Lafracoth Illumined

a critical fabulation play about a medieval Irish woman who deserved a much better story…

Propel New Works aligned with the Indiana University Conscience Project, Indianapolis professional actors, and academics from diverse areas of expertise to bring forward new work about ancient concerns. Written by playwrights Matthew Galvin & Angeline Larimer, directed by Abdul-Khaliq Murtadha.

  • First Table Read

    Lafracoth Illumined performers came together for our first rehearsal on February 26th, 2025

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  • 21st Century Lafracoth - Professor Elizabeth Nelson

    Lafracoth Illumined is a critical fabulation play about a medieval Irish woman who deserved a much better story…
    Professor Nelson (photo above with her book Who Would Believe a Prisoner) introduced playwrights Matt Galvin and Angeline Larimer to critical fabulation, an academic term coined by Saidiya Hartman which attempts to give suppressed voices of the past to the surface by means of hard research and scattered facts.

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  • Lafracoth in Historical Context

    By Professor Elizabeth Boyle
    Maynooth University, Ireland

    Professor Boyle offers a commentary on the historicity of the play "Lafracoth Illumined" in this essay written for our staged reading collaboration with the Indiana University Conscience Project:
    https://scholarworks.indianapolis.iu.edu/items/eddb297e-dbf2-4415-83ae-fe6126ea5b3d