The Third Rule by Dan Aibel &
Motel by Jean-Claude van Italie
February 1,2,3 and 8,9,10, 2008
7pm
The Walrus Theatre
C.H.A.C 1621 12th Avenue  Seattle, WA 98122

The Third Rule is a story of brotherhood, deception, and juggling (directed by Jim Brimble).

Dan Aibel - His plays have been staged by the Source Theater (Washington, D.C.), Flashpoint Theatre Co. (Philadelphia), and the Playwrights' Center in Minneapolis. Also his plays have been developed at The New Group, Syracuse Stage and the Lee Strasberg Institute. Dan's play The System was workshopped at Pacific Resident Theatre in Los Angeles and Lapses received its premiere at Detroit Repertory Theatre. The Third Rule was first staged at The Bug Theatre in Denver.  Motel is a savage journey into the Great American nightmare-- as seen through motel culture along Route 666. Motel is one of three plays which made up van Italie's America Hurrah.A classic play from the 1960's off-off Broadway movement. (directed by Gregory Berry)

Jean-Claude van Italllie was born in Brussels, Belgium in 1935, and graduated from Harvard in 1958. Associated with Joe Chaikin's Open Theatre for whom he wrote such plays as The Serpent and A Fable among others. van Italie also translated the plays of Chekhov.