Advanced Graduate Certificate in Commercial Theater Development Faculty

Caolo, Melissa

Melissa Caolo (AR 675 – Strategies for Performing Arts Businesses) has enjoyed a career managing in several capacities in the performing arts. Her roots as a stage manager and production manager, and arts administrator led to opportunities as an educator. She contributed to the curriculum design and launch of the Commercial Theater Development graduate certificate program in the Arts Administration Department at Boston University’s Metropolitan College. Within the program she is also a Part Time Lecturer for the course Creative Strategies for Performing Arts Businesses. More

Grossman, Jason E.

Jason E. Grossman (AR 570 – Commercial Theater Production: The Broadway Model) is a Tony and Olivier award-winning theatrical producer and founder of Plush Theatricals. He is the lead producer of the musical Romantics Anonymous (Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre and US Tour 2020) and co-founder of Radio Mouse Entertainment. Currently, with Radio Mouse he is a co-producer on Come From Away (Broadway, West End, National Tour, Toronto, and Australia). More

Jones, Robert

Robert Jones (AR 680 – Marketing for Commercial Theater and the Performing Arts) is an advertising, marketing, and public relations professional with over 16 years of experience in the theatrical industry focused on creating and managing entertainment and cultural brands, Robert Jones has directed campaigns for over 80 Broadway shows and other performing arts institutions. Starting his career in management, he company-managed the off-Broadway production of The Awesome 80s Prom and was the Assistant Company Manager of The Drowsy Chaperone (Broadway, pre-Broadway Los Angeles). More

Schnepp, Steven

Steven Schnepp (AR 685 – Global Commercial Theater Producing and Presenting) is the president of Broadway Booking Office NYC, a theatrical tour booking, marketing, and press agency representing touring Broadway, London-based shows and family productions. With over 38 years of experience in the entertainment industry, Steve has collaborated on more than 75 productions. His current projects include Jersey Boys; Cameron Mackintosh’s spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera; Les Misérables; Miss Saigon; Beautiful—The Carole King Musical; A Bronx Tale; Summer: The Donna Summer Musical; and The Last Ship, starring Sting; among others. More