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Oklahoma! Revival Pays Tribute To Parkland Victims In Touching Encore Performance Featuring The Instrument Of Hope

Oklahoma! Revival Pays Tribute To Parkland Victims In Touching Encore Performance Featuring The Instrument Of Hope
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Wow.

Evan Brechtel
By Evan BrechtelMay 10, 2019
Evan Brechtel
Evan Brechtel is a writer and actor living in New York. A Fordham University graduate, he also writes a monthly column for Chosen Magazine and is currently working on a historical fiction novel about New York queer bars over the twentieth century.
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After the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland, Florida last year, students from the school founded a nonprofit advocacy organization and developed the instrument of hope.

The instrument is a trumpet constructed from bullet casings, and it's been touring the country since its creation.

Its latest stop was at the Broadway revival of Oklahoma!, where the production's musical director—Nathan Koci—played a version of "Out of My Dreams" after the show's matinee.

Watch the moving performance below:

The tribute touched many of the people who viewed it.

Thanks to Oklahoma! and the activists from Parkland for reminding us to remain hopeful.

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