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.

It really says something about the Bay Area arts scene when the phrase “I’m gonna see holes dug up on a beach in SF” gets the reply “You’re gonna have to be more specific.”

A few months ago, a high-profile scavenger hunt had local residents deciphering clues on social media and digging up holes in the hopes of finding $10,000 in cash. If that sounds familiar, you may recall something similar happened in 2014. Every time this happens, the creators say it’s all in good fun, but the truth is blindingly obvious: someone with more money than compassion wants to amuse themselves by watching broke San Franc

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