BiH Broadway originated as cultural exchange program created by  Elizabeth Blumenthal and Lejla Pašović at US Embassy in Sarajevo. The program was developed in Bosnia by Ryan Nelson and Aaron Thielen, beginning in the spring of 2018 with a three-city lecture/masterclass tour where artists who auditioned were selected to be involved with a six-day theater workshop a month later. The group involved with the workshop were then cast in the musical “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” which opened late September 2018 at the National Theatre of Sarajevo. The production then toured Bosnia and Herzegovina performing in the cities of Mostar, Bijeljina, Tuzla, Zenica, Jajce, and Banja Luka. In 2019 an original production was created with Spelling Bee alumni and four new artists. After a ten-day rehearsal process the show “Moja Pjesma” (“My Song”) premiered in Sarajevo and toured the country. BiH Broadway has also since sponsored many educational workshops throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina in addition to the epic KOSA: 30th Anniversary Concert for Peace in 2022. BiH Broadway is a groundbreaking cultural program at the US Embassy Sarajevo and it was the very foundation for the creation of Broadway Across Borders.