Writers Theatre’s ‘Eurydice’ plays like poetry, down to the smallest detail

In “Eurydice,” the title character (Sarah Price) dies and her husband Orpheus (Kenneth La’Ron Hamilton) attempts to use music to rescue her from the Underworld. (Michael Brosilow)

It may be best to avoid thinking of Sarah Ruhl’s 20-year-old work “Eurydice” — being revived at Writers Theatre in a visually exquisite production — as a play.

It is a play, because … well, because it is. But experiencing it feels far more like watching a poem and listening to a painting. Yes, I know, the matches of sense and form are off in that thought. It’s intended to capture a bit of how “Eurydice” comes across: You don’t always know what to make of it except that it’s gorgeous.