For-Profit Arts Center Dumps Theatre

Seattle’s Capitol Hill Arts Center has sidestepped the traditional non-profit model to be a for-profit operation. But audiences haven’t shown up for the center’s theatre offerings, so CHAC is shutting them down. “Everything [we do] is really successful, except the theater season. If what we do is so important to the community, they have to come out. If the Seattle audience doesn’t recognize Seattle value, the value will have to migrate elsewhere.”