Theater Camps, From the Casual to the Competitive

Two decades before Dan Futterman, Bennett Miller and Philip Seymour Hoffman joined up for “Capote,” they collaborated on a different project — a summer theater program.

This June 2015 photo provided by Perry-Mansfield shows a musical theatre rehearsal with high school Pre-Professional Intensive students in Steamboat Springs, Colo. Perry-Mansfield via AP

Two decades before Dan Futterman, Bennett Miller and Philip Seymour Hoffman joined up for “Capote,” they collaborated on a different project—a summer theater program.

Back then, they were just high school students looking to spend their break the way thousands of teenagers still do: having fun while indulging their passion for acting.

This undated photo provided by Perry-Mansfield shows a young Dustin Hoffman, left, in a production in the Main Studio in Steamboat Springs, Colo. Perry-Mansfield via AP