Somerville Beat: Exploring What’s Behind the Mask
“It’s a brisk fall day when I visit Behind the Mask Studio and Theater, but the workshop itself is balmy with the preparations of masks headed to Paris in the afternoon. The masks are of Lady Boyle from the video game Dishonored and will be shown at a large video game convention that draws all the big names in the industry. Beyond the masks that are currently being worked on, the studio is littered with masks that have been used by the Boston Ballet, for the annual Slutcracker shows at the Somerville Theater in Davis Square, for performances at the Oberon Theater in Harvard Square, at anime and video game conventions and in puppet theater…”