This is Drama Masks, a Bay Area performing arts column from a born San Franciscan and longtime theatre artist in an N95 mask.

The comedy and tragedy masks, often referred to as the theater faces or the faces of drama, are a pair of masks that represent the two main genres of theater.

The history of mask in theater. Ancient Greece: ... Noh drama: Masks are incredibly important to this dance-based form of Japanese theater, which was established in the 14th century.