The Truman program performed "Spring Awakening" in 2012 as another part of the "pilot" program – MTI (Music Theatre International), a program which determines which theaters can perform which musicals, selected Truman as a test case to see if other schools would have the ability to take on the show. MTI senior operations officer John Prignano attended the opening night of "Spring" and said afterward, "I am so moved. This is beyond anything I thought I would see." Meanwhile, MTI president Drew Cohen said "Spring" composer Duncan Sheik and its writer, Steven Sater, had expressed doubts to him that a high school could perform it. "We immediately told them that Lou Volpe would be the only one we could ask to take this on," Cohen said.
