*Because of our strict policy of requiring members to post a Primary Photo to each of their talent profiles in order for it to be viewable in the directory, not all 387 members are visible to the public.

**Talent profiles relating to each of the talents and services artistschair.com members offer.

Top Three Ohio Cities Where Members Reside
Cleveland–120m
Lakewood–25m
Cleveland Heights–21m

Cities and States Outside of Ohio Where Members Reside
Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Lake Elsinore, California; Monroe, Michigan; Montgomery, Alabama; New York, New York; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Sarasota, Florida; Hollywood, California; Laurel, Maryland; Los Angeles, California; Norwood, North Carolina; Portsmouth, New Hampshire and Trenton, Michigan

Top Three Union Affiliations Members Identify Themselves With
Non-union–332m
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA)–31m
Screen Actors Guild (SAG)–22m (TIE) Actors' Equity Association (AEA)–22m

Featuring a Few Artists Who Joined as Members this Quarter
Stage Actor, Scott Plate–-Has appeared in more than forty productions all over Northeast Ohio, and his work as a performer continues to receive rave reviews from even the most hard-nosed critics in the region. His work has garnered him three Keefer Awards and three The Times Newspaper Awards. Plate's stage career spans a wide range of roles in vastly different types of productions including Angels in America, A Christmas Carol, Batboy: The Musical, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Cherry Docs, Gross Indecency and many others.

Theatre/Stage Projects Director, David Hansen–-An accomplished director and performer has had the opportunity to apply his directing skills at many theaters in and around Cleveland. Productions include The American Revolution, Lysistrata, Hamlet, The Santa Land Diaries, The Gulf, The Eight Wonder of the World, The Vicious Cabaret and Romeo & Juliet. In addition to directing theatre, Hansen repertoire expands to having served as the artistic director for Guerrilla Theater Company (1992-1994) (also credited as a founder), Dobama’s Night Kitchen (1995-1998) and Bad Epitaph Theater Company (1999-2004) (also credited as a founder).

Freelance Writer, Christine McBurney–-Has had her work appear in print both regionally and nationally. Her lively and witty writing can often be seen in publications including The Plain Dealer, Northern Ohio Live Magazine, The Free Times, Case Western Reserve University Magazine, InTheatre Magazine and others. McBurney’s specialties include features, essays, arts, theatre, film and interviews.

What Members are Saying About artistschair.com
"I've had great luck with you guys since I've been listed! Less than a week after I joined and posted my first profile on your site, I got a call from the Cleveland Playhouse! They saw me on artistschair.com! —Jay, local performing artist

"I used artistschair.com to contact about a dozen performers before I posted my ad online and several of them are coming to audition. Woo hoo! It's working. Particularly, the ability to cross-reference performers with actor and music profiles was extremely helpful. Thanks!! —Brad, local casting director

"P.S. As an actor, I have to join your site. Artistschair.com seems to be doing very well for many of my acting friends." —J. Rome, local performing artist

"Wow, thanks so much, Jeon! You're providing a fantastic service to the Cleveland community and congratulations also on getting new sponsors! What a great asset to Cleveland -- we need more people like you! Don't leave! I'll definitely be donating proceeds from work I get to artistschair.com! Thanks again!" —Felicity, local writer and editor

About Artistschair.com Users

Term Definitions from the "About Our Users" Chart
# of Unique Visitors: Refers to client hosts (IP address) who came to visit the site (and who viewed at least one page). This data refers to the number of different physical persons who had reached the site.

# of Visits: Refers to each new visit defined as each new incoming visitor (viewing or browsing a page) who was not connected to the site during the last 60 minutes.

# of Pages Accessed: Refers to the number of times a page of the site is viewed (sum for all visitors for all visits). This piece of data differs from "hits" in that it counts only HTML pages as opposed to images and other files.

# of Talent Fields Offered: Refers to the number of talent field sub categories featured in the artistschair.com directory.

Talent Category with Most Profiles Visible: Refers to the talent field in the directory with the most member profiles visible for public viewing.

Highlights of this Quarter
A majority of time this quarter was focused on the development of two new major features which will be introduced to the  planned to be artistschair.com directory later this month, the Resources section and the Bulletin Board Classifieds. Time was also devoted to the planning of the first artistschair.com networking event, entitled Creative Connections, which is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, November 9 at 1300 Gallery in Cleveland. For more information on both soon-to-be introduced features as well as the Creative Connections networking event, please contact the name and phone number listed at the top of this release.

Additional Press Materials
Artistschair.com is pleased to offer the "Press Center" section for additional press materials, including past press releases, images for Web and newsprint and "artistschair.com in the News" highlights. You may access these materials by visiting www.artistschair.com and clicking on the "Press Center" link on the navigation bar.

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