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TRU's new program, Websday Webinars will present a series of 4 workshops on Wednesday evenings. We will focus on specific topics of interest for our communities togather more information to add to their tool kits to continue building their business, their brand, and their expertise. Featuring a guest expert in the field, we will explore the how-to's and the need-to-knows one must have. 

Each month, we will host a webinar on Zoom so anyone across the globe may attend. 

October 14th: Music Licensing Essentials: Clearing Songs for the Stage with James Rocco of Thirty Saints Music Licensing. 
November 11th: Financial Planning with Bailie Slevin
December 9th: Ethical use of AI with Tamra Pica of Write Act Repertory
January: Why You Need A Pitch Deck (date and guest TBD)

SERIES SUBSCRIPTION: Purchase the subscription to attend all four webinars.
If you purchase a subscription after previous webinars have taken place, we will roll your subscription over to following webinars (or credit you for another TRU program).

Members - $77, Click here to purchase

Non-Members - $137, Click here to purchase

To make a reservation for an individual webinar, pleae click on the webinar above you would like to attend. 

Panelists

  • JAMES A. ROCCO

    is the co-founder of Thirty Saints Productions, which created The Broadway Songbook® Series and currently produces Songbook Live. Together with Broadway Asia, Thirty Saints toured Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat® to Tokyo and led the artistic team for the US Air Force's 9/11 tribute video There Are No Words, seen by millions of viewers. Thirty Saints is an investor in the current Broadway, National Tour, and Toronto productions of Come from Away and Magic Mike in London. Rocco's theatrical career started as the youngest member of the (Art) Linkletter Totten Tots! He appeared in Oliver! with Ray Walston and Jules Munschin; Carousel as Enoch Snow Jr, with John Raitt; and as Sheppard in Sidney Lumet & David Merrick's thriller, Child's Play.  James produced his first show in New York at 16 (Henry, Sweet Henry, at the Mercer Arts Center and the Lamb Theatre).  As a performer, he appeared in the original Broadway production of Cats. In addition, Rocco was seen in the International and TV Ashai Productions of Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies, sang back up for Frank Sinatra, was the lead singer for Herbie Hancock and the Super Sounds, and had an FMQB hit with the song And The Night Stood Still. From 2005-to 2017, Rocco was the VP of Programming and Producing Artistic Director at Ordway Center for the Performing Arts. Before joining the Ordway team, Rocco was Producing Artistic Director of Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma. His freelance work as a director/choreographer includes award-winning productions of 33 Variations, Grey Gardens, Singin' In the Rain, Yankee Doodle Dandy, (World Premiere), Sweeney Todd, The Wizard of Oz, Chess, She Loves Me, Violet, South Pacific, White Christmas, As Bees in Honey Drown, A Little Night Music, Songs For A New World, In The Heights, Damn Yankees, Pirates of Penzance, Guys & Dolls, On the Town, A Christmas Story, Annie, Jesus Christ Superstar and many more from classic repertoire to world premieres.   In 2019, he was recognized by The Broadway League and The Coalition of Broadway Unions and Guilds for 30 years of dedication, craft, and contribution to the theater.  Rocco commissioned the holiday musical A Country Christmas Carol and was part of the creative teams behind the off-Broadway cult hits Nite Club Confidential and Streakin'! In addition, his re-visioned stage production of Singin' in the Rain has been seen around the world. His newest venture is Thirty Saints Music Licensing which acquires music clearances for stage shows. Clients include Stage Rights Publishing, Broadway Licensing, Members of The Broadway League, The Dramatist Guild, and The National Alliance of Musical Theatre.

     

  • BAILIE SLEVIN

    is the founder of Financial Wellness Companion, Entertaining Finance, and is the current Sales Trainer at MediaRadar. She has made a study of language and how people communicate value, be it screenwriting, playwriting, sculpting, performing, painting, or commercial sales. Bailie helps to translate the creator’s passions to others in a business setting. With her15 years in the personal financial planning industry, Bailie developed a niche in the arts and freelance communities, specializing in working with people with an uneven income. She has also spent significant time in the theatre industry as a stage manager, general manager, and producer. She is a Life Purpose Life Coach and a New York Mental Health Peer Specialist. She lives in New York City with her rescue pup, Lorelai.

  • TAMRA PICA

    producer and casting director for Write Act Repertory. Tamra's theater and television work spans 33 years and over 250 productions as a prop designer, AEA Stage Manager, producer and casting director of plays, musicals, dance and ice shows. She produces both Off Broadway, as well as, managing the Los Angeles theater presence for Write Act.  Recent credits include the long-running Frankenstein, Wicked City Blues, and Swing.  Other credits include: Lili Marlene, Caldwell’s Bomb for the New York Venus/Adonis Theater Festival, Renewal, Your Name on My Lips at Theater for the New City and the long running musical Fabulous! Queen of the New Musicals where she served as a casting director and producer.  Alongside theater, Tamra’s work production, casting, and development television work can be seen for companies such as Disney, Sony, Cartoon Network, NBC Studios, TBS, CBS, MTV, ABC and FOX.  She currently works on the animated Disney series Mira, Royal Detective.

Events
  • Websday Webinars: Music Licensing
     October 14, 2026
     6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Music Licensing Essentials: Clearing Songs for the Stage

Wednesday October 14th, 6:00pm-7:30pm Join us for the first in the our new workshop series, WEBsday Webinars. Four 90-minute workshops on Wednesday evenings, tackling hot topics of interest to theater people: music licensing, how to make a pitch deck, financial planning, and responsible use of AI.  James A. Rocco, CEO and Founder of Thirty Saints […]

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