Small-town Pennsylvania schoolteacher Linda Sinclair balances her staid home life with an incredible passion for her subject. Then a former star pupil reenters her life after failing as a playwright in New York City. Seeing in his script the inspiration that she has always longed to instill in her students, this dyed-in-the-wool romantic enlists the help of long-suffering drama teacher Carl to mount the work as the high school’s next and riskiest production.
Cast
Julianne Moore
Linda Sinclair
Michael Angarano
Jason Sherwood
Greg Kinnear
Dr. Tom Sherwood
Lily Collins
Halle Anderson
Fiona Shaw
Narrator
Norbert Leo Butz
Vice Principal Phil Pelaski
Jessica Hecht
Principal Trudie Slocum
Charlie Saxton
Will
Nathan Lane
Carl Kapinas
Nikki Blonsky
Sheila Nussbaum
Erin Wilhelmi
Joni Gerber
Remy Auberjonois
Beefy Businessman
Peter Y. Kim
Mike the Orderly
Crew
Craig Zisk
Director
Stacy Chariton
Writer
Dan Chariton
Screenplay
Myron Kerstein
Editor
Vanja Černjul
Director of Photography
Naomi Despres
Producer
Ben LeClair
Producer
Robert Salerno
Producer
Michael Shaw
Production Design
Suzanne Smith Crowley
Casting
Jessica Kelly
Casting
Rachael Ohman
Set Costumer
Hanna Shea
Assistant Costume Designer
Emma Potter
Costume Design
Lair Paulsen
Key Hair Stylist
Annemarie Bradley
Hairstylist
Christopher Milone
Makeup Department Head
Susan Reilly LeHane
Makeup Artist
Gina Herold
Art Department Coordinator
Drew Jiritano
Special Effects Coordinator
Rob Simonsen
Original Music Composer
Sarah E. McMillan
Set Decoration
Erin Feeley
Script Supervisor
Rian Johnson
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