- Capitol Hill Arts Center
Capitol Hill Arts Center, also known by its
acronym CHAC (pronounced "shack"), is a performing arts center located in the Capitol Hill neighborhood ofSeattle, Washington . CHAC operates two performance spaces in the building, most widely known for its theatre.The center was founded in 2002 by Matthew Kwatinetz. Since its founding, CHAC has been widely acknowledged as producing some of the most exciting theatre in Seattle [Brendan Kiley, [http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=31363 What's CHAC Got to Do With It?] , "The Stranger", Mar 30 - Apr 5, 2006. Accessed
8 April 2006 .] : fromBertolt Brecht 's "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui" andClifford Odets ' "Waiting for Lefty" to thePacific Northwest premiere ofDario Fo 's "Archangels Don't Play Pinball."The summer of 2005 brought about some great changes and additions to CHAC; most notable being the longstanding and highly respected Seattle
fringe theatre group Annex Theatre moving into the building, and the revamping of the lower level bar so as to allow for all-ages shows.On the evening of Friday,
March 24 ,2006 , CHAC was the venue of azombie -themedrave called "Better Off Undead". Attendees of an afterparty after that rave were the victims of theCapitol Hill massacre . By nearly all accounts, CHAC itself had excellent security at the rave, and the only connection of the massacre to the rave was that the perpetrator and the victims attended the rave, and that one of the victims invited the perpetrator to the afterparty. [Angela Galloway and D. Parvaz, [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/264855_shootdance30.html No rave crackdown coming] , "Seattle Post-Intelligencer", March 30, 2006. Accessed7 April ,2006 .] [Josh Feit andDan Savage , [http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=31362 Raving Mad] , "The Stranger", Mar 30 - Apr 5, 2006. Accessed7 April ,2006 .]Notes
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