Castillo has an extensive off-Broadway theater career . Right after college , Castillo performed in Austin , Texas in a 2000 production of " Santos & Santos " , loosely based on Jamiel Chagra and his brothers . It was during that production that Castillo solidified his confidence in being a professional actor . Castillo joined the LAByrinth Theater Company as a writer shortly after moving to New York . His on-stage acting debut was with the LAByrinth Theater Company 's production of José Rivera 's play '' School of the Americas '' at New York 's Public Theater in 2006 . There he met actress and later co-star Sandra Oh while she was performing in the Public Theater 's production of '' Satellites '' . His performance as Beto in the Ensemble Studio Theatre 's 2008 production of José Rivera 's '' Flowers '' was described as " flawlessly nuanced " by Laura Collins-Hughes of The New York Sun . In 2009 , he performed in the Off-Broadway premier of Cusi Cram 's '' A Lifetime Burning '' at Premiere Stages . In 2012 , he was cast in Goodman Theater 's production of the Cándido Tirado 's play '' Fish Men '' , about the Guatemalan genocide , in the lead role of Rey Reyes . Castillo also appeared in the 2012 BareBones production of '' Jesus Hopped the ' A ' Train '' in Pittsburgh , the inaugural performance of which was directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman for the LAByrinth Theater Company . He later was cast in the BareBones reading of '' The Way West '' at the Lark Theater . Castillo worked with INTAR Theater , cast in the role of Ismael in the theater 's 2014 production of '' Adoration of the Old Woman '' to positive reviews . He starred alongside Sandra Oh in the role of Gerardo in the 2014 Victory Gardens Theater production of '' Death and the Maiden '' , which was well received by critics . '' Death and the Maiden '' deals with the lives of a couple , a woman who has dealt with some of the atrocities that have occurred under a dictatorship . Castillo describes his heavy role as a " character dealing with the bureaucracy of government , trying to look into the crimes that were committed , specifically the deaths that were committed during the dictatorship " . '' Death and the Maiden '' was originally produced on Broadway with Glenn Close , Richard Dreyfuss , and Gene Hackman , but Latino actors such as Castillo felt undervalued when ethnic characters were not cast in a play by a Chilean playwright
Guatemalan genocide
Guatemalan genocide
Raúl Castillo