Productions Plus–The Talent Shop Expands Headquarters To Accomodate Growth In Talent Industry

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The headquarters has been renovated and houses an audition room, a state of the art voice-over recording studio, meeting space with video conferencing, and an expanded wardrobe department and lobby.

BINGHAM FARMS, Mich. – April 29, 2010 –– Productions Plus–The Talent Shop (www.productions-plus.com), the largest, premier full-service talent management agency in Michigan and one of the largest in the nation, is pleased to announce the expansion of its Bingham Farms headquarters. Margery Krevsky, owner and CEO of Productions Plus–The Talent Shop made the announcement.

Productions Plus, which generated $20 million in revenues for 2009, recently acquired The Talent Shop and now operates as Productions Plus – The Talent Shop. Krevsky expanded the company’s headquarters to accommodate growth in the burgeoning Michigan film industry and to meet the growing demand for professional talent in other areas of the talent management business.

Representing a 25 percent increase in space, the headquarters has been renovated and houses an audition room, a state of the art voice-over recording studio, meeting space with video conferencing, and an expanded wardrobe department and lobby.

“From a Michigan perspective, we have become the leader in our industry and have grown into a national presence,” said Krevsky. “We’ve seen a tremendous increase in demand for our talent since the acquisition which reflects our clients’ understanding of the importance of our trained, professional and articulate spokespeople, models, actors and product specialists.”

With more than 15,000 individuals in its ever-growing nationwide talent database, Productions Plus-The Talent Shop is the largest Screen Actors Guild-certified franchised talent agency in Michigan. The on-camera opportunities for talent continue to diversify as more companies take advantage of the Michigan film incentive.

“We are actively booking actors for films, commercials, voice-overs, industrials and print,” said Olga Denysenko, Director, Theatrical Division at Productions Plus – The Talent Shop.

Denysenko added, “We have a lot of Michigan born actors based in Los Angeles who are now moving back to the area because there are so many jobs here.”

The company currently provides talent for auto shows, trade shows, conventions, automotive marketing, ride and drives, dealer meetings, promotions and product demonstrations. It specializes in finding talent for voice-overs, runway, print, film, television and commercial projects. Its database identifies highly trained actors, product specialists, narrators, models, costume characters, hostesses, crowd gatherers, greeters, celebrity impersonators for auditions, casting calls and assignments.

Productions Plus–The Talent Shop’s current projects include auditioning talent for the Hugh Jackman film, Real Steel; Restitution; and Things Fall Apart with Mario Von Peeples. The company also recently booked many of its actors for roles in the following upcoming films: S.W.A.T.: Fire Fight; the Pierce Brosnan comedic thriller, Salvation Boulevard; and the sci-fi flick, Sucker.

Productions Plus-The Talent Shop also has regional offices in Chicago and Los Angeles.