The center was founded in 2002 by Matthew Kwatinetz . CHAC was acknowledged as producing some of the most exciting theatre in Seattle : from Bertolt Brecht 's '' The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui '' and Clifford Odets ' '' Waiting for Lefty '' to the Pacific Northwest premiere of Dario Fo 's '' Archangels Do n't Play Pinball . '' On the evening of Friday , March 24 , 2006 , CHAC was the venue of a zombie-themed rave called " Better Off Undead " . Attendees of an afterparty after that rave were the victims of the Capitol 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
Capitol Hill massacre
Capitol Hill massacre
Capitol Hill Arts Center