This is Drama Masks, a Bay Area performing arts column from a born San Franciscan and longtime theatre artist in an N95 mask. I talk venue safety and dramatic substance, or the lack thereof.

At the risk of having to surrender my Gen X nerd credentials, I have to admit that I’ve never played Dungeons and Dragons. Not once. Oh, I’ve played plenty of board games and love a good role-playing game (though I’m more of a “It’s dangerous to go alone. Take this”-style action RPG kinda guy), but I’ve never taken part in G. Gary Gygax’s half-century-old franchise. (Well, unless you count the 2000 film, which couldn’t even be saved by a Richard O’Brien cameo.)

Still, the series has left such an indelible impression on the world that you may allude to it on a regular basis without even knowing it. Th

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