Philip Seymour Hoffman to Take Part in Moderated Discussion at PlayFest

Academy Award-winner Philip Seymour Hoffman will take part in a moderated conversation discussing his film and theater career with Orlando Shakespeare Theatre's artistic director, Jim Helsinger on April 10. The event will take place during PlayFest! The Harriett Lake Festival of New Plays which runs from April 2 to 11, 2010.

PlayFest is a ten-day theater event packed with dynamic new plays and new play programming for anyone who loves great theater. Readings, workshops and a world premiere.

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Philip Seymour Hoffman's theatrical directing credits include the world premieres of The Little Flower of East Orange, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Our Lady of 121st Street, Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train and In Arabia, We'd All Be Kings, all written by Stephen Adly Guirgis and produced by LAByrinth. Additionally, Hoffman directed Rebecca Gilman's The Glory of Living at MCC Theater. He traveled to Australia to direct Andrew Upton's Riflemind at the famed Sydney Theater Company and also mounted the play later in LondoN. Hoffman is also the director of the world premiere of Brett C. Leonard' 'The Long Red Road' starring Tom Hardy. 'The Long Red Road' is slated to open at Chicago's Goodman Theatre on February 13, 2010.

As an actor, Hoffman's theater credits include Jack Goes Boating (The Public Theater), Long Day's Journey Into Night (Broadway), The Seagull (The Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival), True West (Broadway), Defying Gravity (American Place Theatre), The Merchant of Venice (directed by Peter Sellars), Shopping and F*cking (New York Theatre Workshop) and The Author's Voice (Drama Department).

Hoffman will next be seen in the film version of Jack Goes Boating, based on the LAByrinth Theater Company production of the same name. The actor reprises his role of Jack while also stepping behind the camera to make his feature directorial debut. Recent film credits include Pirate Radio, Synecdoche, NY, Doubt, The Savages, Charlie Wilson's War, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead and Capote, which Hoffman executive produced through his company, Cooper's Town Productions. Additional film credits are Mission Impossible: III, Along Came Polly, Cold Mountain, The Party's Over, Owning Mahowny, 25th Hour, Red Dragon, Punch-Drunk Love, Love Liza, Almost Famous, State and Main, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Magnolia, Flawless, Patch Adams, Happiness, The Big Lebowski, Boogie Nights, Twister, Nobody's Fool, Scent of a Woman and HBO's Empire Falls.