Producers Incorporated is the brain child of founder and CEO Craig Hankenson. Craig started PICASTAR in 1980 in Washington D.C. as a Program Consulting Firm for the Arts. Twenty-seven years later PICASTAR, now doing business as Producers, Incorporated in sunny Tampa, Florida, is a widely recognized International Entertainment Agency which has represented over 1000 artists and performers worldwide. The company’s continual growth is a reflection of the quality of the relationships that Producers, Inc. has established with clients and artists throughout its history.
Producers, Incorporated has a full time staff of professionals dedicated to serving their clients well. Modern equipment, using the latest technology, supports every level of booking and production management, providing superior efficiency in resource information and documentation. The company writes contracts totaling multi-millions of dollars annually with clients as diverse as concert halls, symphony orchestras, festivals, fairs, arenas, promoters, major corporate events, fund raisers, private parties and other agencies.
PICASTAR® dba Producers, Inc. is a privately owned, service oriented corporation. Its goal is to create and maintain long-term associations with clients by providing rapid and honest response, reasonable compensation, and superior performance. Producers, Inc. is called an entertainment agency rather than an "artist agency". Their employees' goal is to facilitate a business relationship between performers and presenters. Producers, Inc. enjoys continuing associations with a large list of presenters, corporations, performers, managers and agencies. Because Producers, Incorporated values its relationship and business association with other agencies, they respect and protect their relationships with their clients. Producers, Inc. adheres to its moral goals while obtaining its business goals... and Producers, Incorporated continues to enjoy a healthy annual growth.
Producers, Inc. is a member of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters, The American Symphony Orchestra League, NAPAMA, New England Presenters, Mid-Atlantic Arts Alliance, Southern Arts Federation, Arts Midwest, Western Alliance for Art Administrators, Northwest Presenters Network, numerous state presenters’ organizations, The Chamber of Commerce, and the New Jersey Casino Control Commission. Producers, Inc. is licensed and regulated by Hillsborough County and the State of Florida Department of Professional Regulations, License # TA0000229.
