Angeline Larimer, MFA, MA, GCMH, is the Executive Director of Propel New Works, a
nonprofit organization that provides a variety of support for story development. She is also the
Lead Dramaturg for PlayPenn in Philadelphia, an MFA playwright & Dramatists Guild
member, a public health bioethicist, and an applied theatre professional who works at the
intersection of health humanities, community, and theatre. She is an Affiliate Faculty for
the Medical Humanities & Health Studies program and the Applied Theatre, Film, &
Television program at Indiana University Indianapolis. She sits on several Indianapolis area
committees focused on overdose prevention and teaches playwriting workshops for people in
SUD recovery.
She is the founder of Theatre for Veterans, which offers free online
scriptwriting classes to Veterans of the Armed Forces. Larimer incorporates applied theatre
and ethics into health and medical education and community outreach, and helps individuals
share their stories while ensuring that they retain ownership of their narratives. She utilizes
methods and principles borrowed from verbatim theatre, narrative medicine, critical
fabulation, and ethnodrama. Themes she has incorporated within her own scripts include the
effects of war on health – particularly on combat veterans, effects of racism on health,
stigmas and substance use disorder, the impact of eugenics on 20th century families, and the
difficulties of end-of-life decisions. As a theatre educator, Larimer teaches “Ethics and the
Fundamentals of Playwriting” for PlayPenn, “Playwriting and Medicine” for IUI, and many
other classes over the years fostering conversations about unintended consequences of
creative work, and the responsibilities of the storyteller.
Larimer received her MFA in Playwriting from Indiana University’s Dept. of Theatre and
Drama, studying with long-time mentor Dennis J. Reardon. She was also the Assistant
Instructor of Playwriting I, Playwriting II, Screenwriting, and Structure of Drama for three
years under his tutelage. Her MFA thesis world premiere of FISH IN THE DESERT
occurred during the IU Theatre 2000 – 2001 Season. She was a co-Artistic Director, Board
Member, featured playwright, and Scriptwriting Instructor for the Bloomington Playwrights
Project. Her most recent play, THE SPECTRUM OF LETTING GO, was nominated for the
Susan Smith Blackburn Prize in 2023, and it also received the Myles and Peg Brand
Fellowship in Bioethics from Indiana University.
nonprofit organization that provides a variety of support for story development. She is also the
Lead Dramaturg for PlayPenn in Philadelphia, an MFA playwright & Dramatists Guild
member, a public health bioethicist, and an applied theatre professional who works at the
intersection of health humanities, community, and theatre. She is an Affiliate Faculty for
the Medical Humanities & Health Studies program and the Applied Theatre, Film, &
Television program at Indiana University Indianapolis. She sits on several Indianapolis area
committees focused on overdose prevention and teaches playwriting workshops for people in
SUD recovery.
She is the founder of Theatre for Veterans, which offers free online
scriptwriting classes to Veterans of the Armed Forces. Larimer incorporates applied theatre
and ethics into health and medical education and community outreach, and helps individuals
share their stories while ensuring that they retain ownership of their narratives. She utilizes
methods and principles borrowed from verbatim theatre, narrative medicine, critical
fabulation, and ethnodrama. Themes she has incorporated within her own scripts include the
effects of war on health – particularly on combat veterans, effects of racism on health,
stigmas and substance use disorder, the impact of eugenics on 20th century families, and the
difficulties of end-of-life decisions. As a theatre educator, Larimer teaches “Ethics and the
Fundamentals of Playwriting” for PlayPenn, “Playwriting and Medicine” for IUI, and many
other classes over the years fostering conversations about unintended consequences of
creative work, and the responsibilities of the storyteller.
Larimer received her MFA in Playwriting from Indiana University’s Dept. of Theatre and
Drama, studying with long-time mentor Dennis J. Reardon. She was also the Assistant
Instructor of Playwriting I, Playwriting II, Screenwriting, and Structure of Drama for three
years under his tutelage. Her MFA thesis world premiere of FISH IN THE DESERT
occurred during the IU Theatre 2000 – 2001 Season. She was a co-Artistic Director, Board
Member, featured playwright, and Scriptwriting Instructor for the Bloomington Playwrights
Project. Her most recent play, THE SPECTRUM OF LETTING GO, was nominated for the
Susan Smith Blackburn Prize in 2023, and it also received the Myles and Peg Brand
Fellowship in Bioethics from Indiana University.