{"id":14521,"date":"2019-09-11T15:01:55","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T19:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/?page_id=14521"},"modified":"2026-05-01T12:15:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T16:15:01","slug":"performing-arts-enterprise-certificate-faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/faculty-staff\/performing-arts-enterprise-certificate-faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Advanced Graduate Certificate in Commercial Theater Development Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Caolo, Melissa<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/artsadmin\/files\/2022\/05\/Caolo_Headshot_2022.png-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-18818 alignleft\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/files\/2022\/05\/Caolo_Headshot_2022.png-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/files\/2022\/05\/Caolo_Headshot_2022.png-636x634.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/files\/2022\/05\/Caolo_Headshot_2022.png-768x766.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/files\/2022\/05\/Caolo_Headshot_2022.png-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/files\/2022\/05\/Caolo_Headshot_2022.png.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/faculty-staff\/melissa-caolo\/\">Meli<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/faculty-staff\/melissa-caolo\/\">ssa Caolo<\/a> (AR 675 \u2013 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\u2019s Metropolitan College. Within the program she is also a Part Time Lecturer for the course Creative Strategies for Performing Arts Businesses. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/faculty-staff\/melissa-caolo\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/faculty-staff\/melissa-caolo\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Grossman, Jason E.<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"wp-image-14536 alignleft\" alt=\"Jason E Grossman\" src=\"\/artsadmin\/files\/2019\/09\/Jason-Grossman-Headshot-2.-edit-150x150.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/files\/2019\/09\/Jason-Grossman-Headshot-2.-edit-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/files\/2019\/09\/Jason-Grossman-Headshot-2.-edit-150x150-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/faculty-staff\/jason-e-grossman\/\">Jason E. Grossman<\/a> (AR 570 \u2013 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 <em>Romantics Anonymous<\/em> (Shakespeare\u2019s Globe Theatre and US Tour 2020) and co-founder of Radio Mouse Entertainment. Currently, with Radio Mouse he is a co-producer on <em>Come From Away<\/em> (Broadway, West End, National Tour, Toronto, and Australia).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/faculty-staff\/jason-e-grossman\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Jones, Robert<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-19801 size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/artsadmin\/files\/2023\/02\/Robert-Jones-Headshot-scaled-e1675871261913-150x150.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/files\/2023\/02\/Robert-Jones-Headshot-scaled-e1675871261913-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/files\/2023\/02\/Robert-Jones-Headshot-scaled-e1675871261913-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/faculty-staff\/robert-jones\/\">Robert Jones<\/a> (AR 680 \u2013 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). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/faculty-staff\/robert-jones\/\">More<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Schnepp, Steven<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"wp-image-14539 alignleft\" alt=\"Steven Schneep\" src=\"\/artsadmin\/files\/2019\/09\/Steven-Schnepp-Headshot-edit.-2-150x150.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/files\/2019\/09\/Steven-Schnepp-Headshot-edit.-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/files\/2019\/09\/Steven-Schnepp-Headshot-edit.-2-150x150-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/faculty-staff\/steven-schnepp\/\">Steven Schnepp<\/a> (AR 685 \u2013 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 <em>Jersey Boys<\/em>; Cameron Mackintosh\u2019s spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber\u2019s <em>The Phantom of the Opera<\/em>; <em>Les Mis\u00e9rables<\/em>; <em>Miss Saigon<\/em>; <em>Beautiful\u2014The Carole King Musical;<\/em>\u00a0<em>A Bronx Tale<\/em>; <em>Summer: The Donna Summer Musical<\/em>; and <em>The Last Ship,<\/em> starring Sting; among others. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/faculty-staff\/steven-schnepp\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--\n\n\n<h3>Townshend, Blaire<\/h3>\n\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"wp-image-19785 size-thumbnail alignleft\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/files\/2023\/02\/Blaire-Townshend-Headshot-150x150.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/files\/2023\/02\/Blaire-Townshend-Headshot-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/files\/2023\/02\/Blaire-Townshend-Headshot-636x636.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/files\/2023\/02\/Blaire-Townshend-Headshot-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/files\/2023\/02\/Blaire-Townshend-Headshot-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/files\/2023\/02\/Blaire-Townshend-Headshot.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/?page_id=19784&amp;preview=true\">Blaire Townshend<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>(AR 752 \u2013 Strategies for Performing Arts Businesses) currently serves as Senior Manager of Membership Services &amp; Professional Development at The Broadway League, the trade association for the Broadway industry both in New York and across North America. The League represents the employers of the industry \u2013 theatre owners and operators, producers, presenters, and general managers, among others. Blaire began at the League as an intern in 2016 and has remained in the Membership department ever since, moving from Associate to Manager and, most recently, to Senior Manager.<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/?page_id=19784&amp;preview=true\">More<\/a>--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caolo, Melissa Melissa Caolo (AR 675 \u2013 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16254,"featured_media":0,"parent":17,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14521"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16254"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14521"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23512,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14521\/revisions\/23512"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}