVER. SON JOAQUIN WAS 17 WHEN HE WAS KILLED. SINCE VALENTINE’S DAY OF 2018. MANUEL AND HIS WIFE ...

Manuel Oliver's 17-year-old son, Joaquin, was killed in 2018 by a mass shooter at his school in Parkland, Florida. He co-founded the non-profit advocacy group, “Change the Ref,” which seeks to ...

“Guac” might not sound like a piece that naturally accommodates exultant air guitar. Manuel Oliver’s solo show reflects on unfathomable loss and horror: the death of his 17-year-old ...

Manuel Oliver in “Guac,” the play he co-wrote following his son's death in the Parkland school shooting. (Elijah Pelton) Review by Celia Wren “Guac” might not sound like a piece that ...