"Orpheus," Four Larks, Los Angeles

Photos courtesy of Eugene Lee; collage courtesy of Stephanie Butterworth. "Orpheus: A Junkyard Opera," directed by Mat Sweeney and Sebastian Peters-Lazaro, marks Four Larks' auspicious Los Angeles debut. It's an odyssey of love and loss portrayed, appropriately enough, as an opera, a junkyard opera, that takes place in hell. Its experience is edgy and ethereal. The costumes and set material are made from repurposed objects. The space is a fabric warehouse set in a dodgy part of town. And the ori...