The experience of the arts … even online … has been like oxygen for a lot of people locked in at home.

Just before the pandemic hit … one innovative performance group was pushing the boundaries … bringing the experience of live, in person theater to a whole new level.

They used an ethereal outdoor performance near downtown Los Angeles to breathe new life into a buried history. That is, until the pandemic upstaged, uprooted and shut down the whole thing.

In our series "Living and Grieving in a Time of Covid 19" we tell stories that straddle time ... from before pandemic ... to after. For this episode, reporter Victoria Alejandro tracks the impermanence of the theatrical run that started off grounded deliberately on a particular soil ...