[1] Hoffman's early work was produced in off-off-Broadway theaters, such as La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club.

His first production with La MaMa was the play Thank You, Miss Victoria, produced alongside works by Jean-Claude van Itallie and Leonard Melfi on tour in Copenhagen in 1965.

[3] He was the narrator for Louis Mofsie's production of Three Mask Plays with the Thunderbird American Indian Dancers at La MaMa in 1966.

[4] Lee Hickman directed Hoffman's Spring Play, which featured a performance by Harvey Keitel, at La MaMa in 1967.

A 1993 television production starring Teresa Stratas, Renée Fleming, and Graham Clark was released in 1993, and Hoffman received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award.