School of the Americas - Off-Broadway Creative Team

Philip Seymour Hoffman was an American actor, known for roles in the films Scent of a Woman (1992), Boogie Nights (1997), Happiness (1998), The Big Lebowski (1998), Magnolia (1999), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Almost Famous (2000), Charlie Wilson's War (2007), Doubt (2008), The Master (2012), The Savages (2007), Synechoche, New York (2008), and Plutarch Heavensbee in the Hunger Games series (2013-2015). He won an Oscar for his performance as Truman Capote in Capote (2005), and made his film directorial debut with 2010's Jack Goes Boating. He received Tony Award nominations for his performances in True West, Long Day's Journey ... read more Robert Kaplowitz is a Tony Award-winning sound designer with an impressive career in theater, film, and television. Born in New York City, Kaplowitz attended NYU's Tisch School of the Arts where he received a BFA in Film and Television Production. Kaplowitz began his career in sound design working on off-Broadway productions before making his Broadway debut in 1998 with the play "The Beauty Queen of Leenane." Since then, he has worked on numerous Broadway productions, including the Tony Award-winning shows "Fela!," "The Deaf West revival of Spring Awakening," and "The Band's Visit." In addition to his work on Broadway, Kaplowitz has also ... read more Award-winning actor John Ortiz has earned widespread recognition for his work across film and television. His accolades include Independent Spirit Award and Gotham Award nominations for his performance in Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Jack Goes Boating, as well as a Gotham Award nomination as part of the ensemble cast of David O. Russell’s Silver Linings Playbook, which also earned him an MTV Movie Award nomination for Best Actor. Ortiz was further recognized with a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination as part of the ensemble cast of Ridley Scott’s American Gangster. A two-time Imagen Award nominee (“Bad Monkey,” 2025; “Luck,” 2012), he ... read more Roundabout: The Overwhelming, Suddenly Last Summer, Betrayal. Broadway: Misery, Romeo and Juliet, Dead Accounts, Grace, Godspell, The Normal Heart, reasons to be pretty, Butley, Dinner at Eight, Betrayal, The Real Thing. Off-Broadway: The Public, LCT, MTC, Atlantic, MCC, Playwrights Horizons, Second Stage, Vineyard, NY Theatre Workshop, Theatre for a New Audience. Disney’s Frozen at DCA. Awards: 2016 Lucille Lortel Award (Guards at the Taj), 2012 Lucille Lortel Award (Through a Glass Darkly), 2011 Drama Desk nomination (A Small Fire), 2005 Lucille Lortel Award (Rodney’s Wife).